Sentences with phrase «of bike lanes for»

I am very fortunate to have some form of bike lane for almost the entire distance between my home and the University.

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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.

The project also would feature Americans With Disabilities Act - related improvements including an elevator at Lakeview Center, as well as safety improvements for pedestrians and bicyclists by way of sidewalks and bike lanes, officials said.

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.

In her district, she supports the redesign of the Grand Concourse with protected bike lanes and other enhanced street designs that improve safety for all users.

We're backing Cunningham for his commitment to advocate for expansion of the area's nascent bike lanes along Empire Boulevard, Brooklyn Avenue, and Kingston Avenue, along with his support for a robust proposal to create a safe pedestrian plaza at the Franklin Avenue triangle.

Hennessey is advocating for a Safe Routes to Transit program for Suffolk County, has requested $ 1 million for a safer - bike - lane pilot program, and is fighting to have a portion of red - light camera revenue dedicated to complete - streets projects.

While the DOT already consults community boards for input, Council Speaker Christine Quinn said the measure should «calm some of the bike lane debate.»

MANHATTAN — Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer is calling for greater enforcement of bike lane rules, after a study by his office found an abundance of law - breaking behavior — including by the city's own law enforcement officers.

He called for better regulation and enforcement of violations in bike lanes, as well as improved signage and a public education campaign, including signs in taxis warning of the dangers of swinging doors open without looking first.

He then unequivocally stated that he's in favor of bike lanes, pivoted to a critique of «anybody [read: Democratic mayoral candidates] who criticizes the New York City Police Department for political gain» and concluded.

The greenway also will link to an anticipated bike lane for Arthur Kill Road, and provide a link between the North and South shores of the borough for pedestrians, runners and bicyclists, Parks said.

One reflected concerns that the Bloomberg administration, in its zeal for bike lanes, has sometimes ignored wishes of local residents.

For instance, in 2011, they fought against the creation of bike lanes in South Williamsburg, successfully forcing the Bloomberg - era Department of Transportation to re-route bike lanes that went through predominantly Jewish areas there.

He's a strong supporter of extending the bike - lane network, including dedicating a lane for cyclists on the Pulaski Bridge.

Reynoso, who's been Chief of Staff to Councilmember Diana Reyna for the past four years, sees truck - route calming and enforcement as well as expanding the bike lane network for Bushwick and Ridgewood as huge opportunities to improve life in his district.

Whether you love or hate Mayor Bloomberg's bike lanes, they should make you hopeful for the future of New York.

«Whether it's construction or the tearing up of streets, or it's the additional bike paths and loss of street space or dedicated bus lanes or the for - hire vehicles,» Wilde said.

Highlighted proposals included: a new, soccer and hockey stadium at Willets Point; mandating public review through ULURP for hotel permits in NYC to help ensure community input and better monitoring of growth; a borough - wide plan for bike lanes; the re-opening of the displaced Queens Field Office of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS); building space in public parks specifically designed for seniors to stay active.

The bottom line: While leading an active life is possible no matter where you live, it certainly doesn't hurt to have protected bike lanes and lots of green space for outdoor rec.

This sounds a lot like how I feel when I make the mistake of taking Broadway to get downtown, and for 5 blocks on either side of Times Square I inevitably find myself inundated with hoards of tourists walking in the bike lane and in the streets and crossing the street without looking — I practically bounce around off of them too.

«We've been in research and development for almost three years to solve a dire need for a simple, stable, fun bike lane - friendly and clean commuter vehicle,» said President of OjO Electric, Dale Seiden.

I'll say this about riding this bike around in congested cities: I've never been a believer in «Loud Pipes Save Lives,» but when you're fighting for your lane with a guy driving a Lincoln Navigator with Pitbull blaring from the sound system, it's disconcerting to not have some kind of sound letting them know you're there.

Barely wider than a single lane for much of its length and replete with mountain bikes, panniered adventure touring motorcycles and half of Germany's population of wildly understeering, aging Golf Cabrios, the road reinforced the fact that you quickly appreciate exactly where the corners of this (let's face it w - i - d - e) four - door start and finish.

If you'd rather bike somewhere a bit less crowded, California's capital city puts most other communities across the country to shame with 67.2 miles of bike paths and lanes for each 100,000 people, for a whopping 313 - mile biking network overall.

Southern California's mild, sunny weather is made for cycling, and San Diego makes it even easier with 385 total miles of bike lanes and paths, or 29.5 per 100,000 people.

The League of American Bicyclists has collected information on miles of bike paths and lanes in 100 cities and calculated the miles of dedicated bike space for each 100,000 people.

A full 2.2 percent of commuters get to and from work by bike, and the city features more than 44 miles of bike lanes and bike paths for every 100,000 people — 251 miles altogether.

The multi-use trail and associated in - road bike lanes travel along the plateau above Crissy Field, passing by some of the Presidio's most historic areas: Letterman Hospital (now the Thoreau Center for Sustainability), the Main Post, National Cemetery, Cavalry Stables, and Battery East.

Car - centric Los Angeles has recently added 40 miles of bike lanes all over town and has plans for an ambitious 200 more miles in the next five years.

Gear up and join us on Adventure Ridge in beaver creek for an awesome day of tubing lanes, snowmobile tracks for kids, ski bikes and much more packed into an area the size of a football stadium.

The medieval streets and squares of Utrecht are a delight to explore on foot or by bike, while Delft lays claim to being one of the prettiest towns in the Netherlands, famous for its blue - and - white porcelain and charming canal - lined lanes.

An avid bicyclist herself, Sadik - Khan has overseen the creation of more than 250 miles of on - street bike lanes to aid in the DOT's goal of increasing safety and transportation options for all New Yorkers.

It is sized appropriately for its use in bike lanes, can carry a single person and 25 kg of cargo, or one person and a child, and it even includes a rear tow hitch for hauling a trailer.

Based on public opinion surveys, the introduction of bike lanes have significantly increased levels of comfort and safety for both motorists and cyclists.

Philadelphia has a very narrow street grid which - unfortunately - doesn't allow for ample room to paint bike lanes in many neighborhoods, but it does have the effect of producing streets where cars and bikes are sharing the road at a reasonable speed.

New York City's policy of installing bike lanes has generated a lot of discussion, but Governor Andrew Cuomo has decided that he's not going to let Michael Bloomberg get all the credit for pushing a

Regardless, the increase in riders points to the fact that when a city improves awareness of and infrastructure for cycling — New York has added 140 miles of bike lanes since 2007 — more people will get on their bikes.

The bike lanes are a tooth - rattling mess full of potholes and delivery trucks, and they let the bikeshare program die for want of $ 80,000 while they can blow $ 100,000 on a whiny advertising campaign.

That's some effective bike promotion, if I've ever seen it... Will other cities see this information and start doing more for bike lane planning than simply laying them on the side of the street?

Plans for the trail include transforming whole lanes of existing traffic in some places into wide, open spaces for bikes and people.

It's why we need infrastructure, bike lanes, lower speed limits, safer roads, and more cyclists on the road for safety in numbers, instead of scaring cyclists off the roads by making them afraid to go out unless they are suited up in neon.

Funded in park by Clif Bar and People for Bikes, the experiment will include, in its last three days, an extension of the 15 - foot path for a few blocks further northward and creation of a bi-directional bike lane to test it as a possible fill - in to a noteworthy gap in Portland's bike network.

Marcel Boerefijn of the engineering firm Tauw said in one news report that the pipes for the heated bike paths would have to run as deep as 50 meters down, which is why the cost per kilometer of lane is so high.

Heavy traffic, aggressive drivers, few bike lanes, and fear of theft made the Czech capital a place where cycling was «only for the brave,» as an article for Radio Prague put

Starting today, May 22 and going through June 5, Portland is creating pop - up bike and pedestrian lanes by taking over a 15 - foot, mile - long stretch of pavement normally reserved for northbound car and truck traffic.

While it seems unrealistic to imagine American cities spending this type of money for bike lanes, it would certainly benefit cyclists in «real winter, real cyclists» cities like Minneapolis and New York.

On the way to work today in Melbourne a big black automobile jumped into the green - paved bike lane for a quick escape left turn out of the traffic jam — I had to break pretty hard.

You won't find ample, Copenhagen - style protected bike lanes yet, but the on - going removal of car parking is clearing space for many wide, red curbside bike lanes.

A $ 33 million plan would make downtown Des Moines home to a dense grid of bike lanes and a safer place for pedestrians, among other changes.