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4 days agoMemo to Mamdani: Data Shows Massive Jump in Ridership on Bedford Avenue's Embattled Bike Lane - Streetsblog New York City
Ridership data for a year-old protected bike lane on Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn - which was scaled back by the former mayor - appears to confirm the longstanding hypothesis that safer bike lanes mean more bikers. The statistics should persuade Mayor Mamdani to ignore local resistance and repair his predecessor's damage by fully protecting the path and expanding the city's bike lane network at a much faster pace.
New York City
Environment
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4 weeks agoAdams Once Again Delays Pared-Down Protected Bike Lanes In Prospect-Lefferts Gardens - Streetsblog New York City
Protected bike lane installations in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens were delayed until next year due to DOT "capacity constraints" after project reductions and local opposition.
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1 month agoReport: DOT is Undercounting The E-Bike Boom - Streetsblog New York City
E-bikes comprise around two-thirds of vehicles in New York City's protected bike lanes - far more than the Department of Transportation is counting, a new study found. The findings of the study, Understanding Micromobility in New York City, reveal that all "motorized micromobility vehicles" - basically anything with a motor - comprise 74 percent of the vehicles observed at in protected bike lanes at five sample locations.
Environment
New York City
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1 month agoDouble-Parking Forever! Court St. Merchants Want Unprotected Bike Lane For 'Maneuverability' - Streetsblog New York City
Merchants seek conversion of the Brooklyn protected bike lane to an unprotected lane to allow driver maneuverability and double-parking; city warns this will jeopardize safety.
New York City
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2 months agoQ&A: Will The Bronx's New Council Member Take On Car Culture? - Streetsblog New York City
Shirley Aldebol defeated the Bronx's only Republican City Council member and supports e-scooters, protected bike lanes, outdoor dining, and improved bus and transit access.
Bicycling
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3 months agoOakland's 14th Street Project Wins on Details - Streetsblog San Francisco
Raised sidewalk-level protected bikeways on 14th Street enhance accessibility, preserve loading zones, and improve safety with tactile strips, drainage grates, and wide protective curb buffers.
fromCbsnews
3 months agoBrooklyn neighbors fear new bike lanes on busy McDonald Avenue will be dangerous
In Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn, a steady stream of trucks, cars, buses and ambulances travel along McDonald Avenue every day. Now, neighbors are growing concerned that New York City's plan to redesign the busy four-lane corridor with bike lanes will create new dangers. "We have two hospitals within one mile radius and four elementary schools," said Lisa Sposato, a Windsor Terrace resident. "So congestion and schools and hospitals don't mix very well." Transit officials, however, say their plan is the safer option.
New York City
California
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3 months agoEyes on the Street: Update on Alameda's Central Ave Project - Streetsblog San Francisco
Alameda's Central Avenue Project adds traffic circles, protected bike lanes, and a road diet while paving causes temporary detours, one-way operations, and interim lane markings.
Environment
fromSan Jose Spotlight
3 months agoPalo Alto celebrates new bike lanes, few appear to use them - San Jose Spotlight
El Camino Real received 13.5 miles of protected bike lanes, repaving, and ADA improvements after a $55 million multi-jurisdictional collaboration that resolved earlier controversies.
fromwww.amny.com
3 months agoTraffic deaths continue to fall in NYC, city reports | amNewYork
Traffic fatalities in NYC dropped 18% in the first nine months of 2025 compared to the same period last year, putting the city on pace for one of its safest years on record, transportation officials said Thursday. According to data released by the Department of Transportation (DOT), the city recorded 159 traffic deaths through September, down from 194 at this point in 2024. That figure marks the third-lowest number of fatalities in the first three quarters of any year since recordkeeping began in 1910, per officials.
New York City
Public health
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3 months agoBerkeley Celebrates Southside Complete Streets Ribbon Cutting - Streetsblog San Francisco
Berkeley's Southside Complete Streets added protected bike and bus lanes on Bancroft, Dana, and Fulton, reallocating street space to improve safety, accessibility, and modal balance.
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3 months agoWhat the F*ck is Going on with the Arguello Boulevard Safety Project? - Streetsblog San Francisco
Christopher White, the current head of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, got his start in advocacy 20 years ago when an inattentive driver turned left in front of him on Arguello, sending him careening into the windshield. Since then, Arguello has remained on San Francisco's high-injury network. A teenager was badly injured there in 2022. Cyclist Ethan Boyes was killed on Arguello by a drunk driver in 2023.
SF politics
New York City
fromTime Out New York
3 months agoCanal Street is getting a much-needed pedestrian makeover with super-sized sidewalks
Canal Street will be redesigned to prioritize pedestrians and cyclists with expanded sidewalks, safer crossings, a protected two-way bike lane, plazas, and smarter curb management.
SF politics
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4 months agoFriday Video: An 'Oh the Urbanity'/Streetfilms Montreal Mashup - Streetsblog USA
Montreal combines expanding protected bike networks, traffic-calmed streets, long open public spaces, and fast, expanding transit, enabling easy travel by biking, walking, and train.
Los Angeles
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4 months agoEyes on the Street: Los Angeles Gets New Concrete-Barrier-Protection on 3rd Street Bikeway - Streetsblog San Francisco
Downtown Los Angeles installed 140 feet of concrete 'Toronto barriers' on 3rd Street to provide stronger protection for bike lanes than plastic bollards.
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