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Turning Truck Driver Critically Injures Woman Biking on 1st Ave — Then NYPD Tickets Cyclists
A box truck driver turning left onto 9th Street critically injured a 31-year-old woman biking north on First Avenue this morning.
April 5, 2017
30 Blocks of Broadway Will Go Car-Free on Earth Day
On Saturday, April 22, the city will open up 30 blocks of Broadway for people, from Union Square to Times Square.
April 3, 2017
Dreaming Up a PeopleWay for 14th Street
While we're waiting to get a look at DOT and the MTA's forthcoming plans for the L train shutdown, Gothamist and Transportation Alternatives put on "L-ternative Visions" -- a design competition to envision 14th Street "as a people-first transit corridor." On Wednesday the winner was revealed.
March 31, 2017
NYPD Seized 247 E-Bikes, Saving Zero Lives
E-bikes are not going anywhere. The city should be working on a strategy to safely integrate them into the transportation system, instead of pursuing this punitive approach.
March 24, 2017
Behold the Worst-Plowed Bike Lane in New York
It's been three days since Stella dropped its wintry precipitation on the city, but the protected bike lane on Grand Street in Manhattan remains unusable beneath three-foot mounds of snow.
March 17, 2017
DOT Has a Fix for the Crummy Bike Connection Between Lower Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge
The big change in DOT's plan is a two-way section of bike lane protected by a concrete barrier on Park Row, plus a short contraflow lane on Spruce Street. It's not a lot of bike lane mileage, but it's a key link in the network that will be dramatically improved.
March 15, 2017
15 Blocks of Fifth Avenue Will Get a Protected Bike Lane This Spring
Soon cyclists won't have to weave between double-parked cars and speeding traffic on the heavily-traveled stretch of Fifth Avenue south of 23rd Street. Last night DOT presented a plan to flip the biking and parking lanes between 23rd Street and 8th Street to Manhattan Community Board 2.
March 3, 2017
Decline in NYC Bus Ridership Concentrated in Manhattan and Brooklyn
New Yorkers have been giving up on the bus, with a 16 percent drop in ridership between 2002 and 2015. An analysis of each borough by Eric Goldwyn shows the bus ridership decline has been concentrated in Manhattan and Brooklyn. There may be several factors at work, but worsening traffic congestion is almost certainly a culprit.
February 21, 2017
Without the L Train, the Best Shot to Avoid Traffic Hell Is a Car-Free 14th Street
If you think traffic will get worse with a car-free 14th Street, imagine what would happen if there's no L train and the city fails to make surface transit an appealing option.
January 6, 2017
Feast Your Eyes on the New Chrystie Street Protected Bike Lane
The two-way protected bike lane on Chrystie Street is one of the most anticipated bike network improvements of the year, creating a much safer connection to and from the Manhattan side of the Manhattan Bridge. Today, DOT officials and State Senator Dan Squadron joined advocated for an inaugural ride on the redesigned street.
December 21, 2016
