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Eyes on the Street: NYC’s Newest Bus Zones on 23rd Street, Jay Street
DOT crews recently put down new terra cotta paint for buses on 23rd Street in Manhattan and Jay Street in Brooklyn.
August 22, 2016
Eyes on the Street: Pedestrian Islands Arrive on Amsterdam Ave
DOT has finished striping the protected bike lane on Amsterdam Avenue between 72nd Street and 110th Street, and now it's moving on to the concrete. A reader sent in this photo of a brand new pedestrian island, more of which will be going in on the north side of intersections along the corridor.
August 4, 2016
Eyes on the Street: Bigger Sidewalk, Shorter Crossing at Riverside and 116th
A tipster sent this photo of the sidewalk expansion underway at the corner of Riverside Drive and W. 116th Street in Manhattan. (It's one of the elements in a DOT safety plan for Riverside that survived after the agency watered down the project at the behest of Community Board 9.)
June 17, 2016
Eyes on the Street: A Proper Bike Lane on Shore Boulevard
The new two-way bike lane on Shore Boulevard in Astoria is rounding into form and just needs some finishing touches from DOT. With the bike lane, which replaced the northbound car lane on Shore Boulevard, pedestrians and cyclists will no longer have to awkwardly share the asphalt path inside the edge of Astoria Park, and crossings between the park and the East River waterfront will be shorter.
June 8, 2016
Eyes on the Street: First Signs of Amsterdam Avenue’s Protected Bike Lane
Exciting news to conclude this Bike to Work Day: NYC DOT has striped 24 blocks of the Amsterdam Avenue protected bike lane, from 72nd Street to 96th Street.
May 20, 2016
Eyes on the Street: Pulaski Bridge Bikeway Looks Ready for a Ribbon-Cutting
Update: A DOT spokesperson tells Streetsblog that while finishing touches are being made, cyclists should follow the posted signage, which directs them to the shared pedestrian-bike path on the west side of the bridge. The new protected lane will be "unveiled" later this week.
April 25, 2016
Seaman Ave. Has a Bike Lane and Sharrows, But It’s Still a Speedway
The thermoplast is down on the new northbound Seaman Avenue bike lane -- but it's really a bike lane and sharrows. Unless DOT makes a bolder move and puts a protected bike lane next to Inwood Hill Park, not much is going to change on this important Upper Manhattan bike route
April 22, 2016
Eyes on the Street: Lafayette Street Gets Its Bike Lane Back
One of New York City's most faded bike lanes has gotten its shine back. There's a fresh coat of thermoplast on the Lafayette Street bike lane between Spring Street and Canal Street, which for a while had almost completely disappeared.
April 21, 2016