Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Protected Bike Lanes

The Select Bus Service project on Woodhaven Boulevard, a major north-south route in Queens, promised to make streets safer. But people who want to travel by bike have no safe routes to other parts of Queens in this transit and bike desert. But there's plenty of free parking!

Op-Ed: Let’s Build Bus and Bike Infrastructure Together

By Samuel Santaella | Oct 23, 2019 | No Comments

It is disappointing that, as the boroughs finally modernize their bus services with bus lanes, stop-consolidation and more, cycling again seems left out of the picture.

The city created a temporary protected bike lane on First Avenue during the UNGA, sending cyclists through the left side of the tunnel between 40th and 49th streets. Photo: DOT.

City To Create Protected Bike Lanes During U.N. General Assembly

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 16, 2019 | 29 Comments

The move is part of a drive to limit congestion in Midtown, said DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg.

The lower portion of the Central Park West protected bike lane completed, but a lawsuit continues. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

CPW Resident To Condo Board: Your Bike Lane Suit Is Out of Order

By Dave Colon | Aug 26, 2019 | 28 Comments

"As a resident, I never authorized the board to file this action on my behalf, and the board is therefore not my agent with respect to this proceeding," Kenneth Squire said.

The Central Park West protected bike lane, which will not be restored to an unprotected lane. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

DADDY MOREBUCKS: Rich Upper West Siders Seek Cash to Continue Bike Lane Fight

By Gersh Kuntzman | Aug 9, 2019 | 26 Comments

"I would be outraged if my condo or co-op fees were being used to support this," said someone who has seen the solicitation letter.

Madison Lyden was killed on Central Park West on Aug. 10, 2018. Her mother, Amanda Barry, is blasting residents of the Upper West Side who are trying to block a protected bike lane.

EXCLUSIVE: Madison Lyden’s Mom to Central Park West Bike Lane Foes: ‘Shame on You!’

By Amanda Berry | Aug 9, 2019 | 15 Comments

Streetsblog asked Lyden's mother, Amanda Berry, to reflect on the loss of her daughter and the fight ahead to honor her death with more protection for cyclists.

Dozens of people rallied outside the Century Condo building on Central Park West to protest residents' lawsuit. Photo: Jim Burke

Cyclists Take the Fight to the Door of Entitled Central Park West Car Owners, Demand They Drop Anti-Bike Lane Suit

By Gersh Kuntzman and Vivian Lipson | Aug 1, 2019 | 56 Comments

Even a car owner in the building admits that the super-rich should pay for parking.

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