Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Highbridge

This map shows Citi Bike's projected expansion into the Bronx. The expansion won't help the borough's many transit deserts. Image: DOT

Op-Ed: Citi Bike Expansion Leaves Out Crucial Chunks of the Bronx

By John Halpin | Jul 31, 2019 | 21 Comments

Maybe we should be grateful that, six years after bike share's official city launch, Citi Bike and Mayor de Blasio finally want to make us a part of the network. But a look at the fine print shows the expansion is too little, too late.

Bronx CB 4 Wants the Grand Concourse to Work for Walking, Biking, Transit

By Brad Aaron | Nov 23, 2016

Bronx Community Board 4 has endorsed a proposal to make the Grand Concourse a complete street with protected bike lanes, dedicated bus lanes, and pedestrian islands.

Citing FDNY Concerns, DOT Removes Two-Block Protected Bike Connection

By Brad Aaron | Mar 17, 2016 | 97 Comments

DOT has erased a short contraflow protected bikeway that linked the Highbridge neighborhood to the car-free High Bridge in response to FDNY concerns about the movement of emergency vehicles. The project was part of a package of biking and walking improvements in the Bronx and Upper Manhattan implemented last year, timed to coincide with the re-opening of the High Bridge to the […]

Eyes on the Street: A Better Bikeway Linking the High Bridge to Highbridge

By Ben Fried | Jun 22, 2015 | 11 Comments

Ten days ago, DOT broke ground on a nice set of new bike lanes linking Upper Manhattan to the reopened High Bridge. Meanwhile, bike access improvements on the Bronx side are already pretty far along. This is the new contraflow bike lane on 170th Street, leading east from the High Bridge. It’s part of a package […]

The Case for 24/7 Access to the High Bridge

By Ben Fried | Jun 22, 2015 | 18 Comments

Video of opening day on the High Bridge: Clarence Eckerson. New York City’s bike network would be a shell of its current self without the segments that run through parks. The most heavily traveled bike route in the city — the Hudson River Greenway — is in a park. Paths in Central Park, Prospect Park, and other public […]

DOT and Ydanis Rodriguez Break Ground on Uptown Bike Lanes

By Ben Fried | Jun 12, 2015 | 10 Comments

Don’t underestimate the importance of this development: Today, Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez announced the groundbreaking for new bike routes linking the Hudson River Greenway to the restored High Bridge, which connects Upper Manhattan to the Bronx. The shovels-in-the-ground moment and its sibling, the ribbon-cutting-with-oversized-scissors, are irresistible to elected officials everywhere. Usually, this feeds into the political incentive […]

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