Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Midtown

People biking and walking in both directions must compete for the same narrow space on the Queensboro Bridge. Photo: Clarence Eckerson

Council Members: DOT Stalling on Queensboro

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 26, 2019 | 56 Comments

The city's failure to give more space to the increasing number of pedestrians and cyclists on the Queensboro Bridge is a betrayal of Vision Zero — and that failure seems based solely on a fealty to car traffic.

People biking, walking, and working must all compete for the same narrow space on the Queensboro Bridge. Photo: Twitter/Laura Newman

Dangers Mount With Crashes, Conflicts on Queensboro Bridge

By Steve Scofield | Jul 30, 2019 | 41 Comments

The city should separate cyclists and pedestrians — stat! — before someone gets killed. But motorists, as always, come first.

A pedestrian/traffic mashup near the Plaza Hotel at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street shows just how dangerous it is on one of New York's grandest thoroughfares. Photo: Liam Jeffries

Op-Ed: These Five Manhattan Streets Need Safety Fixes Now!

By Liam Jeffries | Jul 22, 2019 | 7 Comments

The city just fixed one killing zone. It needs to fix many, many more.

Andrew Cuomo: The man, the myth, the money.

Op-Ed: The ‘Customer’ Is Always Right — Except When Being Called ‘Customer’

By Eric Schewe | Jun 18, 2019 | 11 Comments

Criticizing this language may seem nitpicky. But the words symbolize the political tensions at the MTA and in the city and state at large — what gets built, who pays for it and, at the end of the day, who is it all for anyway?

The city needs even more of these kinds of protected bike lanes, 13 groups demand in a letter to the city. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Manhattan Community Board Backs DOT Plan for More Protected Bike Lanes

By Rich Mintz | Mar 6, 2019 | 10 Comments

More protection for cyclists — but no objection from an enlightened Manhattan community board.

Here is the tackling incident on Thursday that will stoke rage today.

CYCLE OF RAGE: Cyclists! Unite Today Against NYPD Violence and Intimidation

By Gersh Kuntzman | Feb 8, 2019 | 16 Comments

Cyclists are angry after one of their own is tackled by a cop. But that's just a symbol of a long-simmering rage at the way bicyclists are treated in this city.

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