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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
Ride the New Pulaski Bridge Bikeway With Streetfilms
Today was a milestone for traveling between Brooklyn and Queens: NYC DOT opened the Pulaski Bridge bike path to lots of cheers with a celebratory ride.
April 29, 2016
Eyes on the Street: Lafayette Street Gets Its Bike Lane Back
One of New York City's most faded bike lanes has gotten its shine back. There's a fresh coat of thermoplast on the Lafayette Street bike lane between Spring Street and Canal Street, which for a while had almost completely disappeared.
April 21, 2016
Fast Changes to City Streets: A 9-Step Guide for Creative Bureaucrats
Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets.
March 28, 2016
Still No Progress on UES Crosstown Bike Lanes at Community Board 8
The surreal world of Upper East Side bike lane meetings took another bizarre turn Wednesday night. DOT has put forward a simple plan for painted crosstown bike lanes in the neighborhood, but instead of breezing through Community Board 8, it's become a prime example of how even the most basic safety improvements can get bogged down in a series of gripe sessions.
March 18, 2016
DOT Proposes East-West Bike Route on 31st Ave in Queens
Last summer, a group of Queens residents began organizing as the Queens Bike Initiative. Their mission: to push the city to build bike connections linking their neighborhoods in northern Queens to the borough’s parks. Nine months later, DOT has presented a plan to stripe a bike route on 31st Avenue [PDF], which the Queens Bike Initiative is lauding as the first step toward realizing their greater vision.
March 15, 2016