Another Bike Lane Show-down
A proposed bike land installation is ruffling feathers again in North Brooklyn. As part of a $5.8 million renovation of the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge, the city is planning to install two bike lines, each with a nine-foot buffer. The result: Two fewer lanes to accommodate the many trucks that use the Brooklyn-Queens connector on a…
A proposed bike land installation is ruffling feathers again in North Brooklyn. As part of a $5.8 million renovation of the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge, the city is planning to install two bike lines, each with a nine-foot buffer. The result: Two fewer lanes to accommodate the many trucks that use the Brooklyn-Queens connector on a daily basis. The proposed change comes on the heels of a new bike lane installation on Greenpoint Avenue that local industrialists blame for big back-ups. “They’ve really made Greenpoint Avenue a mess,” said Paul Pullo of Metroenergy. The bike lobby insists more buffered lanes are necessary in the area: “Those narrow sidewalks [on Greenpoint Avenue] currently make it pretty hazardous for two cyclists, let alone two pedestrians, to comfortably pass one another,” said Wiley Norvell of Transportation Alternatives. “Separating bike and pedestrian traffic would do a lot to improve safety.” And so it goes.
It’s Trucks vs. Bikes on Greenpoint Avenue [Brooklyn Paper]
Only old people hate bike lanes!!
“These bridges weren’t built for bikes. What’s next, a vegan food kiosk in the middle of the bridge???”
What? It’s an elevated extension of the road over a 5 foot wide part of the Newtown Creek.
Who cares – the only people that use this bridge are big trucks who use the neighborhood of Greenpoint as a shortcut to get to the LIE when the BQE backs up. I say good, take it back from the lazy truck drivers and give it back to the community.
“What’s next, a vegan food kiosk in the middle of the bridge???”
How about a “vintage” cafe?
Oh, cmon. Everyone deserves to be able to cross the bridge safely. This bridge is NOT congested and one lane will still move plenty of trucks. There’s nothing to oppose here, except for reflexive whiners who hate bikes for some strange personal reason.
All bike lanes in NYC should get the GOTD Award.
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What’s next, a vegan food kiosk in the middle of the bridge???
dont forget lawn chairs and VOC-free face painting!
*rob*
These bridges weren’t built for bikes. What’s next, a vegan food kiosk in the middle of the bridge???
and the pussification of new york continues
*rob*
“A proposed bike land installation is ruffling feathers again in North Brooklyn.”
GREAT!! A freaking lane isn’t good enough, now it’s ‘land’ these cyclists want.