Bike-Share Already Getting More Use Than Park Slope’s Free Parking Spots
The new bike-share stations in Brooklyn south of Atlantic Avenue are getting a lot more use than your average free on-street parking space, according to recent Citi Bike data compiled by Carroll Gardens resident Viktor Geller [PDF]. Geller addressed the report to Brooklyn Community Board 6, which is holding a hearing on Thursday in response to complaints about bike-share stations replacing curbside car parking.
October 17, 2016
DOT Floats Greenwich Avenue Protected Bike Lane to Manhattan CB 2
DOT may create a safer cycling connection between Sixth Avenue and Eighth Avenue with a two-way parking protected bike lane on most of Greenwich Avenue -- if Manhattan Community Board 2 votes for it.
October 14, 2016
CB 1 Endorses Metropolitan Bridge Bike Lane After Two Years of Delays
Brooklyn Community Board 1 unanimously endorsed DOT's bike lane plan for the Metropolitan Avenue Bridge. It took a while to reach this point -- the board repeatedly delayed an endorsement for more than two years.
October 14, 2016
CB 1 Stalls Bike Lane Because of “Left Turn of Death” Where No One Has Died
The leadership at Brooklyn Community Board 1 is pulling out all the stops to delay or block DOT's plan for safer bike infrastructure on the Metropolitan Avenue Bridge.
October 13, 2016
Eyes on the Street: Making Room for the Chrystie Street Protected Bike Lane
Before DOT can stripe a two-way protected bike lane on Chrystie Street, it has to relocate three pedestrian islands to make room for the bikeway. Work on those islands -- at Canal, Broome, and Delancey streets -- appears to be mostly complete.
October 10, 2016
All-Door Boarding Works. Why Won’t the MTA Commit to It on Every Bus?
Buses on the M86 are moving faster and people have noticed -- ridership on the crosstown route is on the upswing again after declining for years.
October 7, 2016
MTA: Don’t Ask Us to Do More for NYC Bus Riders
Bus ridership in New York City has steadily declined since 2002, and bus riders put up with the slowest average speeds in the nation. But the MTA is in no hurry to fix the problem.
October 6, 2016
Queue Jumps: A Simple Fix to Speed Up NYC’s Buses
With the City Council set to take on NYC's declining bus service tomorrow morning, here's a look at one of the many strategies DOT and the MTA can employ to speed up the city's slowest-in-the-nation buses: queue jumps.
October 5, 2016
Mark-Viverito: Let’s Make the Whole Grand Concourse Safe for Biking
Add City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito to the list of elected officials calling on DOT to get serious about protected bike lanes on the Grand Concourse.
October 5, 2016
Ferreras Joins Corona Families to Demand Action From de Blasio on 111th St
More than a year after DOT first proposed a redesign of 111th Street in Corona to make it safer for residents to access Flushing Meadows Corona Park, the city has failed to follow through and implement the project.
October 4, 2016