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Queens Boulevard Safety Plan Has First Encounter With a Community Board
Skepticism from the Community Board 2 transportation committee toward DOT's proposed changes for Queens Boulevard wore off over the course of a meeting last night, as board members learned more about the project for 1.3 miles of safety improvements [PDF]. DOT will return to the committee again after tweaking the plan, which appears to be on track to receive CB 2's backing by June, in time to put changes on the ground this summer.
April 1, 2015
More Details From DOT’s Plan to Add Protected Bike Lanes to Queens Blvd
Here's a closer look at DOT's plan to add protected bike lanes and pedestrian safety measures to 1.3 miles of Queens Boulevard. DOT will be presenting these slides tonight to the Queens Community Board 2 transportation committee [PDF].
March 31, 2015
Boulevard of Life, Phase 1: DOT Will Add Protected Bike Lanes to Queens Blvd
A key section of Queens Boulevard will get protected bike lanes this summer, DOT announced today. The improvements are the first phase of a broader $100 million overhaul that will encompass seven miles of the notoriously dangerous street.
March 31, 2015
Engineering Establishment Sets Out to Purge Deviant Bikeway Designs
The National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices might be the most influential group of American bike policy makers you've never heard of.
March 11, 2015
United Front of Electeds Join CB 3 to Ask for Protected Bikeway on Chrystie
A week after Manhattan Community Board 3 unanimously approved a resolution asking for a protected bike lane and pedestrian islands on Chrystie Street, elected officials representing the area -- from the city, state, and federal levels -- sent a letter to DOT Manhattan Borough Commissioner Margaret Forgione asking her to follow through [PDF].
March 6, 2015
CB 12 Committee Puts Parking Over Safety in Vote on Uptown Bike Lanes
DOT is proposing significant bicycle and pedestrian upgrades in Washington Heights, but the Manhattan Community Board 12 transportation committee wants to nibble away at a protected bike lane in the plan. The committee voted to support the DOT plan but with modifications that would shrink a proposed protected bike lane on Edgecombe Avenue to preserve parking.
March 5, 2015
Protected Lanes Preview: Boston, Detroit, Indy, Minneapolis, Denver & More
Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets.
February 27, 2015
Manhattan CB 3 Asks DOT for Protected Bikeway on Chrystie Street
In a unanimous 35-0 vote last night, Manhattan Community Board 3, which covers Chinatown and the Lower East Side, asked DOT to study a two-way protected bikeway for Chrystie Street, an important link to the Manhattan Bridge bike path.
February 26, 2015
CB 3 Committee Asks DOT for Protected Bikeway on Chrystie Street
The community board covering the Lower East Side and Chinatown is set to ask DOT to transform the Chrystie Street bike lane from barely visible stripes blocked by double-parked cars into a two-way protected bikeway along Sara D. Roosevelt Park, connecting the Manhattan Bridge with the Second Avenue protected bike lane.
February 13, 2015
Eyes on the Street: Un-Plowed Bikeway on Parks Department Turf
Most of NYC's bridge paths and protected bikeways seem to have been cleared well in the aftermath of this week's snowstorm, judging by the lack of snowed-in bike lane photos in the Streetsblog inbox.
January 29, 2015