New Groups Formed to Support PPW Bike Lane

According to a press release sent out yesterday, two community groups called Neighbors for Better Neighbors and Seniors for Civility have been formed to support the Prospect Park West bike lane. The new organizations appear to be pointedly countering the tactics of the anti-bike lane groups, which are called Seniors for Safety and Neighbors for Better Bike Lanes. (Confused yet?) The release also trumpeted Kings County Supreme Court Justice Burt Bunyan’s order yesterday that the plaintiffs in the bike lane suit had withdraw several recently issued subpoenas to community leaders like Community Board 6 District Manager Craig Hammerman and City Councilman Steve Levin. Here’s the quote on that: “‘We’ve always enjoyed the annual Park Slope Halloween Parade on Seventh Avenue,’ said Rich Greenspan, a construction project manager who owns an apartment on Prospect Park West where he lives, walks, bikes and drives with his wife and two daughters, ages four and six, every day. ‘Unfortunately, some of our neighbors must think Halloween came early this year because their bike lane law suit has become a witch hunt.'”
NBBL Attorney Jim Walden Withdraws Round of Subpoenas [Streetsblog]
Prospect Park West Bike Lane Suit Drags On [Brownstoner]