Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Safety

Biking in Community Board 11 in Queens. Photo: DOT

City’s Proposed Eastern Queens Bike Network Needs Work, Activists Say

By Eve Kessler | Jun 23, 2022 | No Comments

The city's proposal for a protected bike-lane network in a dangerous section of Eastern Queens is better, but still lacks important connections that compromise its safety, activists say.

A two-way protected bike lane is coming to this scary stretch of roadway on Navy Street and Ashland Place. Photo: Julianne Cuba

DOT: Two-Way Protected Bike Lane Coming to Ashland Place in Downtown Brooklyn

By Julianne Cuba | Jun 20, 2022 | No Comments

And a community board panel, which only recently rejected a plan to fix Schermerhorn Street, approved!

Sam Schwartz hovers over a rendering of what an HHP bike lane could look like. Image: Inwood Owners Coalition

Gridlock Sam: Give Cyclists a Car Lane on the Henry Hudson Parkway

By Eve Kessler | Jun 10, 2022 | No Comments

A proposal for a temporary lane on the Henry Hudson Parkway gets an assist from Gridlock Sam!

A notice and map tied to a fence informs greenway users about the closure. Photo: Allegra N. LeGrande

OPINION: City Must Protect Bikers, Walkers During Hudson Greenway Closure

By Allegra N. LeGrande | Jun 3, 2022 | No Comments

A hilly, unsafe detour needs better signage and physical barriers separating vulnerable road users from cars.

Telling Con Ed to knock this off could be your job (inset). File photo: Julianne Cuba

Cool Job Alert: Bike Around New York City Inspecting Bike Lanes

By Dave Colon | Jun 2, 2022 | No Comments

Do you ride around the city shaking your fist at, cursing at or tweeting photos of bike lanes blocked or otherwise ruined by construction sites? Here's some great news: You can now get paid by city taxpayers to document these crimes against safe cycling.

The Shore Parkway greenway is getting a facelift, but where will cyclists and pedestrians go? File photo: Gersh Kuntzman/Graphic: Streetsblog Photoshop Desk

Parks Department Can’t Guarantee Safe Alternate Route During Year-Long Brooklyn Greenway Repair

By Dave Colon | May 23, 2022 | No Comments

The Department of Transportation says it's working on it it, but nothing's been settled.

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