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Van Bramer Calls for Protected Bike Lanes on 43rd Avenue in Sunnyside
After two crashes in ten days at the same Sunnyside intersection left one cyclist dead and another in critical condition, Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer is calling on DOT to take immediate action and install a protected bike lane on 43rd Avenue between Queens Boulevard and Roosevelt Avenue.
April 13, 2017
A Plea for DOT to Design Bike Lanes With Safer Intersections
On Tuesday, the transportation committee of Manhattan Community Board 7 unanimously passed a resolution calling on DOT to replace "mixing zone" intersections on protected bike lanes along Columbus Avenue and Amsterdam Avenue with designs that maintain more physical separation between cyclists and motor traffic.
April 13, 2017
Car Dealers Are Ruining the Queens Boulevard Bike Lane in Elmhurst
The Queens Boulevard bike lane promises to make biking a more viable travel option for hundreds of thousands of people. But not if car dealers use it as a showroom.
April 10, 2017
Here’s the DOT Plan for a Delancey Street Bike Lane — Coming in 2018
The Delancey Street approach to the Williamsburg Bridge bike path is slated for a two-way bike lane linking to Allen Street, as well as an eastbound connection from Chrystie Street.
April 6, 2017
Safety Improvements for 111th Street Coming Monday
When the city decides to act on street safety, it can act fast. Case in point: DOT will begin implementing the redesign of 111th Street in Corona on Monday, less than two weeks after Mayor de Blasio said the project would proceed.
April 5, 2017
De Blasio Advances 111th Street Safety Plan: “The Right Thing to Do”
Mayor de Blasio gave the go-ahead to DOT's plan for a road diet, wider pedestrian medians, and a two-way protected bike lanes on 111th Street in Corona. The mayor made the announcement last night at a neighborhood town hall in response to a question from Vero Ramirez of Mujeres en Movimiento.
March 30, 2017
Manhattan CB 5 Committee Endorses 5th Avenue Protected Bike Lane
The Fifth Avenue protected bike lane got a thumbs up from the Manhattan Community Board 5 transportation committee last night. The committee voted in favor of the project last night, according to Transportation Alternatives Manhattan Organizer Chelsea Yamada.
March 28, 2017
Here’s the DOT Plan to Make the Bronx Side of the Madison Ave Bridge Less Terrifying
A stretch of 138th Street linking the Bronx to Manhattan is in line for walking and biking improvements from DOT.
March 23, 2017
Time for de Blasio to Make 111th Street Safer Without Waiting for James Lisa and Queens CB 4
City Hall can move ahead with the redesign without a community board vote in favor. It's simply cruel to keep in place dangerous crossings with high-speed traffic when a better design is ready to go and so many people have campaigned for safer conditions for so long.
March 22, 2017
Behold the Worst-Plowed Bike Lane in New York
It's been three days since Stella dropped its wintry precipitation on the city, but the protected bike lane on Grand Street in Manhattan remains unusable beneath three-foot mounds of snow.
March 17, 2017
