Streets Blog has confirmed that the existing Grand Street bike lane between Varick and Chrystie is being replaced with a protected bicycle path.Β Β The bike path will be located on the far right of the street separated from traffic by a 3 foot curb and is the first cross town bike route separated from traffic.Β [...]
Photos taken during the Summer Streets events.
Three Saturdays in August, New York City had a 6.9 mile car-free path leading from the Brooklyn Bridge in Lower Manhattan to the East 72nd Street entrance of Central Park. The street closures occured from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. on three consecutive Saturdays in August, the 9th, 16th [...]
The NYC Century offers five route options (ranging from 15 to 100 miles) to provide all cyclists a great way to see New York City and explore some of the City’s best greenways and parks.
NYC Century starts
view NYC Century 100 Mile Route Map
Choose your distance, Ride your Pace
15 mile: Lead by T.A. Marshals, this [...]
July 10β14: Free Bikes
The NYC DOT continues to impress announcing that it will experiment with a bike share program to “create a network of publicly accessible bicycles at minimal cost, and could provide an important transportation link at transit hubs and commercial and social areas”.
More info at NYbikeshare.orgMore info at NY Bike Share .org [...]
New York City will be home to four man-made waterfalls in the East River and New York Harbor thanks to artist Olaf Eliasson’s “New York City Waterfalls” project. The temporary art installation will be place from June 26th to October 13th, 2008. The DOT has put out a great map for cyclists [...]
The Five Boro Bike Tour, the largest recreational cycling event in the United States, is scheduled for Sunday, May 4th 2008. Every year on the first Sunday of May, over 30,000 riders participate in the 42 mile ride around New York City.
Bikers 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.
Transportation Alternatives has launched a new and improved version of their Crash Stat Map that now uses Google maps and includes data from 2004 and 2005. The location of accidents and fatalities involving bicycles are mapped city wide and this tool can be used to let you know what streets and intersections to avoid or be extra cautious when using.
New York City just got it’s first mountain bike trail in Manhattan’s Highbridge Park.
for info on the 2008 Five Boro Bike Tour
Sunday, May 6th, 2007.
This legendary bike tour has nearly 30,000 New Yorkers of every stripe bicycling through 42 miles of car-free streets in all five boros of New York City. Ride highlights include crossing the BQE, cruising down the FDR, and racing over the [...]
