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BROOKLYN BRIDGE – Anyone who’s crossed the Brooklyn Bridge in recent years is well aware that despite the breathtaking views, the trip can be a frustrating and slow experience, with thousands of pedestrians filling the pathways and bicyclists trying to maneuver through them. Opened in 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge is
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Courtesy of NYC DOTIn December, the Department of Transportation presented to the Community Board 6 Transportation/Public Safety board members a proposal [/mind-gap-filling-holes-bike-lane-network-park-slope-cobble-hill/] for a 3-block bike project that would fill a gap in the bicycle lane network. The project would install a bike lane on Amity Street from Henry
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(Sample 2-way bike lane image via Transportation Alternatives petition [https://campaigns.transalt.org/petition/two-way-protected-bike-path-flatbush]) [Updates 12/7 & 12/8: We spoke to the petition’s founders and added in their story throughout] Local Council Members take note: A petition for a 2-way protected bike lane on Flatbush Avenue
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(Sample 2-way bike lane image via Transportation Alternatives petition [https://campaigns.transalt.org/petition/two-way-protected-bike-path-flatbush]) [Updates 12/7 & 12/8: We spoke to the petition’s founders and added in their story throughout] Local Council Members take note: A petition for a 2-way protected bike lane on Flatbush Avenue
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Cyclist of Ocean Parkway. (Photo courtesy Photo via Stephan Nicholas / Facebook) Ocean Parkway serves as a major connector between not only northern and southern Brooklyn, but also the Belt Parkway and the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. It is an interesting, and essential [/transportation/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-ocean-parkway/#.V8WSUJMrJmA] part of getting around Brooklyn, and it
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(Photo via NYC DOT)Sunset Park residents are calling on the Department of Transportation to change its plans for a Fourth Avenue bike lane, activists said. Activists said the agency has ignored their repeated requests for a lane, meanwhile one in Marine Park was built without people asking for one.
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The DOT makes its presentation in favor of the bike lane last month. (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Justin Fox)There are meetings scheduled this week to address community input regarding a pair of local transit projects. Community Board 2 [/?s=community+board+2]‘s Transportation Committee will be holding a
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Yafa Deli has some great fried chicken. (Courtesy Justin Fox/Fort Greene Focus. Here’s a recap of what went down this week. Follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/ftgfocus], like us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/FortGreeneFocus], and check out our Instagram [http://instagram.com/fortgreenefocus], and
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(courtesy NYC Department of Transit [http://nycdotfeedbackportals.nyc/content/project-proposal])The DOT has pulled out all the stops in promoting its new plan to create a protected bike lane on Clinton Avenue. The transportation agency is doing it differently this time. The proposal [http://nycdotfeedbackportals.nyc/clinton-ave] — which would turn
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Remember how the bike line on 5th Ave near 15th Street was blocked for construction [/blog/transportation/construction-closes-5th-ave-bike-lane-tuesday] yesterday? Looks like the southbound side is blocked today. The crew tells us that work should be completed today. 17th Street also remains closed to facilitate repairs on Monday’s busted water
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The meandering curves of Bay Ridge’s Shore Road may harken back to the days when it was the scenic coastal road of a hamlet called Yellow Hook in the town of New Utrecht. However, a piece in yesterday’s Brooklyn Eagle reveals that after an increasing number of car