Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Infrastructure

DHL field supervisor Jose Polanco (left) and Streetsblog Editor Gersh Kuntzman show off the future of package delivery in New York City. Photo: DOT

ANALYSIS: New City Cargo Bike Delivery Program is Absolutely Perfect, Except…

By Dave Colon and Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 5, 2019 | No Comments

The city's collaboration with delivery companies to use cargo bikes instead of behemoth trucks is an absolute good in a city mired in congestion, pollution and carnage. But...

The city created a temporary protected bike lane on First Avenue during the UNGA, sending cyclists through the left side of the tunnel between 40th and 49th streets. Photo: DOT.

Op-Ed: DOT’s Growing Commitment to the Bike Network

By Laura Shepard and Jon Orcutt | Nov 8, 2019 | No Comments

The U.N. General Assembly week detours showed that the city is taking steps to maintain vital bike routes during crunch periods. Let's entrench that maintenance in daily operations.

The Select Bus Service project on Woodhaven Boulevard, a major north-south route in Queens, promised to make streets safer. But people who want to travel by bike have no safe routes to other parts of Queens in this transit and bike desert. But there's plenty of free parking!

Op-Ed: Let’s Build Bus and Bike Infrastructure Together

By Samuel Santaella | Oct 23, 2019 | No Comments

It is disappointing that, as the boroughs finally modernize their bus services with bus lanes, stop-consolidation and more, cycling again seems left out of the picture.

CB9 Transportation Committee Co-Chairwoman Carolyn Thompson (in pink) predicts a battle over every parking space in Harlem when Citi Bike wants to site its docks. Photo: Dave Colon

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Manhattan CB9 Big: Citi Bike Won’t Get ‘Our’ Parking Without A Fight

By Dave Colon | Oct 22, 2019 | No Comments

There's gonna be a showdown over parking, says Carolyn Thompson.

Andrew Yang is one of the most bike-friendly presidential candidates in the 2020 election. Image: Marc Nozell

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Live from NY: It’s Andrew Yang On A Bike!

By Aaron Short | Oct 21, 2019 | No Comments

Here's one election cycle that Andrew Yang is winning.

The chart on the left estimates just how "good" the bike infrastructure is in certain neighborhoods. The chart at right is a map of NYC median incomes. Photo: Ryan Morgan (left), Business Insider (right)

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In NYC, the Best Bike Lanes are in Rich Neighborhoods*

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 17, 2019 | No Comments

* But it may not be exactly what you think.

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