Bike Lanes Reach River to River

Photo by Stephanie Keith

Protected bike lanes will soon stretch across Manhattan Island. After a concerted campaign by TransAlt members and activists, and a dangerous year where five people were killed in Midtown, the New York City Department of Transportation recently agreed to build protected bike lanes on 26th and 29th streets. The crosstown lanes will make a huge difference in the core of Manhattan, where there are currently no safe east-west routes. Next up? Activists want a north-south route to match. Their campaign for protected bike lanes on 5th and 6th avenues took to the streets, where the activists used their bodies to make their own temporary lane.