protected bike lanes

DOT started implementing a plan to improve pedestrian and cyclist safety along the stretch this week.

The city plans to unveil a proposal for crosstown bike lanes "in the near future," a spokeswoman said.

A bike lane would create a safer connection to the Queensboro Bridge, advocates said.

Advocates want the city to add protected bike paths along 43rd and Skillman Avenues.

The city is proposing eight miles of lanes from Bay Ridge to Boerum Hill.

A cyclist was killed and another seriously injured at 43rd Avenue and 39th Street this month.

Opponents of the protected bike lane on Prospect Park West have dropped their lawsuit.

Protected bike lanes and pedestrian islands are coming to some intersections, according to plans.

An activist group says that double-parked cars have taken over the Fifth Avenue bike lanes.

The new painted bike lanes will connect to protected lanes on the east and west sides of the park.

The DOT announced the redesigned new lanes ahead of a Community Board 3 meeting Tuesday. 

Officials celebrated the creation of 1,000 miles of bike lanes while residents spoke out against one.

The bike lane would run along Jay Street from the Manhattan Bridge entrance to Fulton Street. 

Two miles of bike lanes could come to Amsterdam Ave. as soon as July, pending community board approval.

Transportation Alternatives is hosting a ride Saturday to celebrate protected bike lanes in East Harlem.