Adams Street Bike Lane Shenanigans Continue
Riding up Adams Street this week, we realized not much had changed since we wrote about the pervasive illegal parking in the bike lane in front of the Marriott Hotel back in December. This time we were also struck by the number of cars parked one block closer to Tillary. Upon closer inspection, some of…
Riding up Adams Street this week, we realized not much had changed since we wrote about the pervasive illegal parking in the bike lane in front of the Marriott Hotel back in December. This time we were also struck by the number of cars parked one block closer to Tillary. Upon closer inspection, some of the offenders included cars with a handicapped permit, a court officer permit and a NYPD permit. Nice.
No Love for the Adams Street Bike Lane [Brownstoner]
this is _another_ reason congestion pricing is a total joke.
They want to take more money from civilians and put a little paint on the street.
This situation proves that that will do nothing for congestion, or bicycle safety… it will only create more parking for cops.
Also, to me this represents the real problem with the NYPD. The problem isn’t that they aren’t paid enough, nor are they only attracting low IQ applicants…
the problem is that the NYPD does nothing to enforce respect for the communities they are supposed to be protecting.
Move the cars out of the bike lane because you respect the community.
It’s the city that went ahead with these large buildings that displaced parking, not bicyclists.
I’m a court employee (attorney) in the Supreme Court building and I’ve never understood why the court officers get parking privileges. They work in one place for a fixed period every day, just like the rest of us. Not fair. As far as I can tell they don’t need their personal cars for work use so there’s no reason why they shouldn’t just take public transportation like everyone else.
You’re right Jimmy Legs. Why bother marking bike lanes if drivers don’t respect them?
i’m sorry for building the marriott hotel and taking up all the parking spaces when i moved here.
bike lanes really need to have barriers/ separators, some green paint isn’t gonna stop anybody from encroaching.
The What, perhaps you can fill us in on whether or not you face the same issues living in Lodi, NJ
re: the post-script by 1:04/1:05 — almost all of downtown Brooklyn is in a “no permit” zone. Period, end of story.
P.S.: Almost all court officer permits are issued by their union and carry no parking privledges whatsoever.
1:05 PM: Well said, well written.
The What
Someday this war is gonna end…
Well, prior to all you folks moving to Brooklyn there used to be a parking garage on a portion of the street where the Mariott currently stands, used by court officers and judges. That’s now gone.
There was a municipal lot on the corner of State and Court for folks coming to the various courthouses. That is now gone.
There were blocks of street level lots on Schemerhorn between Jay Street and Nevins Street. All of them are now gone.
I’m sorry that you don’t want the court officers, judges, DA’s, federal prosecutors, correction officers parking in your bike lanes (and btw the day that 100 people use that lane much less thousands it will be news). Also remember that in the cases of DA’s, the prosecutors and the court staff, some of them need to use their cars daily for their jobs. The municipal parking was originally placed nearby for that reason. The next time you applaud the growth of development at the expense of things like parking garages, gas stations and the like, remember that they serve a purpose as well.
P.S. The parking placard does not allow one to park in front of hydrants, but the same is not true of no standing zones.
I acknowledge the reality that cops in most cities can generally park wherever the hell they want, but I think it’s wrong to put riders at risk who are trying to stay in shape, be more environmentally conscious, etc.
I would also discourage keying of cars for the riders’ sake, not to mention someone blocking the bike lane might actually have a valid reason/emergency for being there (I’m a rider myself who uses the bike lanes, so I do realize most cars are unncecessarily parked there – I agree with Sam re: the need for more garages)