Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bollards

The West Side greenway, shot from the Intrepid bridge at 46th Street. Photo: Danny Pearlstein

Blame State DOT for the Slushy Mess on the West Side Greenway on Friday Morning

By David Meyer | Nov 16, 2018 | 14 Comments

The state's overbuilt response to last year's vehicular terrorist attack on the West Side Greenway has made the nation's most popular bike path nearly impassible during snow storms like the one on Thursday.

So the NYPD put up new barriers to the Brooklyn Bridge bike and foot path on Tuesday, citing unspecified threats. Photos: Gersh Kuntzman

Braking News: NYPD Barricades Make Brooklyn Bridge Bike Path Even Worse!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 30, 2018 | 8 Comments

These sugar cubes are going to create a lot more headaches on the Brooklyn Bridge.

Another cyclist was injured on the Hudson River Greenway on Sunday because the security bollards are too close together. Photo: Ken Coughlin

Eyes On The Street: Westside Greenway Bollards Still Causing Injuries And Mayhem To Cyclists They Are Supposed to Protect

By Gersh Kuntzman | Aug 12, 2018 | 16 Comments

Lots of cyclists + narrow spaces between security bollards = mayhem.

LIRR’s Brooklyn Bunker: More Extreme Than NYPD Counterterror Guidelines

By Noah Kazis | Jan 21, 2010 | 36 Comments

Security barriers mar the Atlantic Terminal sidewalk. Image: Noah Kazis. Brooklyn’s new Long Island Rail Road terminal opened earlier this month to generally positive reviews for its airy interior. Outside the station? That’s an entirely different matter. The Brooklyn Paper called the "sarcophagus-sized slabs of stone" on the sidewalk — which nearly come up to […]

The New Gansevoort: Pedestrian Godsend, Nightclubber Nuisance

By Ben Fried | Jan 15, 2009 | 26 Comments

A DOT team received a mix of gratitude and derision at Tuesday’s public forum about recent pedestrian improvements in the Meatpacking District, which attracted an audience of about 100 people to the Housing Works offices on West 13th Street. It was an interesting window onto the competing interests now vying to shape what has been, […]

Manhattan CB2 Unanimously Approves Eighth Avenue Cycle Track

By Ben Fried | Jun 24, 2008 | 15 Comments

The cycle track will replace the current buffered bike lane on Eighth Avenue. In a pair of votes last week, DOT’s plan for a protected bike path on Eighth Avenue got the thumbs up from Community Board 2. On Tuesday, the transportation committee approved a resolution expressing support for the cycle track, and on Thursday, […]

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