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DOT ‘Welcomes’ Council Bill to Build and Maintain City Greenways
No fuss, no fight, more greenways. Apparently.
June 28, 2022
City’s Proposed Eastern Queens Bike Network Needs Work, Activists Say
The city's proposal for a protected bike-lane network in a dangerous section of Eastern Queens is better, but still lacks important connections that compromise its safety, activists say.
June 23, 2022
Parks Department Can’t Guarantee Safe Alternate Route During Year-Long Brooklyn Greenway Repair
The Department of Transportation says it's working on it it, but nothing's been settled.
May 23, 2022
Parks Department Still Has No New Plan for E-Bikes and Greenways
Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue said that her agency is still trying to figure out how to allow the increasingly popular mobility option in her emerald empire.
May 6, 2022
Manhattan Pol Revives Bike, Pedestrian ‘Mayor’ Idea as Key to Streets Master Plan
Another attempt to get a City Hall office devoted to active transportation.
April 29, 2022
Cycling Groups Sound Alarm that More of Ocean Parkway Bike Path is Falling Apart
Do something, Mayor Adams, say two vaunted cycling groups.
March 2, 2022
City Electeds to Albany Leaders: We Want Some of that Greenway Green, Too!
The state spent $200 million to build the "Empire" trail upstate. Now, city electeds want their own $200-million pie.
February 24, 2022
Ocean Parkway Bike Path Repairs Delayed (Again!) Until Spring 2023
Strap in for another year of bumpy rides.
December 3, 2021
State Would ‘Review’ Request for Safe Henry Hudson Parkway Bike Detour — But Parks Dept. Won’t Make One
"Unfortunately, NYC Parks has been spectacularly underwhelming when it comes to arranging detours for the greenway paths it maintains," said one activist.
July 2, 2021
EYES ON THE STREET: City Destroys Brooklyn Greenway During Unrelated Construction Project
A segment of the Brooklyn Greenway in Red Hook is now out of commission because of an unrelated construction project happening on top of it — and the detour provided for bikers creates much more danger than it eliminates.
June 17, 2021
