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Eyes on the Street: Lights Are Finally Coming to the Hudson Greenway “Cherry Walk”
If you ride the Hudson River Greenway at night, these orange cones are a sight for sore eyes.
March 19, 2018
Hot Topic at West Village L Train Shutdown Meeting: The 13th Street Protected Bike Lane
DOT expects bicycling to double along the L corridor, translating to 2,000-5,000 daily bike trips on 13th Street.
March 2, 2018
Here’s Why Mixing Zones Scare People on Bikes So Much
DOT's preferred intersection design for protected bike lanes doesn't do enough to protect cyclists from careless drivers.
February 26, 2018
Two Community Boards Have Endorsed DOT’s Crosstown Bikeway Plan. The Only Holdout Is CB 5.
Will one holdout community board delay the first crosstown protected bike lanes in Midtown?
February 15, 2018
Sign the Petition to Fix Canal Street, “Manhattan’s Boulevard of Death”
Canal Street is Manhattan's preeminent traffic sewer. A loud, dirty, menacing torrent of motorized traffic with cramped sidewalks and no designated space for bicycling, Canal gets pulverized by the "trucker's special," which gives motorists a free ride across Lower Manhattan via the untolled Manhattan Bridge to the untolled westbound Holland Tunnel.
February 9, 2018
NYPD Security Theater: Out of the Times Square Bike Lane and Onto the Sidewalk
A few months after the city built a raised bike lane on Seventh Avenue to create a bicycling bypass around the Times Square plazas, NYPD closed if off with barricades in response to a fatal vehicular attack. Seven months later, the bike lane segment is free and clear.
February 6, 2018
Manhattan Community Board 6 Committee Endorses Crosstown Protected Bike Lanes
It's the second community board committee to vote for the project of the three community districts along the project route.
February 6, 2018
Brian Kavanagh: Congestion Pricing “Should Be Part of the Equation”
Both the Brooklyn and Manhattan sides of Kavanagh's State Senate district are overrun by motorists drawn to the promise of a free trip across the East River.
February 5, 2018
Whose Streets? Eric Duke’s Streets
"Maybe I just won't pay our property taxes if my street is taken away from me," the TV production studio owner said of the city's plan to dedicate a seven-foot strip of public street space to bicycling.
February 2, 2018
Advocates: L Train Replacement Bus Service Better Move Faster Than Walking Speed
Transit riders came out in force yesterday for a rally on 14th Street calling on the MTA and DOT to raise the bar in their L train shutdown plan.
February 1, 2018
