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Tillary Street: Bike Lane or Parking Space?
Guess what Transportation Alternatives' Brooke DuBose and Streetfilms' Clarence Eckerson found in Downtown Brooklyn's physically-separated bike lane on Tillary Street this morning? Cars and trucks, of course. Four of them driving, parking or unloading in the "protected" bike lane in just ten minutes of filming. Streetsbloggers who have been debating bike lane design and enjoying Bollard Porn, will appreciate Clarence's video:
December 7, 2006
NASCAR Parade Rolls Through Midtown This Morning
The top 10 NASCAR drivers drove a "victory lap" around Midtown Manhattan this morning as a part of "Championship Week." While Streetsblog would like to interpret this as an elaborate promotion for the creation of a congestion relief zone, it seems more likely that this is more about selling spaghetti sauce, laundry detergent and mayonnaise and getting a new race track built on Staten Island.
November 29, 2006
New Bike Lanes and Markings for the Lower East Side
DOT just finished striping new bike lanes and stencils along Grand Street on Manhattan's Lower East Side:
November 29, 2006
Happy Holiday
Sunday Afternoon Traffic: Copenhagen, Denmark. Sunday, October 1, 2006
November 22, 2006
Eyes on the Street: Occupied Territory
Here is a vehicle up in the Bronx that is too large for its driveway. So its owner just takes the sidewalk.
November 21, 2006
Grand Army Plaza Bollards: Saving Lives and Wrecking Cars
The scene on Monday morning at the pedestrian refuge island in the middle of Flatbush Avenue between Prospect Park and the Brooklyn Public Library.
November 8, 2006
Where in the City is This?
A community garden. A cyclist. A highrise in the background. Where in New York City is this?
November 1, 2006
Eyes on the Street: Washington Square Park
These burned-out cars on Washington Square Park were the result of:a) A rowdy Halloween Critical Mass ride on Friday.b) An alternate side of street parking mishap. c) The filming of the next Will Smith movie
October 31, 2006