bike lanes
Elderly cyclist in critical condition after being hit by minivan: cops
An elderly cyclist was struck by a minivan in Brooklyn and is in critical condition, police said Wednesday. The victim -- in his 70s or 80s -- allegedly ran a...
Cyclist fatally struck by SUV in Queens, 24th killed this year
A 65-year-old cyclist was struck and killed by an SUV in Queens on Sunday, police said. Bogdan Darmetko was pedaling northbound on Cross Bay Boulevard when he crossed into the...
Foul-mouthed climate activist derails Park Slope bike-lane meeting
The chaos erupted at the packed meeting in Park Slope when self-described cultural and climate activist John DeLiva Halpern began speaking about bike advocacy group Transportation Alternatives, Gothamist reported Thursday.
De Blasio's mayoralty has totally plateaued
Mayor Bill de Blasio is home from the campaign trail — just as New York starts to absorb the statistical impact of having had an absentee mayor over the past...
'Predators': Cyclists are killing NYC pedestrians and the city won't stop it
Mayor Bill de Blasio has aggressively pushed a bike-friendly agenda, adding about 100 miles of dedicated lanes for cyclists amid a spike in rider collisions, but he’s done little to...
Scott Stringer slams city for bad planning around Kosciuszko Bridge bike path
Add Comptroller Scott Stringer to the list of New Yorkers terrified to bike to or from the Kosciuszko Bridge’s spacious new bike path. In a letter to Transportation Commissioner Polly...
It’s now pedestrian Davids vs. the Goliath of NYC’s bicycle lobby
On July 31, a cyclist rammed 60-year-old Michal Collopy in the bike lane on 23rd Street and Sixth Avenue and kept on pedaling. Collopy died a week later from severe...
Manhattan man struck by hit-and-run cyclist dies from injuries
A 60-year-old man struck by a hit-and-run cyclist in the Flatiron District last week has died, cops said Wednesday. Michael Collopy was standing in a bike lane at Sixth Avenue...
City moving forward with protected bike lane in Brooklyn after cyclist deaths
The city announced Tuesday it will finally move forward with a stalled plan to build a protected bike lane along Brooklyn's Fourth Avenue -- after two cyclists were fatally hit...
Queens councilman wants to trade parking spots for bike lanes in LIC
With cyclist fatalities on the rise, a City Councilman from Queens wants to blanket Long Island City with protected bike lanes -- a proposal that could likely cost the neighborhood...
Bid to quickly halt Central Park West bike lane construction fails
A Manhattan judge on Wednesday declined to immediately halt construction of a protected bike lane on Central Park West, a day after a local condo board sued the city to...
Central Park West condo board sues NYC over bike lane plans
A Central Park West condo board is suing the city in an attempt to put the brakes on plans for a protected bike lane on their ritzy Manhattan street. The...
De Blasio's $58M bike safety plan panned by drivers — and cyclists
“It cannot go on like this,” de Blasio said of the 17 cyclists killed this year during an announcement at PS 170 in Bay Ridge.
Cyclist dies two months after he was struck by UPS truck in NYC
A bicyclist who was struck by a UPS truck in Manhattan two months ago has succumbed to his injuries, making him one of 15 riders killed on city streets so...
Board approves Central Park West bike lane that would kill 400 spaces
A controversial proposed bike lane for Central Park West cleared its final hurdle Tuesday night — paving the way for the cycling path to replace 400 parking spaces. Manhattan Community...
De Blasio vows to protect cyclists after 15th death this year
Mayor Bill de Blasio declared a recent spate of cyclist deaths an "emergency" while vowing to protect bicycle riders, after a Brooklyn woman on Monday became the 15th to die...
New York has to take back its turf from the two-wheeled terrors
New York City’s entitled bicyclists regularly endanger pedestrians. So why does the city keep giving them more turf? A new Hunter College study looked at Manhattan cyclists, and found that...
It’s been a bumpy 200-year ride for NYC’s historically hated bikes
It was in 1819, 200 years ago, that bicycles first arrived in Manhattan. That means two centuries of brutal battles over what proper physical and social space they deserve. Whether...
Why de Blasio won't punish vehicles clogging bike lanes
Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday the city won't be going after vehicles clogging bike lanes because it doesn't have adequate "resources" for such a crackdown. “We don't have the...
Bike lane battle rages on in Manhattan amid L-train drama
Whoopi Goldberg isn’t the only one who hates bike lanes. A battle over bikeways has erupted in Manhattan where the lanes were installed as a contingency measure ahead of the...