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Canarsie Set to Get On-Street Bike/Ped Connection to Jamaica Bay Greenway
DOT has proposed a 1.75-mile on-street biking and walking path from Flatlands Avenue to the Jamaica Bay Greenway [PDF]. The plan received the support of Brooklyn Community Board 18, which had rejected bike lanes proposed for other streets in the neighborhood.
May 11, 2015
Eyes on the Street: A Buffer for (Some of) the Sixth Avenue Bike Lane
Parts of the notoriously skinny Sixth Avenue bike lane are about to get slightly less cramped. DOT is narrowing the car lanes on the newly-repaved avenue to make room for buffers on the bike lane from Christopher Street to W. 14th Street.
May 8, 2015
DOT Proposes Road Diets for Two Uptown Avenues
Two dangerous uptown avenues could get road diets and bike lanes this summer under a DOT plan presented to the Manhattan Community Board 12 transportation committee on Monday [PDF]. A plan for Sherman Avenue received the committee's support, while a design for St. Nicholas Avenue is headed for at least one more month of review.
May 8, 2015
DOT Agrees to Make Bike Crossing Over LIE in Long Island City Less Hairy
Biking over the Long Island Expressway on Greenpoint Avenue is set to get a little less nerve-wracking now that DOT has upgraded its plans for a key block. DOT agreed to add curbside bike lanes to the dangerous Queens crossing in response to local advocates and the community board. The plan comes up for a vote at the CB 2 full board tonight.
May 7, 2015
CB 6 Panel Unanimously Backs Plan to Fill Gap in 1st Ave Protected Bike Lane
DOT is set to fill a key 10-block gap in the First Avenue protected bike lane this summer, but cyclists might have to wait until the fall for the final piece of the missing link.
May 5, 2015
Monday: See DOT’s Plan to Complete the First Avenue Protected Bike Lane
Mark your calendars for early next week, when DOT will be presenting its plan to replace sharrows with a parking protected bike lane on First Avenue, filling a gap between protected bikeways south of 49th Street and north of 59th Street.
May 1, 2015
Helen Rosenthal Won’t Say Why She Reappointed Street Safety Foe to CB 7
Members of Families For Safe Streets asked Council Member Helen Rosenthal at a town hall meeting last night why she reappointed street safety foe and longtime Community Board 7 transportation committee co-chair Dan Zweig. But Rosenthal refused to answer questions from Upper West Siders who have lost loved ones to traffic violence.
April 28, 2015
Bay Ridge CB Overwhelmingly Backs Bike Lanes, Pedestrian Safety Fixes
Bike lanes and pedestrian safety improvements are coming to Bay Ridge after a pair of votes at Brooklyn Community Board 10 last week. It's a turnaround from just a few years ago, when the board gained a reputation as one of the most anti-bike in the city.
April 27, 2015
Bike Lanes on Track for Staten Island’s Clove Road Early This Summer
Clove Road is set to get bike lanes this summer, including a half-mile road diet, nearly two years after Staten Island Community Board 1 asked DOT for the street safety fixes.
April 23, 2015
Two Community Boards Sign Off on Greenpoint Avenue Bridge Bike Lanes
Four years ago, DOT shelved a plan that would have added bike lanes to the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge, also known as the J.J. Byrne Bridge, after a year of outcry from area businesses and residents. Now, a modified plan has cleared two community boards little more than a month after it was first proposed.
April 17, 2015