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Brownsville Will Get Bike Lanes After Supportive Vote from CB 16
Good news out of Brooklyn last night: After a community-driven process that started in 2011, Community Board 16 voted to support painted bike lanes and sharrows on 15 miles of Brownsville streets.
February 27, 2013
Eyes on the Street: Road Collapse Closes Tillary Street Protected Bike Lane
Tillary Street between Adams Street and Cadman Plaza East is a critical connection for cyclists from Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill and Red Hook to the Brooklyn Bridge, with a protected bike lane separating them from drivers on the extra-wide street.
February 15, 2013
Ed Koch, 1973: The Bicycle “Must Be Included” in NYC Transpo System
Thanks to reader Peter Frishauf for passing on this 1973 constituent letter he received from Ed Koch, who represented New York's 18th Congressional District at the time. Forty years ago, Koch was putting out a more progressive message on bike policy than what we heard in 2011 from another U.S. Representative who had his eye on Gracie Mansion.
February 1, 2013
Leaving Co-Chairs Behind, CB 7 Committee Backs Columbus Avenue Bike Lane
After deadlocking in December, Manhattan Commmunity Board 7's transportation committee voted 7-2, with one abstention, to support the extension of the Columbus Avenue protected bike lane before an overwhelmingly supportive crowd last night.
January 9, 2013
Tonight: Manhattan CB 7 Can Finally Advance the Columbus Avenue Bike Lane
Tonight, Manhattan Community Board 7 will again consider a DOT proposal to extend the existing Columbus Avenue bike lane, a mile-long segment between 77th and 96th Streets that's currently isolated from the rest of the city's network. If the committee supports the lane tonight, the proposal would go before the full board in February in time to be installed this spring.
January 8, 2013
Brooklyn CB 16 Committee Votes to Bring Bike Lanes to Brownsville
The transportation committee of Brooklyn Community Board 16 last night voted in favor of a plan to stripe Brownsville's first bike lanes, reports Nupur Chaudhury of the local non-profit Brownsville Partnership.
January 4, 2013
Myth Busted: Safer Streets Are Not Slowing Emergency Responders
A go-to NIMBY argument against safe street improvements is that bike lanes, pedestrian plazas, and ped refuge islands interfere with emergency responders.
January 3, 2013
A Few Data Points For the Next Time WNYC Talks Bike Lanes
This morning, WNYC's Brian Lehrer discussed the Columbus Avenue bike lane with reporter Kate Hinds. The show covered a fair amount of ground in a short amount of time, but gave a lot of airtime to a key assumption which has given cover to street safety opponents -- that small retailers in New York City need to maintain as much on-street parking as possible -- and let it go unchallenged for much of the segment.
December 20, 2012
Brewer: CB 7 Should Pass Columbus Bike Lane Reso; Stringer Non-Committal
Buried in the pile of uninformed New York Post letters to the editor following Steve Cuozzo's unhinged rant about the Columbus Avenue bike lane, intrepid readers found a note from Council Member Gale Brewer. "Bike lanes in my district are highly popular and strongly supported by the wider community," she wrote. "Expanding these benefits is the right thing to do."
December 18, 2012
Majority Favor Extending Columbus Bike Lane, But CB 7 Fails to Advance It
At least 150 people turned out to hear NYC DOT's proposal [PDF] to extend the bike lane to much of the rest of Columbus Avenue. More than two-thirds of the approximately 35 people who testified before the committee were strongly in favor of extending the lane north to 110th Street and south to where it could eventually link up with the Ninth Avenue bike lane.
December 12, 2012