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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
Heads Up! State DOT Promises Safe Detour For Hudson River Greenway Construction
Cyclists will get a protected bike lane detour on southbound West Street, aka Route 9A, during the hours of construction — 9 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. between Monday and Thursday.
June 13, 2021
Upper West Side Panel Sees E-Bikes as the Threat — But de Blasio Disagrees
Members of an Upper West Side community board again put the safety of delivery cyclists secondary in passing a resolution on Tuesday night demanding that they be banned from protected bike lanes — a notion that was quickly sent into the dustbin of history by Mayor de Blasio.
June 9, 2021
A Round and a Roundy: The Longest Distance Between Two Points
This week's cartoon is more of a meme of something that's been bugging national treasure cartoonist Bill Roundy for a while.
June 2, 2021
SEE IT: Cyclists Win (Or, More Accurately, Lose) on Kent Avenue in Brooklyn
There are more two-wheeled users of Kent Avenue than four- or more-wheeled, pollution-belching users. So why do cars and trucks get all the space?
May 27, 2021
Report: City (and Citi) Must Do More to Improve Bike-Share Equity, Jobs, Safety
City officials and Citi Bike's parent company have not done enough to both encourage cycling in communities of color and improve employment opportunities for their under-served populations, a new report says.
May 25, 2021
Eyes on the Street: DOT’s Meeker Ave. Bike Lane Plan Finally Attacks Parking (Well, Some of It)
Like so many things, it's a start.
May 19, 2021
A Round and a Roundy: Fighting Over Crumbs
May 5, 2021
Streetfilms Auteur Reveals How You, Too, Can Create ‘Bike Count’ Videos
Clarence Eckerson Jr. — the Orson Welles of the streets — shares the secrets of making a great bike count video, and how such footage can help create change in your city.
April 19, 2021
DOT: Brooklyn Bridge Bike Lane Won’t Be Truly Awesome Because the Mayor Sprung It On Us
"We're doing the most straightforward approach," a DOT official said. "It doesn't preclude [DOT] putting in what all feel is a better or more workable bike lane in the future."
April 16, 2021
