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Bike Lane Bolstering Begins — But it Won’t Be Done in 100 Days, As Promised
The protecting of protected bike lanes has begun ... slowly.
February 18, 2022
Bike NY to DOT: The City’s Cycling Program is No Longer a World Leader, So Fix It
The first order of business is recognizing the city has a problem, the Jan. 7 letter from Bike New York to DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez stated.
January 12, 2022
N’East Queens to DOT: Give Us the Safest Bike Lanes, Not Just Paint
They want the best or nothing.
January 4, 2022
DOT Study Shows that Bike Lanes Cut Risk of Cyclist Injury By One-Third (Yes, And…?)
So remind us again? How come every street doesn't have a bike lane?
October 29, 2021
E-Cyclist Rider Killed on Roadway that Once Had a Protected Bike Lane … Until DOT Downgraded It
A teenager in a 4,000-pound Chevy pickup truck driving the wrong way on a dangerous Queens overpass struck and killed an e-bike rider who was in a bike lane that the city had once built as a "protected" bike lane, but then downgraded to mere paint after drivers destroyed all the flex-posts that once secured the lane.
October 11, 2021
Will New Brooklyn Bridge Bike Path Also Reform a Notorious Placard Zone?
The protected bike lane on the roadbed of the Brooklyn Bridge is about to open, but the real news is what the Department of Transportation is doing just north of the bridge's Manhattan end — where a redesign of Foley Square has the potential to clean up one of the most notorious placard abuse zones in the city.
August 27, 2021
An American Buys an E-Bike Every 52 Seconds
July 2, 2021
USPS Victim Was a ‘Great Man’ on the Verge of Retirement When Killed on his Commute, Wife Says
Killed cyclist Jeffrey Williamson was about to retire before a postal service driver killed him on Central Park West.
June 30, 2021
Tuesday’s Headlines: Listen to the Community Edition
So, Commissioner Gutman, is it "safety first" or "listen to the community"? And what "community" anyway? Plus all the other news.
June 29, 2021
BREAKING: Brooklyn Bridge Bike Lane Construction Begins Monday Night
The construction of the protected bike path on the Brooklyn Bridge — one of the most significant clawbacks of space seized by drivers generations ago —will begin on Monday night, Mayor de Blasio just said.
June 17, 2021
