Sep. 11, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen The city is moving to install a protected bike lane on a 1.5 mile stretch of Bedford Avenue, the Department of Transportation announced Tuesday, more than a year after the agency first pitched the idea. Work will start this week to transform the existing painted bike lane between…
May. 23, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A pickup truck driver struck and killed a cyclist on a controversial stretch of Fourth Avenue in Sunset Park on Wednesday morning.
Nov. 3, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
After record-high Citi Bike ridership numbers across New York City over the past few months, rideshare company Lyft, along with the Department of Transportation and Mayor Eric Adams, announced plans to significantly expand the service by the end of next year.
Sep. 27, 2023 By Jada Camille
A cyclist has been hospitalized after colliding with a truck in an East New York intersection.
Sep. 22, 2023 By Adam Daly
A school bus driver struck and killed a bike rider Thursday afternoon in Borough Park.
Sep. 22, 2023 By Jada Camille
Work is mostly complete a new protected bike lanes in East New York, the Department of Transportation announced Thursday.
Aug. 30, 2023 By Ximena Del Cerro A new bike lane near Canarsie Pier which connects Canarsie to the Jamaica Bay Greenway, Gateway National Recreation Area, and the Rockaways is ready to roll. The $1.9 million project to build the new section of a raised, eight-foot-wide, two-way bike lanes on Shore Parkway was completed one year ahead of schedule and more than $1.45 million under budget. The project was managed by the city’s Department of Transportation and Department of Design and Construction, and funded by DOT and the state’s Office of Resilient Homes and Communities. Work began back in June…
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Jun. 19, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
The future of the city’s proposed redesign of McGuinness Boulevard, which had seemed all but certain a few weeks ago, may be in question as opponents ask the Department of Transportation to reconsider its plans.