Sentences with phrase «bike lanes on»

During the 9 months following the installation of separated bike lanes on Dunsmuir Street, the number of collisions is reduced when compared to the 5 - year average of same 9 - month period of previous years.

The city of Pasadena actually has over 12 miles of dedicated bike lanes on its roadways.

Because bicycling is increasingly becoming a means of commuting for many workers and with the proliferation of bike lanes on city streets, motorists have to exercise more caution when driving and to expect as well as respect bicyclists on the roads.

(Not a few have said that they prefer the bike lanes on Jarvis, it is easier for them as well, not having to share the lane)

Then Lord Foster joined the party, and has just released updated renderings of the scheme to place bike lanes on top of rail corridors.

It was not put here because studies said it was a good place for it, or that it was needed; this is a political expediency, a sop to cyclists after former Mayor Rob Ford and henchman Denzil Minnan - Wong tore out brand new bike lanes on Jarvis Street, a 5 lane urban highway one block west, because it was slowing down drivers wanting to get home for dinner by oh, three minutes.

There are no shoulders or bike lanes on the main street or any residential streets, not even to connect the aforementioned recreational trails.

The most shocking data are from the protected bike lanes on 8th and 9th Avenues.

We proudly fought for protected bike lanes on Northern Boulevard, where Transportation Alternatives member Michael Schenkman was killed cycling to the Joe Michael's Mile Greenway.

In a collaboration with the city, Massachusetts Institute of Technology installed one of the country's first protected bike lanes on its campus in 2004.

Must - Do Ride If you're looking for a more relaxed ride, you can jump on the protected bike lanes on University Drive that connect Arizona State University and downtown Tempe.

It certainly doesn't include the number of cyclists who use the protected bike lanes on First, Second, Eighth, Ninth avenues and Broadway.

Bells were handed out for the «victory lap» of the new Bloor bike lanes on Sunday at the Suzuki Crawlfest.

That project will coincide with the city's installation of protected bike lanes on Delancey.

In 2014, the city council narrowly approved plans to create a 4 - mile network of protected bike lanes on four downtown streets all at once.

One of the most dramatic changes the Queens Activist Committee has wrought, seen by every person coming into Queens: a protected, safe approach to and from the Queensboro Bridge, with off - street, greenway - style bike lanes on Queens Plaza North and traffic calming at Columbus Triangle.

In recent years, we have shepherded in several big improvements to the borough's bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, including new bike lanes on Vernon Boulevard, Skillman Avenue and 43 Avenue.

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

Brooklyn Community Board 6 endorsed the DOT plan for protected bike lanes on Fourth Avenue last night, with a nearly unanimous vote.

The Roland Park Civic League is trying to get rid of bike lanes on Roland Avenue, arguing that they're dangerous.

«With nine new Hubway stations and an additional two miles of protected, low - stress bike lanes on the way this year, residents will have a better opportunity to travel by bike throughout Somerville — and beyond.

And here's a key point mentioned by the Cyclelicious blog: Those reduced greenhouse gas emissions and improvements to cyclist health far outweigh the risks from increased exposure to traffic and traffic's polluting byproducts.Researchers compared a car's occupants tootling around Barcelona's beautiful paseos with a cyclist traversing the bike lanes on the highly successful Bicing bike share.

In an effort to become the world's greenest city by 2020, Vancouver has been putting more bike lanes on streets.

Following the installation of bike lanes on Columbus Avenue in my district, my office, in collaboration with Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, conducted a study on their use and suggested potential improvements.

She's been a staunch advocate for protected bike lanes on First and Second Avenues, Select Bus Service and congestion pricing.

She's determined to make Central Park's loop fully car - free, and will push for protected bike lanes on the Park's transverses.

He's committed to making Central Park, once and for all, completely car - free, to advocating for protected bike lanes on Manhattan's Riverside Drive, and to leading an effort to improve conditions on the city's greenways, including the Cherry Walk section of the Hudson River Greenway, which is badly in need of safety improvements.

NEW YORK (WCBS 880)-- When the Department of Transportation installed a bike lane on Columbus Avenue in November, it changed the whole street design and took away parking spaces.

GB: I supported the Columbus Avenue bike lane on the Upper West Side, and I support the extension of bike lanes up and down Columbus Avenue.

De Blasio also promised to tackle the borough's transportation and traffic issues, pointing towards several studies being done to improve it — including Oddo's plan to install a bike lane on Richmond Terrace — but he didn't announce any set plans.

The greenway is part of the develoment of Freshkills Park, a former landfill that is being transformed into park space and will connect the bike lane on Arlene Street to the LaTourette Bike Path.

In addition to the road improvements, the Project also includes: two tolled direct connect flyovers that will link eastbound SH 71 to northbound US 183 and southbound US 183 to westbound SH 71; a new 5 - foot bike lane on each side of the project, a 10 - foot shared use path, and a 6 - foot to 10 - foot sidewalk.

On April 27, a Google Lexus was stopped at a red light, in the right lane, when a 2000 Toyota Camry tried to pass it in the bike lane on its right and «brushed» one of the Lexus AV's sensors on the passenger side.

Over four days, I probably could count the number of cars I saw blocking a bike lane on one hand.

The city of Atlanta received one of six grants totaling $ 100,000 from outdoor retailer REI to install a protected bike lane on Westview Drive.

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.

DOT has deferred its plan for a two - way protected bike lane on Clinton Avenue, saying it will return to Brooklyn Community Board 2 next month.

In fact, I recall one point at which other interests in City government freaked out when one streetcar preliminary drawing showed a bike lane on one stretch of MLK.

The project will construct a contraflow separated bike lane on the east side of Glenbrook Road from Bradley Blvd. to Fairfax Dr. Traffic calming islands are also included in the design as a means of reducing speeds.

David Meyer shares news of a new Streetfilms offering that explores the newly opened protected bike lane on 111th Street in Queens.

The recently completed Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway couldn't have been finished without their help, and the two off - street protected bike lane on Sands Street was built from their blueprint.

With the support of hundreds of Brooklynites, the Brooklyn Activist Committee members hosted a street rally and a family bike parade in support of the two - way protected bike lane on Prospect Park West, which they helped secure by being an active force in the local community.

A postal truck parks in the new bike lane on Adelaide, as a cyclist goes around into traffic to pass.

New York City's protected bike lane on 9th Avenue led to a 56 percent reduction in injuries to all street users, including a 57 percent reduction in injuries to people on bikes and a 29 percent reduction in injuries to people walking, as well as an 84 percent reduction in sidewalk riding.

After New York City installed a protected bike lane on Columbus Avenue, bicycling increased 56 percent on weekdays, crashes decreased 34 percent, speeding decreased, sidewalk riding decreased, traffic flow remained similar, and commercial loading hours / space increased 475 percent.

After the construction of a protected bike lane on 9th Avenue, local businesses saw a 49 percent increase in retail sales.

As the City of Albany contemplates whether to spend a little extra money to install and maintain its first protected bike lane on Madison Avenue, new data from the NYS Department of Health (NYSDOH) brings home the...

I was riding in the bike lane on Toronto's Harbord Street last week during the afternoon rush hour and thought boy, there sure are a lot of bikes, so many that I stopped to take a photo of them.

Sue - Ann Levy is not alone in her complaining about bike lanes slowing down cars; there is a campaign in the east end of Toronto to remove a bike lane on Woodbine Avenue that isn't even completed yet.

Shops and restaurants often report a surge in business after the creation of a bike lane on their street.