Really?
Cop Blocks Bike Lane To Ticket Cyclists For Not Using Lane.
Cop Blocks Bike Lane To Ticket Cyclists For Not Using Lane.
The DOT has confirmed that there will be no bike lanes above 29thStreet on Hoyt/Astoria Blvd. The proposed bike lanes in the AstoriaTriangle Redesign were eliminated due to CB1 opposition. However, given this change, the DOT has decided to widen the parking laneswhere the bike lanes were supposed to be, so as to give cyclists…
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From the Gothamist. Saturday.
Bike vigilantes are repainting bike lanes in Williamsburg. Somebody has got to do it. The Post reports: Cyclists … made it difficult, the Hasids said, to obey religious laws forbidding them from staring at members of the opposite sex.…A source close to Mayor Bloomberg said removing the lanes was an effort to appease the Hasidic…
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Bike lane removal in Hasidic Williamsburg! Shame! This city belongs to everybody! And Bedford Ave is an essential part of what a limited bike network we have. I encourage all women to drive through these streets in the tighten, most revealing outfits they have. Update: But… if this were a trade for a dedicated two-way…
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I don’t easily disparage Democrats. But according to Streetblog and Downtown Express, outspent mayoral candidate Bill Thompson has questioned, in particular, bike lanes in Astoria: He said last week that he would have his transportation commissioner take a new look at any lanes that seemed to be problematic, such as along Grand St. and in…
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The Sands Street Bike Path. At first I didn’t believe it was in New York City. Is Queensbridge next?
Just when I’m ready to grumble and gripe, Streetsblog tells me that the new bike lane on Kent Street is… get this… TWO WAY! And because it’s on the water side, it means non-stop biking action! How absolutely outstanding.
Broadway in Manhattan is beautiful. I strolled. I relaxed. I put my feet up. I had a snack. I even flirted with a woman (she was my wife, but whatever). Everybody has happy (despite the slight drizzle). A worker from Duane Reade came up to us and asked why all the chairs were there. “Is…
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I haven’t left Astoria to see it, but I’m very exciting about keeping cars off Broadway in Manhattan! But… Does this also mean the end of the new Broadway bike lane? Anybody know? What’s the master plan?
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