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    New Investment in Bike Infrastructure for New York City

    Bike Lanes  •  Midtown and Upper East Side, Manhattan

    Image Credit: New York City Department of Transportation

    Three miles of new bike lanes will be created. On October 14, 2020, Mayor de Blasio announced that more than three miles of protected bike lanes have been completed in Midtown Manhattan and the Upper West Side, including uptown protected lanes on both Sixth Avenue and Central Park West. (read more…)

    Tags : Bicycles, bike lanes, protected bike lanes
    Date:10/27/2020
    Category : Department Of Transportation
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    Comptroller Proposes Bike-to-School Plan for Low-Income High School Students

    Transportation  •  Citywide

    Citi Bikes at a Citi Bike Docking Station./Image Credit: CityLand

    This plan includes free bikes and Citi Bike memberships and building one and a half miles of protected bike lanes around 50 New York City high schools in the next year. On September 3, 2020, New York City Comptroller Scott Singer proposed a bike-to-school plan as a sustainable, safe, and healthy transportation option for the city’s young people returning to school this fall amid the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. (read more…)

    Tags : Bicycles, students, Transportation
    Date:09/29/2020
    Category : Comptroller's Office
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    Bicycle Riding and Injuries, Tort Claims and Defenses

    Torts  •  Citywide

    Credit: CityLaw

    Bike riding is enjoyable, healthy and fun. It can also be dangerous. The City is heavily invested in encouraging bike riding and bike safety. Yet, accidents happen, and when they do bike riders may opt to sue. Bike riders receive no special status as tort plaintiffs. Bike riders in court live by the same rules that govern tort claims by pedestrians and car drivers. As New York courts have repeatedly stated, a “bicyclist is required to use reasonable care for his or her own safety, to keep a reasonably vigilant lookout for vehicles, and to avoid placing himself or herself in a dangerous position.” (read more…)

    Tags : Bicycles, Bike Safety, CityLaw, Torts
    Date:04/01/2020
    Category : CityLaw
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