Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Safety

Bedford Avenue between Atlantic Avenue and Flushing Avenue is basically a three-lane highway with a painted bike lane. Photo: David Meyer

Activists Want a Protected Bike Lane on an Unsafe Stretch of Bedford Avenue

By Dave Colon | Mar 22, 2023 | No Comments

The Department of Transportation must add a protected bike lane on the dangerous stretch of Bedford Avenue between Flushing and Flatbush avenues, a major north-south spine that spans multiple neighborhoods in Brooklyn, a group of advocates led by a Black-run bike club is demanding.

Joggers, walkers, cyclists and scooter riders all using Prospect Park's east loop, which is due for new asphalt and striping. Photo: Dave Colon

New Prospect Park Road Redesign Paves the Way for Central Park

By Dave Colon | Mar 8, 2023 | No Comments

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.

Streetsblog Gets Action: Battery ‘Buy-Back’ Program and Other Lithium-Ion Bills Advance in Council

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 2, 2023 | No Comments

A Manhattan Council member introduced legislation on Thursday that would create a citywide "buy back" program for uncertified lithium-ion batteries that have sparked dozens of fires — a proposal that comes two weeks after Streetsblog proposed it (see inset).

The new on-ramp to the George Washington Bridge's northern bike and pedestrian lane. Photo: Kevin Duggan

EXCLU: George Washington Bridge Northern Path Reopens With Wider Entrance

By Kevin Duggan | Feb 14, 2023 | No Comments

The long-shuttered pedestrian and bike path on the north side of the George Washington Bridge has reopened with brand new entrances on both ends of the 92-year-old span connecting upper Manhattan and New Jersey.

The new ramps on the north side of the George Washington Bridge are great. But the bike path itself is too narrow. Photo: Kevin Duggan

Opinion: The George Washington Bridge’s Revamped Bike-Ped Paths are Not Enough

By Neile Weissman | Feb 14, 2023 | No Comments

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.

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Essay: Sarah Langenkamp Loved biking. She Shouldn’t Have Died Because of It.

By Dan Langenkamp | Dec 4, 2022 | No Comments

"We can certainly turn around our deadly trends. Sarah, other victims, and so many families mourning this holiday season deserve at least as much."

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