Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Bicycle Infrastructure

NYC Gets Its First-Ever Physically-Separated Bike Path

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 20, 2007 | 138 Comments

The Department of Transportation revealed plans for New York City’s first-ever physically-separated bike lane, or "cycle track," at a Manhattan Community Board 4 meeting last night. The new bike path will run southbound on Ninth Avenue from W. 23rd to W. 16th Street in Manhattan. Unlike the typical Class II on-street bike lane in which […]

Ninth Street Earns Its Stripes

By Sarah Goodyear | Jul 5, 2007 | 19 Comments

The debate is over, and as of today the Ninth St. bike lanes are swiftly becoming a reality. Photo: Courtesy Zoe Ryder White

DOT: Bergtraum to CUNY, Primeggia to Copenhagen

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 12, 2007 | 5 Comments

Department of Transportation First Deputy Commissioner Judith Bergtraum, a top aide to former commissioner Iris Weinshall, is leaving DOT for a job at the City University of New York where Weinshall is now a vice chancellor. As first reported by the Daily News’ Elizabeth Benjamin, DOT commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan just returned from a quick trip […]

Building a Better Bike Lane

By Jason Varone | May 4, 2007 | 30 Comments

This weekend’s Wall Street Journal has an massive, full-page report on bike friendly cities in Europe. Initially the arguments for more biking were mostly about health and congestion, but in the last year concern for the environment has become an important factor compelling people to travel by bicycle: Flat, compact and temperate, the Netherlands and […]

Londoners Take to the Streets — on Cycles

By Sarah Goodyear | May 3, 2007 | 4 Comments

Via the blog of Stuart Hughes, a BBC journalist who lost part of his leg in Iraq while on assignment in 2003 and who is an avid cyclist, come a few interesting links regarding cycling in London. First, a BBC story on the skyrocketing popularity of biking both for recreation and commuting in London, a […]

Streetsblog Interview: Ryan Russo

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 14, 2006 | 10 Comments

Ryan Russo is the New York City Department of Transportation’s Director for Street Management and Safety, a newly-created job that he started in July. Previously, Russo worked as DOT’s Downtown Brooklyn Transportation Coordinator where he was instrumental in designing and developing a number of improvements for pedestrians, cyclists and more livable streets (PDF file) over the last three years. Streetsblog caught up […]

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