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Basic Pedestrian Upgrades Coming to Conduit Blvd, But No Bike Infrastructure
Last month, DOT revealed its plan to make Conduit Boulevard less of a barrier between neighborhoods near the southeast Brooklyn-Queens border [PDF]. With better, more frequent pedestrian crossings, the project should make it easier for residents to get from one side of Conduit to the other, but the design doesn't include any bike infrastructure and leaves much of the high-speed geometry of the street intact.
July 15, 2016
Electeds Urge DOT to Make Safety Improvements PS 41 Parents Asked For
Local, state, and federal electeds are calling on DOT to make long-sought safety improvements in the West Village, including a protected bikeway on Seventh Avenue South.
July 7, 2016
Eyes on the Street: Bigger Sidewalk, Shorter Crossing at Riverside and 116th
A tipster sent this photo of the sidewalk expansion underway at the corner of Riverside Drive and W. 116th Street in Manhattan. (It's one of the elements in a DOT safety plan for Riverside that survived after the agency watered down the project at the behest of Community Board 9.)
June 17, 2016
To Improve Walking and Biking Across the Harlem River, DOT’s Thinking Big
There are 16 bridges linking Manhattan and the Bronx, but if you walk or bike between the boroughs, safe, convenient routes are still scarce. That could change if DOT follows through on ideas the agency released this spring to improve walking and biking access over the Harlem River bridges [PDF].
May 17, 2016
Ride the New Pulaski Bridge Bikeway With Streetfilms
Today was a milestone for traveling between Brooklyn and Queens: NYC DOT opened the Pulaski Bridge bike path to lots of cheers with a celebratory ride.
April 29, 2016
Fast Changes to City Streets: A 9-Step Guide for Creative Bureaucrats
Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets.
March 28, 2016
DOT’s Meeker Ave Safety Project Gets — You Guessed It — Meeker
DOT has watered down its safety plan for the area around Meeker, Union, and Metropolitan avenues. And for the second time in as many meetings, Brooklyn Community Board 1’s transportation committee could not make quorum last night to vote on the project.
February 24, 2016
Traffic Engineers Still Rely on a Flawed 1970s Study to Reject Crosswalks
When St. Louis decided not to maintain colorful new crosswalks that residents had painted, the city's pedestrian coordinator cited federal guidance. A 2011 FHWA memo warns that colorful designs could "create a false sense of security" for pedestrians and motorists.
February 12, 2016
Eyes on the Street: The New 215th Step-Street Officially Opens Today
Over a decade after the project's first expected delivery date, the reconstruction of Inwood's 215th Step-Street is complete.
February 3, 2016