2008: New Bike Lanes in New York City
Mar 3rd, 2008Bikers in New York City now have some new bike lanes to enjoy while riding around town.  Manhattan appears to have been the recipient of the most new bike lanes, with Brooklyn and the Bronx also getting a few.
New Bike Lanes in Manhattan
9th Avenue Physically Separated Bike Lane
9th Avenue Painted Bike Lane
Prince Street Bike Lane
Bleeker Street Bike Lane
Sharrows on Bowery connecting Bleeker Street and 2nd Street
2nd Street Bike Lane
East 90th Street Bike Lane
East 91st Street Bike Lane
Reade Street Bike Lane
Bike Lanes and Sharrows leading to and from the Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn
- Red Hook Gets New Bike Lanes
- Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway comes to Life
- DOT Rolls Out Fort Greene Bike Lanes & Traffic-Calming
The Bronx
If you know of any others, please post them in the comments.
All photos by Seth Holladay
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Just found out that a few more lanes are planned to be built this month.
in Brooklyn:
Clinton Street in Williamsburg
DeKalb Avenue in Fort Greene
in Manhattan:
Greenwich Street and Washington Street in the West Village
from the DOT: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/bicyclists/bikemain.shtml
More links to the DOT website regarding new bike lanes
2008 Schedule:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/bicyclists/installsched.shtml
2007 Completed lanes:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/bicyclists/installsched.shtml
About time we are seeing more bike lanes. Only wish there could be more enforcement for those who ignore the lanes and double park, and use it as a vehicle lane.
There needs to be more tickets written to those who double park.
The DOT should use some better paint. The paint used in 2007 in Greenpoint is a joke. A month after they painted it, the street were filled with “decapitated” and “unicycle” symbols.
What is the total mileage of bike lanes in NYC?
I am interesed in having my hometown model your design.. any further info on topics such as; how to create bike lines on narrow streets? What to do at stop signs? etc…
I would really like to create this, so please send me any info..
thanks, Reed
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I applaud the bike lane but why do bike riders not obey the traffic laws? They run red lights, don’t stop at stop signs and often can be found riding on the sidewalk. You want double parked cars ticked? What about tickets to bike riders who break the law?
I agree with Nan–if we are going to push for people to start biking there needs to be regulation as to how they ride–weaving through and cutting off traffic and pedestrians is not acceptable and dangerous. Also–why is it that a bike does not have to obey stop lights and signs? And if we’re going to make driving an even more horrendous experience by removing lanes of traffic for bike lanes–bikers should have to use them! Its infuriating to see a biker driving on the opposite side of the street from a bike lane. Traffic is so highly regulated in this city–bikes should be too….
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Wonderful ! Bike lanes make the cyclist’s world wonderful, if only they’re kept clear of motor traffic.
Great information! Thanks for the post.
[...] Photo of 9th Avenue Bike Lane in New York City via NYCBikeMaps Posted: January 29th, 2010 Author: duncan Filed under: Manhattan, Sherbourne, bad drivers, bike [...]
Imagine an entirely elevated bike-way (above truck height) that runs down the centre of all the major streets and avenues in New York!! It could have lifts or even ramps up at every intersection AND no traffic lights! And NO pedestrians! Or maybe a separate pedestrian lane next to the bike lane.
Wouldn’t that be World Class and fantastic! Plus safe…
[...] The purpose of comparing and contrasting Google’s Bike-There feature with other online bike mapping applications is to provide an exhaustive overview of the bike mapping options available online, and hopefully generate ideas and comments that will help improve those applications.  In general, the overall purpose of our bike mapping component of Utility Cycling is to help you find better ways to commute by bike, run errands by bike, get around by bike, and generally utilize your bike. And why do all of this? Well, it is imperative that people who take up cycling for commuting or other utility cycling practices know where they are going. People often fear cycling because they fear the unknown (especially the unknown of not knowing where you are going when you don’t have a good map or route). Therefore, since we want more people to take up cycling for various utility purposes, we are going to have to show them where to go. Literally. So bike mapping will continue to be a growing area for many years to come. (Header image credit: NYC Bike Maps). [...]