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Eyes on the Street: Jay Street Busway is a Work In Progress
First of five planned busways is missing paint and stops — and the placard abusers haven't gone anywhere.
August 31, 2020
‘Vicious Cycle of Stupidity’ as Cops Clog Up Frederick Douglass Boulevard
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to .... be cops.
August 10, 2020
Eyes on the Street: The Greenway on the Upper East Side is Basically Useless
Sinkholes. Obstructions. Barricades. What the heck is going on?
July 30, 2020
Op-Ed: ‘Open Streets’ Isn’t Working for All of the People
The program is flawed and structurally racist in its implementation.
July 7, 2020
Eyes on the Street: Second Ave Protected Bike Lane Fails Again
The orange barrels protecting the bike lane by the Queens Midtown Tunnel are the Rodney Dangerfield of traffic-control devices.
June 26, 2020
DOT Expands ‘Green Wave’ for Cyclists as City Prepares to Reopen
And now for something completely different — better cycling.
June 4, 2020
Eyes On The Street: The 38th And 39th Street Bike Lanes Are Not Ready For Prime Time
It would be misleading to say Manhattan's newest crosstown bike lanes are unsafe, because that statement would imply that the lanes exist in any recognizable form.
May 29, 2020
Eyes on the Street: Crescent Street Bike Lane Is Great* (Yes, That’s an Asterisk)
The temporary protected bike lane on Crescent Street is only as good as the will of car owners.
May 28, 2020
EYES ON THE STREET: Temporary Bike Lane on Smith Street is Great …
The temporary protected bike lane on Smith Street in Downtown Brooklyn is an unmitigated (well, almost entirely unmitigated*) success — a quick solution to a long-dangerous gap in the bike network that was undertaken efficiently by a strapped Department of Transportation.
March 31, 2020
… But Second Avenue’s Temporary PBL Has DISAPPEARED!
The Department of Transportation has not maintained its own temporary protected bike lane at the notoriously dangerous Second Avenue gap near the Queens Midtown Tunnel in Manhattan, forcing cyclists to ride with drivers racing to turn left into the tunnel.
March 31, 2020
