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Eyes on the Street: Queens Boulevard Gets Its Bike Lane
It's happening: DOT crews are putting down green paint and thermoplastic stripes along 1.3 miles of Queens Boulevard between Roosevelt Avenue and 73rd Street. The redesign is the de Blasio administration's most significant bike project to date and includes several pedestrian safety improvements as well. It was prompted by a long advocacy campaign for safer biking on the boulevard, which intensified after a driver struck and killed cyclist Asif Rahman in 2008.
August 5, 2015
Tish James Calls on DOT to Make Bike Lanes Standard on Vision Zero Projects
Have you noticed that DOT street safety projects are leaving out bike lanes even when there's plenty of room for them? So has Public Advocate Tish James.
July 28, 2015
Uber Makes the Case for NYC Cyclists to Download Lyft
It's hard to make livable streets advocates take the same side of an issue as the taxi medallion industry, but Uber's general manager in New York, Josh Mohrer, is giving it his best shot.
July 21, 2015
Eyes on the Street: The 158th Street Connector
The paint is down on what will be a short two-way bike lane on 158th Street in Washington Heights, part of a package of DOT improvements [PDF] to make biking and walking safer between the Hudson River Greenway and the recently reopened High Bridge linking Upper Manhattan to the Bronx. This segment runs between the Henry Hudson Parkway and Broadway.
July 21, 2015
Queens Residents Launch Campaign for Bike Lanes Connecting Parks
Northern Queens residents who want to safely bicycle to nearby parks are trying to convince the city to install new bike lanes in neighborhoods from Astoria to Corona.
July 10, 2015
All Eyes on DOT After CB 7 Endorses Amsterdam Ave Protected Bike Lane
Will the third time be the charm? Manhattan Community Board 7 has overwhelmingly voted -- again -- to ask the city for a northbound protected bike lane as part of a redesign of Amsterdam Avenue on the Upper West Side. DOT will have to move forward on a redesign very soon to get a complement to the southbound protected bike lane on Columbus Avenue in place by the time Citi Bike debuts in the neighborhood, which is expected sometime later this year.
July 8, 2015
DOT Opens Greenpoint Ave Bridge Bike Lanes — Now With Flex-Posts
DOT staff led a celebratory ride on the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge over Newtown Creek this morning to mark the completion of new bike lanes between Brooklyn and Queens.
July 2, 2015
Eyes on the Street: A Better Bikeway Linking the High Bridge to Highbridge
Ten days ago, DOT broke ground on a nice set of new bike lanes linking Upper Manhattan to the reopened High Bridge. Meanwhile, bike access improvements on the Bronx side are already pretty far along.
June 22, 2015
Eyes on the Street: Vernon Boulevard Gets Bike Lane Barriers
Biking in western Queens is getting a welcome upgrade.
June 16, 2015