Bicycles News | Page 2 of 3 | THE CITY

Newsletters

The CITY Scoop

A weekday newsletter to keep you up on New York.

Ranked Choices

Stay informed about the 2025 election.

Summer & the city

Bringing you the best of summer in NYC.

Podcast

FAQ NYC

The New Yorkest podcast. Twice weekly.

Featured

IMPACT

Our journalism makes a positive impact on the lives of New Yorkers.

How to New York

Your questions answered about the greatest city in the world.

What We're REPORTING

CITY HALL

Climate

Criminal Justice

Economy

ERIC ADAMS

HOUSING

IMMIGRATION

Labor

NYPD

Transit

Follow Us

Ways to Give

merch store

US

Team

Awards

REPUBLISH

Newsletters

The CITY Scoop

A weekday newsletter to keep you up on New York.

Ranked Choices

Stay informed about the 2025 election.

Summer & the city

Bringing you the best of summer in NYC.

Podcast

FAQ NYC

The New Yorkest podcast. Twice weekly.

Featured

IMPACT

Our journalism makes a positive impact on the lives of New Yorkers.

How to New York

Your questions answered about the greatest city in the world.

What We're REPORTING

CITY HALL

Climate

Criminal Justice

Economy

ERIC ADAMS

HOUSING

IMMIGRATION

Labor

NYPD

Transit

Follow Us

Ways to Give

merch store

US

Team

Awards

REPUBLISH

Cyclists Snub Brooklyn Bridge as Other Spans Draw More Pedal Power

Oct. 18, 2020, 7:32 p.m.Oct. 18, 2020, 7:32 p.m.

Even as bike sales get a pandemic boost, two-wheeled traffic drops along the New York City icon’s notoriously narrow shared path. Meanwhile, the other East River bridges are seeing a bicycle boom.

Bicycles

Two-Wheel Traffic Up on Bridges, But Cash-Strapped City Can’t Expand Crowded Bike Lanes

Aug. 5, 2020, 8:19 p.m.Aug. 6, 2020, 7:22 a.m.

Transportation officials concede cycling advocates are right about the need for more bike space on the Queensboro and Brooklyn bridges — but say there’s nothing they can do about it now.

Bicycles

Citi Bike Races Into Upper Manhattan to Help Health Workers

April 13, 2020, 9:56 p.m.May 4, 2020, 4:04 p.m.

Docking station opens Tuesday outside Columbia Medical Center in Washington Heights, in bike sharing service’s first foray north of Harlem.

Light at the End of the Bridge for Staten Island Cyclists

Jan. 2, 2020, 4:05 a.m.April 6, 2020, 4:55 p.m.

Nearly two years past its due date, the path along the $1.5 billion Goethals Bridge is gearing up to safely handle bikes and pedestrians.

Don’t Look Down: Short Fencing Makes RFK Bridge Path High Risk, Critics Say

Sept. 6, 2019, 4:10 a.m.April 6, 2020, 4:56 p.m.

A low barrier, about four feet high, is all that prevents pedestrians and cyclists on the Triborough Bridge from taking an unwanted plunge.

Bicycles

Some Local Pols Want City to Slow Down on New Bike Lane Push

Aug. 7, 2019, 4:00 a.m.April 7, 2020, 1:59 p.m.

Mayor de Blasio proposed an 80-mile “green wave” of protected bike lanes by 2021 amid a spike in deaths. But City Council aren’t all on board.

Mayor Declares Bicycle ‘Emergency’ While Prior Safety Plan Stalls

July 3, 2019, 4:05 a.m.March 14, 2024, 2:23 p.m.

Dangerous swaths of Brooklyn and Queens still lack bike lanes two years into a five-year targeted expansion program.

Queens

Pol Prods DOT for Separate Walk/Bike Lanes on Queensboro Bridge

April 30, 2019, 4:05 a.m.April 6, 2020, 4:57 p.m.

Queens Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer wants the Department of Transportation to create another path amid repairs on the 59th Street Bridge.