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Queensboro Bridge Bike Numbers Soaring as DOT Stalls Separate Walking Path
Bike trips over the Queensboro Bridge increased every month of this year, but the city continues to force cyclists to share a cramped two-way path with pedestrians.
June 7, 2023
Not Again: Queensboro Bridge Pedestrian Path Delayed Til ‘Mid-2024’
A city plan to give both pedestrians and cyclists their own space on the crowded Queensboro Bridge won’t be done until at least the middle of next year, the DOT now says.
May 23, 2023
A Bridge Too Far: City Seeks Authority to Ban Sellers From Spans
DOT wants to officially ban street vendors from its bridges after NYPD temporarily ejected sellers from the Brooklyn Bridge promenade in January — raising the alarm for merchants who say they have fewer and fewer places to hawk their wares.
May 18, 2023
Friday’s Headlines: ‘Intermittent’ Closures on the Brooklyn Bridge Bike Lane Edition
The Brooklyn Bridge bike lane will experience "intermittent" closures from 10 a.m. to noon on Friday. Plus other news.
April 21, 2023
RED TAPE: DOT Still Hasn’t Started Cable Study It Cited To Delay Brooklyn Bridge Bike Lane
The DOT admitted this week that the all-important, must-have, can't-do-anything-without-it cable study — mentioned in 2016, announced in 2017, supposed to start in 2019, and again in 2020 — never actually started.
April 13, 2023
Delay Ahead: Queensboro Bridge Pedestrian Path Now Put Off Til ‘Early 2024’
The Department of Transportation quietly revealed at a Council hearing this week that it has once again pushed back the timeline on transforming the south outer road of the Queensboro Bridge into exclusive space for pedestrians — with the lane now slated to open in 2024.
March 17, 2023
EXCLU: George Washington Bridge Northern Path Reopens With Wider Entrance
The long-shuttered pedestrian and bike path on the north side of the George Washington Bridge has reopened with brand new entrances on both ends of the 92-year-old span connecting upper Manhattan and New Jersey.
February 14, 2023
Opinion: The George Washington Bridge’s Revamped Bike-Ped Paths are Not Enough
The Port Authority could have widened the narrow shared paths on the George Washington Bridge as part of its $1.9-billion program to “Restore the George.” It didn't, even as biking boomed.
February 14, 2023
‘The Mayor Wants This’: City Boots Vendors From Brooklyn Bridge — EXCLUSIVE
The city booted vendors from the Brooklyn Bridge walkway and has started deploying regular police patrols to stop them from setting back up on the busy pedestrian path — and the removal orders came straight from Mayor Adams, sellers told Streetsblog.
January 22, 2023
MTA’s Bike-Ped Access Study Promises Path on Triborough Bridge (And Maybe The Verrazzano)
The MTA's long-awaited Bike and Pedestrian Access study that will be released on Wednesday morning is promising that the agency is going to rework the Triborough Bridge's pedestrian path to make way for cyclists. And there's hope for the Verrazzano, too.
January 11, 2023
