Sentences with phrase «add protected bike lanes»

DOT plans to add protected bike lanes on 26th Street and 29th Street in Manhattan, with other crosstown routes in the works for Midtown.

For instance, you could build a model of the street you live on, add a protected bike lane, a bike rack, or see how a road diet might affect things.

Adding a protected bike lane boosts this to 29 percent.

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They blocked the construction of a gas - fired power plant, campaigned for a new shoreline walking path, and pressed transportation officials to remake a major street, adding trees and protected bike lanes, among other measures.

He's committed to filling the gaps in the Second Avenue protected bike lane, and to adding additional crosstown bike lanes in his district.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio announced plans to add an extra 18 miles of protected bikes lanes by the end of this year, expanding the city's two - wheeled network up to 75 miles.

The redesign would add a two - way parking protected bike lane on Clinton between Flushing Avenue and Gates Avenue, converting the street from two - way motor vehicle flow to one - way northbound.

When Chicago added a protected lane and bike - specific traffic signals to Dearborn Street, stoplight compliance on bicycles immediately rose from 31 percent to 81 percent.

Boulder has also installed a pilot protected bike lane, allowed electric bikes on paths to accommodate an aging population, and will nearly double its bike - share system by adding 16 more stations.

While bicycling increased quite a lot on all streets studied where protected bike lanes were added, but it really exploded on two of the streets where two - way bike lanes were added.

And while cities are making efforts to protect their bikers by adding signals to their bike lanes, there are no surefire safeguards in place to guarantee the safety of riders across the county.

Since 2011, Chicago has added more than 100 miles of bike lanes that are protected with barriers like bollards and concrete curbs, or extra space that provides a buffer between the parked cars and bike pathway.

: The city has added new, high - quality cycling facilities, created protected bike lanes, and installed over 800 new bike racks.