It's going to be a tight squeeze for cyclists and walkers on the Williamsburg Bridge starting June 13th, when the DOT will block off the south side pedestrian path for six weeks in order to install new roadblocks at the entrance near South Sixth Street. The roadblocks are intended to "prevent small cars from plowing through the entrance to the bridge’s cycle path," the Brooklyn Paper reports; we imagine they'll resemble the bollards that were recently raised on both sides of the Manhattan Bridge bike entrance. more ›

The west side of Manhattan is an idyllic utopia along the river, where an interconnected series of parks and paths give New Yorkers the ability to travel on foot or by bike from the Battery up to Washington Heights, without mingling with motor vehicles. Much of the route along the Hudson River is green and well-maintained, which makes the contrast with the shabby East Side all the more striking. And so over the weekend Transportation Alternatives held a bike ride press opp along the East River to highlight his side's glaring inadequacy. more ›

Transportation Alternatives, the bicycling, pedestrian, and public transit advocacy group, shared this photograph proving that, yes, the bollards installed on the Hudson River Greenway (the bike path along the West Side HIghway) do work. The bollards were installed in mid-2008—over a year after two deaths of bicyclists along the bike path. more ›

After filing our late-breaking report on this giant hole in the East River Greenway bike/pedestrian path yesterday, today the city has jury-rigged this neat little detour. Spotted by Twitter user Mike Epstein, this appears to be a suitable temporary solution to what may be a much larger problem at the old, decaying footpath near East 72nd Street. more ›

Reader Seth took this photograph on the East River Greenway bike/pedestrian path near 72nd Street and says, "This path has been falling apart for years and the City has simply fenced off damaged areas instead of repairing them. This is one of many dangerous sections of the East Side Greenway that desperately needs to be repaired. Please call 311." more ›

A tipster sent us this photo taken today on the Hudson River Greenway. To the untrained eye nothing seems out of the ordinary here: bikes and cars sharing the road in Utopian harmony. But although it looks like a normal street, this is actually a bike path; the car here is supposed to be over on the left on the West Side Highway. What makes this really galling is that this photo was taken on the same bike path where a drunk driver killed 22-year-old cyclist Eric Ng back in 2006. more ›

In March the DOT unveiled plans to install a two-way, protected path along Flushing Avenue, which would have been the last piece of the puzzle giving cyclists a safe bike route, completely separated from traffic, all the way from Greenpoint to DUMBO. But local residents and businesses raised objections about the DOT's intention to change Flushing into a one-way avenue for cars between Kent Avenue and Navy Street. Now the DOT has drafted a compromise, which has won the approval of the local community board transportation committee. While it's a step in the right direction, the new plan will take years to fully implement. more ›

As previously reported, the DOT is implementing some long-overdue changes to the bike-pedestrian paths on the Williamsburg Bridge. The paths, which have become increasingly crowded and dangerous due to the city's cycling boom, are being altered so that walkers and bikers will each have their own side, like on the Manhattan Bridge. The work is beginning today, with the complete closure of the south side path. Then it's on to the sinister "Phase 2"! more ›

Cyclists are complaining that NYPD squad cars have been parking on the Queensboro Bridge bike path, forcing riders to pass by through a narrow 18 inch gap. A DOT spokesman explains they requested police presence on the bike path after two collisions between cyclists and workers painting the bridge. In areas where work is being done, there are signs posted "periodically" instructing bike riders to dismount and walk. more ›

There was a fatal bicycle accident last night on the Williamsburg Bridge bike and pedestrian path; an initial report tells us that the accident involved "a cyclist vs. a guardrail" and that the cyclist was DOA at the hospital. [Update below.] more ›

Aggressive drivers and mortified Hasidim aren't the only ones at odds with cyclists in New York City. Bike riders in Staten Island can now add golfers to their ever-expanding enemies list. The Staten Island Advance reports that golfers are incensed about a Parks Department plan to build a 3 1/2-mile bicycle path through parts of LaTourette Park, extending along the golf courses on the western end. more ›

A DOT plan [pdf] to install a protected bike path on Eighth Avenue – similar to the one that’s already been implemented on Ninth Avenue from 14th to 23rd Street – has been rejected by Manhattan Community Board 4, which includes Chelsea. The proposal, which would not require the elimination of any traffic lanes while buffering cyclists from motorists, was previously approved by the board’s Transportation Planning Committee, as well as Community Board 2. more ›

Eugenio Cidron, the man who killed bicyclist Eric Ng in 2006 after driving drunk down the West Side bike path instead of the West Side Highway following a holiday party at Chelsea Piers, was sentenced yesterday to three to 10 years in prison. Cidron had driven over a plastic pylon to enter the path from Chelsea Piers and had been driving south for a mile before hitting Ng, who was traveling north. more ›