Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycling

Jersey City residents looked over a map of the city to figure out the best places for bike lanes — not to reject them, though, but to make them better. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Streetfilms: Jersey City Bike Lane Expansion is a Lesson for All

By Streetsblog | Aug 19, 2019

Jersey City is poised to become a great biking — and livable — city, thanks to an effort by local officials and outside consultants who have cracked the code on how to create protected bike lanes.

Madison Lyden was killed on Central Park West on Aug. 10, 2018. Her mother, Amanda Barry, is blasting residents of the Upper West Side who are trying to block a protected bike lane.

EXCLUSIVE: Madison Lyden’s Mom to Central Park West Bike Lane Foes: ‘Shame on You!’

By Amanda Berry | Aug 9, 2019 | 13 Comments

Streetsblog asked Lyden's mother, Amanda Berry, to reflect on the loss of her daughter and the fight ahead to honor her death with more protection for cyclists.

6th Avenue and West 23rd Street, where Collopy was struck by the cyclist. (Google Maps)

Cops: Pedestrian Dies After Being Knocked Down by Hit-And-Run Cyclist

By Dave Colon | Aug 7, 2019 | 151 Comments

Michael Collopy, 60, was hit by a cyclist on July 31 as he stood in the protected bike lane at Sixth Avenue and 23rd Street. The cyclist kept on pedaling. Collopy died on Wednesday of his injuries.

DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg shows off the mostly good news about the Fourth Avenue protected bike lane — though Council Member Brad Lander (to Trottenberg's right) had some issue with all the yellow in his district. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Lander to DOT: Nice Bike Lane on Fourth Ave, But Finish It, OK?

By Gersh Kuntzman | Aug 7, 2019 | 6 Comments

The good news was undermined by the admission that the DOT plan does not currently include a stretch between First Street and Atlantic Avenue.

A common sight for cyclists. Photo: Vivian Lipson

IT’S NOT YOUR IMAGINATION: Uber and Lyft Drivers Almost Always Park in Bike Lanes

By Vivian Lipson | Aug 5, 2019 | 68 Comments

Just how bad are Uber and Lyft drivers when it comes to blocking bike lanes? Just horrible.

Rich UWS NIMBYs are trying to stop this Prospect Park West horror from coming to their neighborhood. Copyright Dmitry Gudkov, all rights reserved. Used with permission.

BEEN THERE, WON THAT: Lessons from the PPW Bike Lane Fight

By Dave Colon | Aug 1, 2019 | 2 Comments

The Central Park West bike-lane lawsuit is nothing more than a carbon copy of that reviled failure, the Prospect Park West bike-lane lawsuit.

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