Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Manhattan Bridge

Crush city: the combined bike and pedestrian path on the Queensboro Bridge. Photo: Melodie Bryant

Cycling is Up, Car Trips are Down, De Blasio is Confused

By Julianne Cuba | Dec 7, 2020 | No Comments

Here's some fuzzy math: Cycling over the city's East River bridges continues to increase, while car traffic over the very same spans continues to fall — yet the de Blasio administration is doing nothing to add space for bike riders.

You'd look sweet, upon the seat, of a bicycle built for two as you cross the Williamsburg Bridge. Photo: Dave Colon

Bike Advocates Kick Off Campaign for Lanes on East River Bridges

By Dave Colon | Sep 2, 2020 | No Comments

TransAlt sets sights on claiming space for cycling in the roadbed.

Photo-realistic rendering of the car-free Brooklyn Bridge, with the southern roadway re-designed for walkers and runners. © 2020 Massengale & Co LLC, rendering by Zeke Mermell.

TO END THE MESS: Make the Brooklyn Bridge Car-Free

By Streetsblog | Jul 9, 2020 | No Comments

An architect's intriguing vision for the iconic span banishes automobiles.

The Canal Street approach to the Manhattan Bridge is a dangerous spot. Photo: Google

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Another Pedestrian is Killed in Chinatown

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 26, 2020 | No Comments

Police did not say whether the driver ran a red light, but he or she was not immediately charged.

A rendering imagines what the F train York Street Station would look like with pulsating lights. Image: Delson or Sherman

Op-Ed: Fix DUMBO’s Dangerous Subway Station

By Jeffrey Sherman | Dec 3, 2019 | No Comments

The fire-trap F train station at York Street desperately needs a second entrance, but the MTA has no plans to fix it.

This sign now greets cyclists as they simply try to get from Downtown Brooklyn to DUMBO. Photo: Daniel Hopkins

UNBELIEVABLE! DOT Adds Parking to Car-Choked DUMBO

By Daniel Hopkins | Jun 14, 2019 | 32 Comments

Pedestrian-packed and car-clogged Washington Street in Brooklyn’s DUMBO neighborhood has been converted to a one-way between Front and York streets — a change spurred by a two-year effort by a neighborhood resident that will actually add more cars and more danger to the roadway.

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