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The Few: Cops Wrote Just 32 Tickets to Drivers Blocking Bus And Bike Lanes Last Week
Across the more than 6,300 miles of roadway throughout New York City, the NYPD's nearly 34,000 officers ticketed only 32 drivers for blocking bus and bike lanes between July 20 andt 26.
July 31, 2026
Hoboken’s Camera Program Got Drivers Out of Bike and Bus Lanes — But New Mayor Won’t Commit
Take note, Mayor Mamdani!
January 20, 2026
Coke Ain’t It! Streetsblog Editor Snorts in Protest As Fed Agents Seize Bike Lane Again
What do we have to do to get rid of DEA officers' cars from the bike lane? Shoot heroin? Hmmm...
October 29, 2025
Vision Zero Cities: Bicycles Are Not Cars So They Shouldn’t Have to Follow the Same Rules
The default in nearly all states is to impose the same traffic rules on bicycles as on motor vehicles even though the needs of cyclists are so different.
October 24, 2025
Out Of Focus: MTA Slow-Walking Bike Lane Bus-Mounted Camera Enforcement
It's unclear if the MTA has any plans to pilot bus-mounted camera enforcement of drivers parked in bike lanes, despite its past commitments to doing so.
September 29, 2025
Waste of Time: Full-Salaried NYPD Cops Now Needed to Enforce the Unprotected Bedford Avenue Bike Lane
Streets that are properly designed — with bike lanes that can't be blocked or narrower lanes in which drivers can't speed — don't need squads of cops to hand out tickets.
August 7, 2025
Monday’s Headlines: NYPD Bike Crackdown Edition
NYPD's criminalization of several common cycling violations attracted plenty of haters after Streetsblog exposed it on Friday. Plus more news.
May 5, 2025
New Camera Tech Hopes to Stop Drivers From Close-Passing Cyclists
If only policymakers could fully experience the pervasive problem of drivers passing too closely to cyclists perhaps they'd find a way to stop the deadly practice and get victims justice.
December 16, 2024
Brooklyn’s Fourth Ave. ‘Great Street’ Delayed … Again
Phase I of construction on Fourth Avenue's Great Street Capital Project, originally set to end in June 2024, has now been pushed back at least another year plus.
August 16, 2024
To Combat NYPD Lawlessness, DOT Will Move Second Ave. Bus Lane
The plan for an "offset" bus lane also calls for a wider bike lane on one of the city's busiest bike corridors.
March 4, 2024
