Hurray: Eighth Avenue Bike Lane

Image from Transportation Alternatives

Three years and tens of thousands of man-hours later, the DOT is striping in a bike lane on Eighth Avenue. Kudos to Transportation Alternatives!

I found the Citywide Coalition for Traffic Relief while reading about the win. There's lots of other suggestions on the site, many of them small, for making our streets more of a public good, rather than a car/private good. Also, the list of coalition members was inspiring - so many different groups from across the city.

Finally, Aaron Naparstek weighs in on the Eighth Avenue bike lane - he's a wise one, that one.