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Eyes on the Street: Pedestrian Island Construction on Columbus Avenue
DOT continues to make progress with the extension of the Columbus Avenue protected bike lane. Doug Gordon sent us these shots, taken this morning, of pedestrian island construction at 75th and 73rd Streets.
September 5, 2013
Eyes on the Street: Who Will Protect the Protected Bike Lane From NYPD?
Reader David Holowka sent these photos of NYPD breaking the law and putting cyclists' lives at risk on Eighth Avenue, across from Madison Square Garden near a massive Citi Bike station.
August 9, 2013
At City Hall, Advocates Call on Mayoral Candidates to Tackle Street Safety
In the wake of a string of pedestrian fatalities, more than 100 people gathered on the steps of City Hall this morning at an event organized by Transportation Alternatives to demand that mayoral candidates step up to address street safety.
August 7, 2013
The Citi Bike Story No One’s Talking About: Only 3 Injuries in 500,000 Rides
It seems like the local press has run through so many permutations of the Citi Bike story that now it's time to recycle Citi Bike stories from a year ago.
July 3, 2013
At Long Last, DOT Proposes Bike Lanes for Upper Manhattan
Responding to years of citizen advocacy and a resolution from Manhattan Community Board 12, DOT has proposed bike lanes for a number of streets in Upper Manhattan.
June 6, 2013
Daily News Tries Race-Baiting to Gin Up Controversy Over Safer Streets
It's truly amazing how much work the tabloids put into opposing measures that save lives. Take today's Daily News, which resorted to race-baiting to gin up controversy over hard-won bike lanes in Upper Manhattan.
May 29, 2013
Bike-Share Has a Great Safety Record in Cities More Dangerous Than NYC
With bike-share stations hitting the streets but the launch still a few weeks away, there's a lot of misinformed speculation floating around about Citi Bike. A favorite tactic of the bike-share opposition is to conjure visions of chaos and "hell on wheels" after the system launches, as the Daily News did in a recent opinion piece. But there's a reason the anti-bike-share crowd has to invoke imaginary scenarios: In the real world, crash statistics from bike-share cities show that bike-share users are less likely to be involved in crashes than other cyclists.
May 1, 2013
NYPD Ticketing Cyclists for Late-Night Hudson River Greenway Commutes
NYPD is ticketing cyclists riding on the Hudson River Greenway after 1:00 a.m., which is the Parks Department's citywide closing time, according to a reader who was stopped by police on the greenway last night.
April 12, 2013
In a Collision? Share Your Experience on TA’s CrashStories Website
Today, Transportation Alternatives is launching CrashStories, a new website where pedestrians and cyclists can report crashes or near-misses with motor vehicle drivers on an interactive map. Developed by Hunter College city planning graduate student Aaron Fraint, the project aims to fill gaps in official data sources and offer a place for crash victims to be heard.
March 28, 2013