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NYCycles - The Official Newsletter of NYC DOT's Bike Program
| Protected Bike Lane Wins Award – Gets Extended! |
| Don’t Miss Summer Streets Saturdays: August 9, 16 and 23 |
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This August the streets are your playground as NYCDOT and our partners present Summer Streets. From 7:00 am to 1:00 pm on Saturday August 9, 16 and 23 we will close 6.9 miles of streets from Park Avenue and connecting streets from the Brooklyn Bridge to Central Park to motor vehicles and open it up to people. The route will also provide recommended connections via low-traffic streets to the Hudson River Greenway, so that cyclists can plan as long or as short of a loop as they'd like.
This event takes a valuable public space - our City's streets - and opens them up to people to play, walk, bike and breathe. Summer Streets provides more space for healthy recreation and is a part of NYC's greening initiative by encouraging New Yorkers to use more sustainable forms of transportation.
Modeled on other events from around the world including Bogotá, Colombia's Ciclovia, Paris, France's Paris Plage, and even New York's own Museum Mile, this event will be part bike tour, part block party, a great time for exercise, people watching and just enjoying summer mornings.
This event is for people of all ages and ability levels to share the streets respectfully. We want this to be fun for everyone, so cyclists are kindly asked to keep their speeds to a reasonable pace and yield to pedestrians and other slower people on the route.
In order to make this event a huge success we are also recruiting hundreds of volunteers. For more information about the event or to register to volunteer visit http://www.nyc.gov/summerstreets.
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Download Summer Streets Map (in PDF)
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The New York City Waterfalls, a major work of public art by Olafur Eliasson will be on display through October 13. The exhibition of four man-made waterfalls of monumental scale are on view on the shores of the New York waterfront: one on the Brooklyn anchorage of the Brooklyn Bridge; one on the Brooklyn Piers, between Piers 4 and 5 near the Brooklyn Heights Promenade; one in Lower Manhattan at Pier 35 north of the Manhattan Bridge; and one on the north shore of Governors Island. The Waterfalls, which have been designed to protect water quality and aquatic life, will operate from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. daily, except Tuesdays and Thursdays, when they will run from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. The Waterfalls will be lit after sunset.
New Yorkers and visitors from around the world can experience the Waterfalls from various vantage points and also by bike or by boat. Circle Line Downtown, the official water tour operator of The New York City Waterfalls, is offering free and specially-priced daily boat tours to view the Waterfalls. A select number of free tickets for this official 30-minute journey is available for tours each day by calling (866) 925-4631. Organized by the Public Art Fund in partnership with Circle Line Downtown, the special boat trips departing from Pier 16, South Street Seaport in Manhattan, include an audio introduction by the artist, and provide up-close views of the Waterfalls. Tickets and schedules are available on the Circle Line website, linked to the official Waterfalls website: www.nycwaterfalls.org.
The always free Governors Island and Staten Island Ferries also provide views of the Waterfalls on Governors Island and at the Brooklyn Piers. The Staten Island Ferry runs daily, and the seven-minute Governor's Island Ferry is running every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday for the duration of the project.
Of course, one of the best ways to enjoy The New York City Waterfalls is on two wheels. DOT's map and cue sheet shows the best bike route, viewing locations, subway stations and other destination points. Download your free copy here.
The New York City Waterfalls are presented by the Public Art Fund, in collaboration with the City of New York.
Bike The Falls
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New Bicycle Routes
The DOT Bicycle Program installed over 60 new lane miles of bicycle routes in 2007, and plan to install 80 more miles this year. Track our progress and see upcoming projects here.
Get Your 2008 NYC Cycling Map
Get your copy of the Departments of Transportation, City Planning and Parks' 2008 NYC Cycling Map. The map includes bike lanes, routes, greenways, parks, bike shops and subway stations in all five boroughs. The map also shows bike rental locations. Download a copy online, pick up one at a local bike shop or order one for FREE by calling 311.
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Street Smart Cycling:
Ride with Traffic! Motorists and pedestrians are not looking for bicyclists riding against traffic. It is illegal and dangerous. Ride with traffic to avoid accidents, even if you're in a bike lane.
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Quick Tip:
Stay hydrated! According to the American Council on Fitness It is important to drink even before signs of thirst appear. Thirst is a signal that your body is already on the way to dehydration. It is important to drink more than thirst demands and to continue to drink throughout the day. Water is the best way to stay hydrated, though sports drinks can help replace electrolytes for folks who are out for long, high intensity rides (longer than 45-60 minutes). |
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Road and Bridge Closures
For information about street closures, sign up for weekly traffic advisories:
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Free Helmets
The DOT has distributed over 12,000 official NYC bicycle helmets for free to New York City residents. You can schedule a time to get fitted for an NYC helmet at one of the DOT's Safety Cities by calling 311. This summer DOT staff will also be fitting and distributing helmets at a number of special events throughout the five boroughs. Check our events calendar for upcoming fittings. |
Suggest Bike Rack Locations
Do you live or work somewhere that could benefit from secure bike parking? NYCDOT is working with Community Boards to identify strategic areas to install clusters of new bike parking, including at transit stations, along commercial corridors and at other major community destinations. If you'd like to suggest an area that needs bike parking contact your Community Board. |
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Potholes
Street Construction Hazards
Missing or Broken Street Signs
Report a faded or damaged bike lane: Call 311
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DOT's 9th Avenue bike lane continues to delight New York City's cyclists, and now it's also attracting attention from leading engineers around the world. This August the design will be awarded the Institute for Transportation Engineers' Transportation Planning Council's Best Program award at ITE's Annual Meeting in Anaheim, CA. The 9th Avenue facility solved the tricky issue of how to design intersections of the protected bike path and cross-streets, to ensure that cyclists and motorists could see each other and left-turning vehicles did not endanger cyclists who were continuing straight ahead. NYCDOT addressed these issues by providing special signals for cyclists and left-turn bays for drivers with a separate signal phase, allowing them to cross the path when cyclists are stopped.
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