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‘Broadway Vision’: City Will Revamp Six More Blocks By 2031
The facelift will cost more than $150 million.
February 27, 2026
‘The Permanence Agenda’: Paint and Plastic Won’t Deliver Real Street Safety
DOT’s quick-build approach to redesigning streets with paint and other temporary materials has worked well enough — but Mayor-elect Mamdani should aim for permanence.
November 24, 2025
Vision? Zero! City Will Widen Staten Island Roadway to Appease Drivers
The city plans to double the size of a road right next to public transportation.
August 8, 2024
Costly ‘Mountable’ Bike Lanes on Grand Concourse Have Failed — Yet City Plans More of Them on Queens Blvd.
The expensive Grand Concourse bike lanes have been blocked by cars from day one.
December 22, 2023
DOT Continues to Ignore Dangers it Created on Brooklyn’s Fourth Ave
The Department of Transportation is still willfully endangering cyclists on Brooklyn's Fourth Avenue.
September 18, 2023
EYES ON THE STREET: City Destroys Brooklyn Greenway During Unrelated Construction Project
A segment of the Brooklyn Greenway in Red Hook is now out of commission because of an unrelated construction project happening on top of it — and the detour provided for bikers creates much more danger than it eliminates.
June 17, 2021
Long-Stalled Third Avenue Safety Project Finally Begins … And Leaves Out Dangerous Areas and Communities of Color
When George W. Bush was still president, the feds allocated $14.6 million to the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway. Fifteen years later, large swaths of the safe route have yet to be built, and the protected pathway stops short of the most deadly sections of Third Avenue.
October 30, 2020
Flushing Avenue Update: You’re Not Going To Like This, #BikeNYC
The long-delayed transformation of Flushing Avenue into a safe route for cyclists between Williamsburg and the Manhattan Bridge has been delayed ... again — and it may not end up being as safe for cyclists as promised.
October 2, 2019
Second Avenue Bike Lane Gap Won’t Be Filled Until Next Year
The good news is a date is finally set. The bad news is that it's not this year.
August 20, 2019
Eyes on the Street: Flushing Avenue Bike Lane Takes Shape
Here it is, folks, your first look at just how great Flushing Avenue might be.
October 22, 2018
