DOT Redesign of 165th Street in the Bronx: Road Diet and Painted Bike Lanes
A section of E. 165th Street near the Grand Concourse is set to get a road diet, bike lanes, and concrete pedestrian islands under a DOT plan to cut down on traffic injuries [PDF]. While the redesign would be a big improvement over the status quo, it doesn't take advantage of the widest sections to put in protected bike lanes.
May 12, 2015
Canarsie Set to Get On-Street Bike/Ped Connection to Jamaica Bay Greenway
DOT has proposed a 1.75-mile on-street biking and walking path from Flatlands Avenue to the Jamaica Bay Greenway [PDF]. The plan received the support of Brooklyn Community Board 18, which had rejected bike lanes proposed for other streets in the neighborhood.
May 11, 2015
Eyes on the Street: A Buffer for (Some of) the Sixth Avenue Bike Lane
Parts of the notoriously skinny Sixth Avenue bike lane are about to get slightly less cramped. DOT is narrowing the car lanes on the newly-repaved avenue to make room for buffers on the bike lane from Christopher Street to W. 14th Street.
May 8, 2015
DOT Proposes Road Diets for Two Uptown Avenues
Two dangerous uptown avenues could get road diets and bike lanes this summer under a DOT plan presented to the Manhattan Community Board 12 transportation committee on Monday [PDF]. A plan for Sherman Avenue received the committee's support, while a design for St. Nicholas Avenue is headed for at least one more month of review.
May 8, 2015
Here’s Where Citi Bike Stations Will Go on the Upper East Side
At a meeting hosted by the Manhattan Community Board 8 transportation committee last night, DOT unveiled a map showing 39 planned Citi Bike station locations on the Upper East Side [PDF]. The city said it expects service to be operating as far north as 86th Street by late summer or early fall, with further expansion next year.
May 7, 2015
DOT Agrees to Make Bike Crossing Over LIE in Long Island City Less Hairy
Biking over the Long Island Expressway on Greenpoint Avenue is set to get a little less nerve-wracking now that DOT has upgraded its plans for a key block. DOT agreed to add curbside bike lanes to the dangerous Queens crossing in response to local advocates and the community board. The plan comes up for a vote at the CB 2 full board tonight.
May 7, 2015
More New Yorkers Are Getting to Work Without Getting in Their Cars
New York City is getting to be even more of a transit town. From 2000 to 2013, the share of working New Yorkers who commute by transit rose from 52.6 percent to 59.1 percent, while the share who commute by car dropped from 33.9 percent to 27.4 percent, according to a new analysis from the New York University Furman Center.
May 6, 2015