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Tonight: Opposition to Kent Ave Bike Lane Expected at CB1 Meeting
New bike facilities on Kent Avenue are expected to be the subject of protest tonight from motorists angry about the removal of on-street parking.
November 12, 2008
On the Way Home, Ride for a Protected Bike Lane on Delancey
This evening, Adopt-a-Bike-Lane and Transportation Alternatives will launch a campaign for a protected bike lane on Delancey Street by leading escorted "bike commuter pools" across the Williamsburg Bridge. Reads a TA press release:
October 24, 2008
The Williamsburg Bike Lane Flap: Beyond “Hipster vs. Hasid”
When the New York Post ran a story last week about the opposition of Williamsburg's Hasidic community to bike lanes that pass through their neighborhood, the main beef was supposedly about the "immodest" dress of female cyclists. But just like similar uproars in years past, the underlying objections may have less to do with bare shoulders than with the mere presence of bikes in the street.
September 23, 2008
Brooklyn CB1 Hears Two Proposals for Safer Streets Tonight
We've got some more community board action for you today. Brooklyn Community Board 1, which represents Williamsburg and Greenpoint, is set to hear proposals for new buffered bike lanes on Kent Avenue and for improving pedestrian safety at dangerous intersections in North Brooklyn.
September 8, 2008
Williamsburg Walks Doubles Foot Traffic on Bedford Avenue
Transportation Alternatives has been measuring the effect of Williamsburg Walks, the car-free street event on Bedford Avenue, and look what they found:
July 28, 2008
Williamsburg Walks: Volunteer Orientation Tonight
Brooklyn's Bedford Avenue will be going car-free for four Saturdays this summer. If you want to be a part of making the event happen, Billburg.com invites you to a "Williamsburg Walks" volunteer
orientation session tonight.
July 16, 2008
Bedford Avenue to Go Car-Free Four Saturdays This Summer
Brooklynites fretting that their borough would be excluded from this summer's car-free fun can rest easy. For four consecutive Saturdays beginning on July 19, Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg will be closed to cars from Metropolitan Avenue to North Ninth Street from noon to 7 p.m.
June 27, 2008
Eyes on the Street: A Refuge on Vanderbilt
A tipster sends along these fresh shots of construction on Vanderbilt Avenue in Prospect Heights. The new pedestrian refuges give the street a geometry very similar to what we saw on Broadway in Williamsburg two weeks ago. Below, the remnants of old trolley tracks get unearthed. We're told the foreman says his crew is having a devil of a time working around the tangle of metal.
June 2, 2008