Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Protected Bike Lanes

Looking down the highway-like 10th Avenue. File photo: Dave Colon

DOT Unveils Long-Awaited 10th Ave. Bike Lane; Locals Say Plan Doesn’t Go Far Enough

By Kevin Duggan | Nov 21, 2022 | No Comments

Manhattan's Community Board 4 Transportation committee unanimously voted in favor of the proposal, but the panel pushed DOT to go further and add more physical barriers to shield cyclists and walkers from cars.

A cyclist's perspective of the supposed shared lane on Fourth Avenue during construction. Not much sharing going on. Photo: John Tomac

SAFETY LAST: DOT Admits To Intentionally Endangering Cyclists on Brooklyn’s Fourth Avenue

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 20, 2022 | No Comments

The Department of Transportation is forgoing a city law by refusing to create a temporary bike lane to protect cyclists on Fourth Avenue amid construction along the crucial Brooklyn corridor — a pro-car, anti-safety move that one activist called "bullshit."

The Skillman Avenue bike lane in September 2022. Business has grown on the street since the city installed it four years ago. Photo: Jesse Coburn

Business Grew After Controversial Bike Lane Installed, Data Show

By Jesse Coburn | Sep 30, 2022 | No Comments

It's a lesson for any community facing opposition from residents who claim bike lanes hurt business.

Two trackers — TA on the left and Riders Alliance on the right.

New Report Shows Mayor Does Not ‘Get Stuff Done’ for Bus Riders, Cyclists

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 26, 2022 | No Comments

Maybe the mayor's motto should be "Get SOME stuff done," though DOT has disputed the findings.

Carling Mott, a vibrant Upper East Side woman, was killed by a truck driver on 85th Street — a street where the local Community Board 8 had voted down a bike lane in 2016. On Wednesday night CB voted in favor of protected lanes on 85th Street and others on the UES. Photo: Upper East Site (main); Instagram (inset)

Upper East Side Community Board Votes for Crosstown Bike Lanes

By Eve Kessler | Sep 22, 2022 | No Comments

Carling Mott did not die in vain.

Cyclists in Central Park have to use pedestrian paths because (inset) there are no crosstown routes. File photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Upper East Side Panel Supports Crosstown Bike Lanes — Again

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 12, 2022 | No Comments

“It would transform the lives of tens of thousands of people who ride a bike, from one end of the city to another, people who commute crosstown — and not just transform, but stop them from being killed,” said one advocate.

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