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Opinion: Go Beyond the Crosstown Bike Lane Proposal
The Crosstown Bike Lane proposal is much needed and long overdue. Let’s expand it.
July 5, 2023
Wednesday’s Headlines: Screw You and the Car You Drove In On Edition
The big story on Tuesday was the latest — and frankly, most egregious — bikelash we've seen in a long time.
June 14, 2023
‘Interested, But Concerned’: West Siders Say Safer Bike Lanes Would Get Them Cycling
A whopping 78 percent of all survey respondents said they'd use micro-mobility devices more with better infrastructure, including seven out of 10 women, four of 10 seniors and 94 percent of parents.
June 12, 2023
DOT’s Long-Awaited Bedford Avenue Protected Bike Lane Has Widespread Support (Except for The Usual Critics)
The journey of a thousand miles has taken its first steps.
April 28, 2023
Poll Finds Majority of New Yorkers Favor Trading Parking Spots for Safer Streets
Most New Yorkers want the city to make streets safer for kids to bike and walk even if it makes driving hard or removes parking, according to a new poll.
April 24, 2023
State to City: The Time Has Come to Install the Addabbo Bridge Protected Bike Lane
The state Department Transportation has finished studying a bike lane on the Addabbo Bridge and now it's up to the city Department of Transportation to build it. The ball is officially in Ydanis Rodriguez.
April 14, 2023
For Safer, Greener Streets, Cities Must Speed Up and Fund Infrastructure: Report
A study by the Regional Plan Association offers a new analysis into why infrastructure in New York City costs more than in other cities and countries around the world. And offers solutions that likely go behind the Big Apple.
April 14, 2023
New Prospect Park Road Redesign Paves the Way for Central Park
Under the new design, people on bikes will share a 16-to-18 foot lane with "authorized vehicles," flanked by two separate pedestrian lanes — one 13-to-14 feet wide, the other six-to-eight feet wide.
March 8, 2023
Opinion: The George Washington Bridge’s Revamped Bike-Ped Paths are Not Enough
The Port Authority could have widened the narrow shared paths on the George Washington Bridge as part of its $1.9-billion program to “Restore the George.” It didn't, even as biking boomed.
February 14, 2023
Happy New Year! Now, Here are Some Resolutions for the Mayor and Governor
Streetsblog asked leading voices in the livable streets movement to give some marching orders to Big Apple and Empire State decision-makers so that we can all have a more-fulfilling year in 2023. Here are the resolutions they have for the mayor, governor and our agencies.
January 1, 2023
