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Carlos Menchaca Wants to Make Fourth Avenue Protected Bike Lane a Reality
With DOT preparing a major capital project for Brooklyn's Fourth Avenue next year, it's now or never for a protected bike lane on this important route linking Bay Ridge, Sunset Park, Park Slope, and Downtown Brooklyn. Fortunately, local Council Member Carlos Menchaca has been on the case for months, talking with local residents, community groups, and DOT about how the Fourth Avenue project can make the street safe for biking.
August 24, 2016
Eyes on the Street: Drivers Can Now Park All Over the E 38th Street Bike Lane
Mere weeks after installing a parking-protected bike lane on East 38th Street in Marine Park, DOT removed the protection, caving to complaints about the narrower roadway even though the motor vehicle lane was still a roomy 12 feet wide.
August 24, 2016
DOT Caves on Marine Park Bike Lane, Will Remove Protection
A new protected bike lane segment on East 38th Street in Marine Park won't be protected much longer. Even though the new layout provides a similar width for parking and driving as other residential streets in the area, DOT has caved to pressure from local residents who want to go back to having a short stretch of wide-open asphalt.
August 17, 2016
Matt von Ohlen’s Friends and Family Call for Grand Street Protected Lane
The family and friends of Matthew von Ohlen pleaded with Brooklyn Community Board 1 to support a protected bike lane on Williamsburg's Grand Street, where the 35-year-old was killed while biking by a hit-and-run driver on July 3.
August 10, 2016
Checking in With People Cycling on the New Sixth Ave Protected Bike Lane
The Sixth Avenue protected bike lane is just about finished between 8th Street and 33rd Street, except for the pedestrian islands. The redesign is still in that awkward transitional phase where people are figuring out how to use it, so today Streetsblog checked in with a few of the thousands of people who bike Sixth Avenue daily to see how the change is coming.
August 9, 2016
Eyes on the Street: Pedestrian Islands Arrive on Amsterdam Ave
DOT has finished striping the protected bike lane on Amsterdam Avenue between 72nd Street and 110th Street, and now it's moving on to the concrete. A reader sent in this photo of a brand new pedestrian island, more of which will be going in on the north side of intersections along the corridor.
August 4, 2016
Quick Hits on Citi Bike Expansion and Manhattan Bike Lane Upgrades
Yesterday Citi Bike began its 2016 expansion, bringing new stations to Manhattan up to 110th Street and Brooklyn west of Prospect Park. We've got a few updates to share that didn't make it into our earlier post on the expansion and the bike lane upgrades DOT is implementing in the new service area.
August 2, 2016
The Jay Street Bike Lane Won’t Work If NYPD Parks All Over It
As crews restripe Jay Street to implement a curbside protected bike lane, some sort of learning curve is to be expected. Drivers need a little time to adjust to the new parking lane, which floats to the left of the bike lane buffer. But NYPD should know better from the start.
August 2, 2016
Eyes on the Street: The Jay Street Bike Lane Gets Protected
That's right: There's now a stretch of parking-protected bike lane on Jay Street in downtown Brooklyn. The project's not done yet, but this afternoon DOT tweeted this photo showing a rideable section on southbound Jay near Myrtle Avenue.
August 1, 2016
Eyes on the Street: Work Begins on Phase Two of Queens Boulevard Redesign
On Monday, crews began work on the second phase of Queens Boulevard safety improvements. The project will calm traffic on the service roads between 74th Street and Eliot Avenue, adding a bike lane and continuous pedestrian path along the medians. Together with the first phase of the redesign, implemented last year, the changes will create 2.5 miles of median bike lanes on Queens Boulevard in Woodside and Elmhurst.
July 28, 2016