Category Archives: New York City

Livable Streets proposal lacks credibility

Posted on April 15, 2009 by jsallen

I’m looking at a GOOD magazine/Streetsblog proposal for a “livable street” [As of 2019, the page is available in the Internet Archive, but it requires a Javascript that is not available. This page on Streetsblog NYC appears to show the … Continue reading →

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Technical and legal issues with the NYC 9th Avenue bikeway

Posted on March 4, 2009 by jsallen

If bicyclists traveling on the bikeway in the intended direction (same as motor traffic on 9th Avenue) merge into the left-turn lane to the right of the bikeway, they interact only with left-turning motor vehicles. Then the bicyclists can proceed for as much of the signal cycle as through-traveling motorists, and left-turning bicyclists can proceed for longer than left-turning motorists. The equal or longer, possible time for bicyclists to proceed is unusual and interesting. Continue reading →

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Guest posting: John Ciccarelli on the NYC Broadway bikeway

Posted on March 4, 2009 by jsallen

“The city has removed one or two travel lanes and created an in-street pedestrian “plaza”, completed with a right-side fence-and-planter barrier, cafe tables, chairs and benches. It’s truly a bold stroke in taking back the street for living, and it was immediately and hugely popular with residents and visitors, but it creates horrendous pedestrian cross-flow issues for the bikeway that runs between it and the sidewalk.” Continue reading →

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Guest posting: John Ciccarelli on the NYC 9th Avenue bikeway

Posted on March 4, 2009 by jsallen

I consider the 9th Avenue bikeway to be “proper” engineering in the small (i.e. purely technical sense) but not in the larger (public stewardship) sense that considers the legal framework that governs a street’s function for all users. Continue reading →

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