Foot and bicycle access to New York City's East River Bridges has hit an all-time low, say pedestrian and cycling advocates. The recent closing of the Williamsburg Bridge walkway, combined with the City's policy of turning the Queensboro Bridge's bike and foot path over to auto traffic every week-night, is thwarting non-motorized passage to Manhattan to the worst extent in recent memory, according to Transportation Alternatives, a 1500-member NYC bicycling-pedestrian advocacy group.

Set To Open After 40 years:
Manhattan Bridge Path Grand Opening with Department of Transportation Commissioner Iris Weinshall
Wed. May 16, @ 1 pm
Where: Gather at the South East corner of Bowery and Canal
on the rebuilt Manhattan Bridge Path.

Today, Transportation Alternatives (T.A.) released the results of its "Manhattan Bridge Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Survey." In July, T.A. polled 190 Manhattan Bridge users about the safety of walking and biking to and from the bridge's bicycle and pedestrian path. Each day 1,000 people walk and bike across the Manhattan Bridge.

Read the full report.

On Wednesday, December 21, Transportation Alternatives, New York's advocates for bicycling and walking, announced that bicycling has increased 500% since the beginning of the transit strike.