- Resurfacing of Houston between Second Avenue and the FDR
- Installing parking protected bike lanes on Houston between Forsyth and the FDR
- Installing delineator-protected and curbside bike lanes on Houston between Second Avenue and Forsyth .. and between Ludlow and Essex
- Creating painted pedestrian islands along Houston between Ludlow and Avenue C
- Installing new bicycle parking on Houston at Orchard and Avenue D
Plans for protected bike lanes along this corridor date to the fall of 2020 ... and put into place to provide cyclists a safer passage on city streets with the closure of the East River Park Greenway until 2026.
This Houston Street work comes four months after the $1.45-billion East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) project shut down bike access along the East River starting at Montgomery Street.
The city installed new bike lanes for Avenue C late last summer.