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Eyes on the Street: Signs of Greenway Progress on Flushing Avenue
Construction on the two-way protected bikeway is underway, three years behind schedule.
June 15, 2018
Crankiness About Car Storage Can’t Stop the Queens Boulevard Redesign
It's an example of what the de Blasio administration can accomplish when it decides to take its public safety mandate seriously.
June 14, 2018
Eyes on the Street: Start the Countdown for Midtown’s Crosstown Protected Bike Lanes
DOT crews were out installing preliminary markings on 26th Street today.
June 13, 2018
Queens Boulevard Needs Better Barriers to Protect Cyclists From Idiots Like This Guy
DOT's design for the Queens Boulevard capital project calls for placing the bike lane on a mountable curb, which would do little to prevent incidents like this.
June 8, 2018
Ignorance Reigns as Queens CB 2 Votes Against Protected Bike Lanes for 43rd and Skillman
Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer and U.S. Representative Joe Crowley have indulged an atmosphere of hysteria that was on full display last night.
June 8, 2018
U.S. Rep Joe Crowley Goes Full NIMBY on Skillman and 43rd Avenue Bike Lanes
Crowley claims to be listening to the “community,” but plenty of his Sunnyside constituents want to see the redesign happen.
June 6, 2018
Queens CB 2 Committee Endorses Skillman/43rd Protected Bike Lanes
Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, who has yet to take a position on DOT's plan, could put it over the top if he endorses the project ahead of the full board vote on Thursday.
June 5, 2018
De Blasio: Protected Bike Lanes Coming to 9th Street in Park Slope This Summer
The redesign will shorten crossing distances for pedestrians and shield cyclists from car traffic.
May 30, 2018
Eighth Avenue’s Narrow Sidewalks Land a Cyclist in the Hospital
With six lanes for traffic and parking but only a narrow band for the much larger number of people on foot, it was only a matter of time before tensions boiled over.
May 30, 2018
Seventh Avenue Protected Bike Lane Springs to Life in the Village
The Seventh Avenue protected bike lane now extends to the West Village.
DOT installed the first leg of parking-protected bike lanes on Seventh Avenue from 30th Street to 14th Street at the end of last year. The southern segment cuts through the irregular angles of the West Village grid between 14th Street and Clarkson Street.
May 25, 2018
