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Eyes on the Street: Phase 2 of Queens Boulevard Redesign Takes Shape
Green paint is down on a new section of the Queens Boulevard bike lane in Elmhurst.
August 29, 2016
3,000 People Join Sister of Lauren Davis to Call for Bike Lane on Classon Ave
Danielle Davis lost her sister in April. Lauren Davis was biking on Classon Avenue in Clinton Hill when a driver turned left across her path, killing her. Now Danielle is calling on the city to add a bike lane to the street where Lauren lost her life.
August 25, 2016
Eyes on the Street: Much of the 158th St. Greenway Connector Is Missing
A utility crew ripped up 158th Street where a two-way bike lane connects to the Hudson River Greenway and hasn't re-installed the bike lane after patching up the asphalt.
July 15, 2016
DOT Moves Ahead With Two Pairs of Upper East Side Bike Lanes
With Manhattan Community Board 8 failing to agree on three pairs of Upper East Side crosstown bike lanes, DOT will go ahead with painted bike lanes on 70th/71st and 77th/78th streets early next month.
June 24, 2016
After 8 Years, DOT Finally Has a Bike Plan for Dyckman St. CB 12: Not So Fast.
Eight years after uptown advocates first called for a bike connection across Inwood, linking greenways along the Hudson River and the Harlem River, DOT has a bike lane plan for Dyckman Street.
June 24, 2016
Metropolitan Bridge Bike Lane Will Connect Ridgewood and Williamsburg
After two years of back-and-forth with the local community board, a proposal to link the bike networks of Williamsburg and Ridgewood via the Metropolitan Avenue Bridge may finally be coming to fruition. DOT presented an updated version of the plan, which it first unveiled in June 2014, to Brooklyn Community Board 1 last night [PDF].
June 15, 2016
The Case for the “Amity Street Wiggle”
Ian Dutton has an idea to improve the eastbound bike route through Cobble Hill.
June 10, 2016
Manhattan CB 8 Votes Against Basic Striped Crosstown Bike Lanes
Last night, by a vote of 25-19 with one abstention, Manhattan Community Board 8 voted against DOT's plan for three pairs of painted crosstown bike lanes on the Upper East Side. Despite four months of deliberations, bike lane opponents managed to achieve their desired outcome last night, sending a strong signal that no bike lane design is too mild to avoid their wrath.
May 19, 2016
Reason Prevails at the End of Upper East Side Bike Lane Meeting
Bringing some resolution to one of the more absurd bike lane stories in recent memory, last night the Manhattan Community Board 8 transportation committee voted 9-2 in favor of a DOT plan to add three pairs of crosstown bike lanes on the Upper East Side.
May 5, 2016
Eyes on the Street: Bike Lane Stripes on Tremont Avenue
DOT has striped the first pieces of the Bronx's newest bike route on Tremont Avenue.
May 4, 2016