Op-Ed: BQX Streetcar Plan Should Be Scrapped for Bus Rapid Transit
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There is a far better, far cheaper alternative to the streetcar: Bus Rapid Transit.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Gowanus
Bike-Share Already Getting More Use Than Park Slope’s Free Parking Spots
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The new bike-share stations in Brooklyn south of Atlantic Avenue are getting a lot more use than your average free on-street parking space, according to recent Citi Bike data compiled by Carroll Gardens resident Viktor Geller [PDF]. Geller addressed the report to Brooklyn Community Board 6, which is holding a hearing on Thursday in response to complaints about bike-share stations […]
Citi Bike Expands South of Atlantic Avenue
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Yesterday, Citi Bike began installing stations in the Brooklyn neighborhoods south of Atlantic Avenue and west of Prospect Park. A few stations are already operating, according to the Citi Bike station map, with a total of 73 set to go live in the area in the coming weeks. All told there are 139 new bike-share stations […]
The Next Brooklyn Bike-Share Expansion Will Be the Thinnest Part of Citi Bike
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DOT unveiled its latest Citi Bike expansion map last week, and the stations look significantly more spread out than stations in the rest of the system. Spread-out stations are a problem for bike-share users because people have to walk farther to make trips, and that costs time. The National Association of City Transportation Officials recommends 28 stations per square mile — and […]
Hit-and-Run Drivers Killed Two People in NYC This Weekend
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Hit-and-run drivers killed a pedestrian and a cyclist in Brooklyn and Queens this weekend. Sunday night at around 9:30, a 40-year-old man riding a bike on Rockaway Boulevard near 90th Street was struck by the driver of a Mercedes van, according to reports. NYPD told the media the driver sideswiped the cyclist from behind and […]
Eyes on the Street: Whole Foods Takes the Whole Bike Lane (and Sidewalk)
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The huge surface parking lot and inward-facing, suburban-style design were bad enough. Now the Gowanus Whole Foods Market is taking over the Third Avenue bike lane and sidewalk as a private loading zone. Doug Gordon of Brooklyn Spoke snapped a photo of a Whole Foods forklift and piles of pallets using the Third Avenue buffered bike […]