Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Protected Bike Lanes

DOT is promising wider bike lanes to make room for more — and faster vehicles. This conceptual design points the way forward. Main image: File art. Inset graphic: NACTO

Adams Administration Teases ‘Exploration’ of Wider Bike Lanes to Ease E-Bike Revolution

By David Meyer | Mar 23, 2023 | No Comments

The crush for space in New York City's bike lanes has intensified in recent years with the growing popularity of e-bikes, but relief may finally be on the way.

Council Member Rita Joseph (seen on a Citi Bike) wants way more protected bike lanes than DOT is prepared to build.

DOUBLE THE FUN: Brooklyn Pol Wants 100 Miles of New Protected Bike Lanes Every Year

By Kevin Duggan | Mar 17, 2023 | No Comments

The city should build 100 miles of protected bike lanes a year, doubling the number that it already is required to build under the Streets Plan.

Eyes on the Street: Church Street’s Amazing (And Unwitting) Bike Lane

By Liam Jeffries | Mar 9, 2023 | No Comments

Unprotected lanes suck. But the bike lane on Church Street has become one of the best in New York.

Bus lanes are very often blocked, which is why bus speeds are so slow. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

BREAKING: DOT Will Not Reach Required Bike and Bus Lane Requirements This Year

By Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 27, 2022 | No Comments

The Department of Transportation has finally confirmed Streetsblog's earlier reporting: It will not build the 30 miles of new protected bike lane and 20 miles of dedicated bus lanes required by law this year.

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."

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