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Bay Ridge Community Board Presses DOT for Better East-West Bike Connections
DOT's plan for southern Brooklyn is mostly sharrows, and people who bike in the area say that's not good enough.
June 8, 2018
Ignorance Reigns as Queens CB 2 Votes Against Protected Bike Lanes for 43rd and Skillman
Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer and U.S. Representative Joe Crowley have indulged an atmosphere of hysteria that was on full display last night.
June 8, 2018
Queens Residents Protect Cyclists on 43rd and Skillman With Their Bodies, and Demand to Be Counted
"How many lives is a parking spot worth?" went the chants.
June 7, 2018
Queens CB 2 Committee Endorses Skillman/43rd Protected Bike Lanes
Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, who has yet to take a position on DOT's plan, could put it over the top if he endorses the project ahead of the full board vote on Thursday.
June 5, 2018
Queens Boulevard Redesign Coming to Forest Hills in July
DOT's fourth and final planned phase of the Queens Boulevard redesign will extend bike lanes and pedestrian safety improvements east to Union Turnpike. Cycling on last year's segment is up 127 percent so far in 2018.
May 24, 2018
Ydanis Rodriguez and CB 12 Call on DOT to Make Dyckman More Dangerous
Putting a two-way bike lane on the north side of Dyckman, as Rodriguez and CB 12 propose, will guarantee more crashes and injuries than the current design.
May 23, 2018
Queens CB 2’s “Safety Workshop” for 43rd and Skillman Was a Pointless Gripefest. Mission Accomplished.
The board has sat on DOT's plan for protected bike lanes on Skillman and 43rd avenues since November.
May 22, 2018
Death By Delay: Queens CB 2 Keeps Stalling on Skillman/43rd Protected Bike Lane
Community Board Chair Denise Keehan-Smith doesn't want to discuss protected bike lanes at an upcoming "safety workshop" about Skillman Avenue and 43rd Avenue.
May 18, 2018
CB 12 Expected to Call on DOT to Erase Dyckman Bike Lanes, Which CB 12 Endorsed
Thank Gale Brewer and Adriano Espaillat.
May 17, 2018
DOT Doesn’t Plan to Rip Out the Dyckman Street Protected Bike Lanes — For Now
Project supporters outnumbered critics at last night's CB 12 hearing, but Gale Brewer, Adriano Espaillat, and Marisol Alcantara sent surrogates to attack Dyckman's new design and call for its removal.
May 9, 2018
