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Bending to East Side Traffic, DOT Limits Plan for Faster Buses, Safer Cycling
Not so long ago, it was common to hear NYCDOT staff say their job was "to keep the traffic moving." Engineers working from "the motorist's viewpoint" ran the show, much like they did in the 1950s. Those days are thankfully over. Today's DOT prioritizes safety and sustainability and has compiled a lengthy track record of innovation in a few short years. But as the transportation committee of Manhattan Community Board 6 learned last night, the old emphasis on keeping the traffic moving still restrains how far the department will go to improve conditions for other modes.
May 3, 2011
CB 8 Transpo Committee Endorses Washington Avenue Safety Improvements
DOT's plans to redesign two Prospect Heights intersections to improve safety earned the endorsement of Brooklyn Community Board 8's transportation committee last Tuesday. The plan also includes an "optional" painted bike lane along Washington Avenue between Eastern Parkway and Atlantic Avenue [PDF].
May 2, 2011
Count It: First and Second Avenue Redesigns Are a Success
With results like these, it's hard to understand why the city isn't rushing to complete the redesign of First and Second Avenue all the way up to 125th Street. According to DOT's presentation to its community advisory council Wednesday night, both the bus improvements, which go the length of the corridor, and the protected bike lanes, which run from Houston to 34th, are improving safety and mobility for all New Yorkers. Here are the highlights:
April 29, 2011
Everyone’s On Board for East Harlem Bike Lanes — Except NYCDOT
Is there any neighborhood in New York City that has asked for more and received less, in terms of safe street improvements, than East Harlem?
April 29, 2011
DOT to Extend East Side Bike Lanes to 57th, But Mostly With Shared Lanes
The First and Second Avenue bike lanes on Manhattan's East Side will only be extended from 34th Street to 57th Street this year, not up to 125th Street as advanced in a plan that won community board approvals in 2010.
April 28, 2011
Domenic Recchia: There’s a Place For Bike Lanes, But I’m Not Telling Where
"I'm not against bike lanes," City Council Member Domenic Recchia told the New York Times after forcing DOT to scrap plans for a four-mile painted bike lane along Bay Ridge Parkway two weeks ago. "I believe there's a place for them."
April 27, 2011
Moving Beyond the Automobile: Road Diets
What's a road diet? Quite simply, traffic-calming expert Dan Burden told Streetfilms, "A road diet is anytime you take any lane out of a road."
April 13, 2011
Seriously, Why Is Anthony Weiner So Terrified of Bike Lanes?
If Anthony Weiner has anything in common with his mentor Chuck Schumer, it is that he thrives on attention. And now that he's created a niche for himself on the national stage as the unapologetic, in-your-face liberal congressman from Noo Yawk, he's apparently gained a following of disaffected young Democrats who don't necessarily feel represented by yellow dogs and centrist softies.
April 6, 2011
Bike Lanes Still Controversial to Michael Grynbaum, Opinion Poll Be Damned
If a bike lane gets striped and no one is there to report on it, would it still be "controversial"?
March 30, 2011
Road Diets But No Bike Lanes for Two Queens Traffic Calming Projects
DOT presented plans for two Long Island City street redesigns to Queens Community Board 2's transportation committee last night. One, a standard road diet, would calm traffic on 44th Drive by replacing one moving lane in each direction with a painted median and left turn bays [PDF]. The other, a novel design for a single block of 48th Avenue, manages to make four of six lanes into on-street parking [PDF].
March 25, 2011