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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
Concerned About Illegal Parking? Stuff It, Says P.C. Richard & Son
Here's one company doing business in NYC that doesn't want to hear about fleet safety.
April 12, 2016
Eyes on the Street: Outlines Appear for Seaman Avenue Bike Lane, Sharrows
Preliminary markings for a bike lane and sharrows appeared on Seaman Avenue in Inwood yesterday, nearly two years after DOT resurfaced the street.
April 1, 2016
Eyes on the Street: Early Spring Means Earlier “Street Seats”
Despite this weekend’s snow forecast, for a few days there it felt freakishly like spring. Yet another sign of winter’s demise is the reemergence of DOT’s “Street Seats.”
March 2, 2016
DOT Adds Welcome Chunk of Pedestrian Space to Bronx Broadway Hellscape
DOT reclaimed a nice chunk of space for pedestrians on a corner of Broadway in the Bronx, bringing some relief to an area that's otherwise deplorable for New Yorkers who walk and bike.
February 26, 2016
Eyes on the Street: DIY School Zone Traffic-Calming in Corona
Today Transportation Alternatives staff and members of Families for Safe Streets are in Albany, asking legislators to allow NYC to install speed enforcement cameras near every school in the city. This example of a crossing guard's efforts to defend school kids in Queens, courtesy of Streetfilms' Clarence Eckerson Jr., is another good illustration of why the state should lift arbitrary enforcement restrictions.
February 9, 2016
Eyes on the Street: The New 215th Step-Street Officially Opens Today
Over a decade after the project's first expected delivery date, the reconstruction of Inwood's 215th Step-Street is complete.
February 3, 2016
Eyes on the Street: Just Another Brush With Death at a Typical NYC Crossing
The design of 29th Street and 39th Avenue in Long Island City is typical of thousands of New York City crossings: an intersection of relatively narrow streets where drivers are allowed to park to the edge of crosswalks with no design elements to force motorists to slow down.
January 8, 2016