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A Protected Bikeway for 10th Avenue Gains Momentum at Manhattan CB 4
The transportation committee voted unanimously to recommend a northbound protected bikeway on 10th Avenue.
March 28, 2018
Manhattan CB 5 Committee Endorses Crosstown Protected Bike Lanes (Finally)
The CB 5 committee had previously tabled a vote on the project after a packed meeting where some property owners complained about the redesign. Now the full board is slated to vote on it April 12.
March 27, 2018
Slow Going for Harlem Bike Projects at Local Community Boards
The plans affect streets in four Manhattan community boards, posing distinct challenges for DOT's typical practice of securing endorsements for street safety projects.
March 20, 2018
Overruling Bronx CB 8, DOT Advances Protected Bike Lanes Along Van Cortlandt Park
DOT plans to move forward with a redesign of Broadway alongside Van Cortlandt Park next month.
March 13, 2018
It’s Way Too Tough to Make Basic Street Safety Fixes in New York — So Let’s Make It Easier
Norms have hardened around the idea that basic street safety changes should be subject to an inscrutable public process full of veto points. We have to change those norms.
March 8, 2018
Hot Topic at West Village L Train Shutdown Meeting: The 13th Street Protected Bike Lane
DOT expects bicycling to double along the L corridor, translating to 2,000-5,000 daily bike trips on 13th Street.
March 2, 2018
Two Community Boards Have Endorsed DOT’s Crosstown Bikeway Plan. The Only Holdout Is CB 5.
Will one holdout community board delay the first crosstown protected bike lanes in Midtown?
February 15, 2018
Bronx Community Board 5 Committee Endorses Grand Concourse Redesign Up to Fordham Road
There is no low-cost, quick-build version of the project, however, so residents won't reap the safety benefits until capital construction wraps up in 2022 (at the earliest).
February 7, 2018
Whose Streets? Eric Duke’s Streets
"Maybe I just won't pay our property taxes if my street is taken away from me," the TV production studio owner said of the city's plan to dedicate a seven-foot strip of public street space to bicycling.
February 2, 2018
Bronx Residents Don’t Want to Wait Four Years for DOT to Deliver a Safer Grand Concourse
DOT plans to build raised bike lanes along the medians on the Grand Concourse, but construction between 175th Street and Fordham Road won't wrap up until 2022 at the earliest. That timetable doesn't sit well with the Bronx residents who came out to Bronx Community Board 5 last night to demand faster action.
January 25, 2018