CB6, Fifth Avenue BID Going After Bike Lane
The Fifth Avenue BID wants to do away with the bike lane that runs from Carroll Street to 24th Street, and Community Board 6 is listening, reports Streets Blog. The BID argues that the bike lane makes it too difficult for trucks to make deliveries to the many businesses that line the avenue and that…
The Fifth Avenue BID wants to do away with the bike lane that runs from Carroll Street to 24th Street, and Community Board 6 is listening, reports Streets Blog. The BID argues that the bike lane makes it too difficult for trucks to make deliveries to the many businesses that line the avenue and that more tickets are getting issued as a result. CB6 District Manager Craig Hammerman has suggested a compromise—downgrading from a full-fledged bike lane to sharrows, lighter-weight markings. “The proposed scenario wouldn’t do anything to help delivery drivers find curbside spots,” writes the blog, “but it would force cyclists to kiss their dedicated space goodbye.” Streets Blog thinks the answer lies in a fledgling program that’s been experimented with along Fifth Avenue that makes metered parking more expensive at peak times.
Fifth Ave BID, CB6 Take Aim at Park Slope Bike Lane [Streets Blog]
Sorry chicken, no lane for you
“The issuance of tickets and the difficulties of getting stock delivered to stores because of this effects the customers of the stores. This is a congested city and food, etc has to be delivered and the delivery of such is more important than making special lanes for bicycles.”
Then make a floating lane outside the bike lane like they did on Grand St on Manhattan, or like they are planning on doing on Kent Ave in the Burg.
Seriously though – what truck is going to say “oh no, a bike lane, can’t illegally double park THERE!”
“Bikers are fat guys with beards, beer bellys and pickelhaube helmets that ride motorbikes.
Posted by: dittoburg at June 10, 2009 9:38 AM”
Oy! That’s me!
I’m really curious… when did the trucks STOP parking in the bike lane? Just because there’s a stripe painted in the ground doesn’t mean people don’t park and ride in it.
OH Yeah… and how many parking tickets have these trucks gotten? Are they getting tickets for the bike lane or DOUBLE-PARKING? Or… as I suspect… none of the above. Just whining.
The bike lanes are for increased visibility. It doesn’t prevent people parking or driving in them. There’s no magic force field. It just makes people slightly more conscious that there may be a two-wheeled vehicle in the vicinity.
Such a ridiculous fight for the BID to go after.
How about calling them wheelers?
The issuance of tickets and the difficulties of getting stock delivered to stores because of this effects the customers of the stores. This is a congested city and food, etc has to be delivered and the delivery of such is more important than making special lanes for bicycles.
rob is right…for every one bicycle in that lane there are probably well over 100 people on the sidewalk andin the stores being effected by this
quote:
You mean bicyclists.
that just sounds too gay-ish and metrosexual. sorry if you ride a bike. youre a “biker”
*rob*
“I’m with the business owners on this one. ”
Maybe Dave will be willing to let us bikers borrow one of his fleet of automobiles as an alternate mode of transport.
Classic case of “This doesn’t effect me so who cares”
Bikers are fat guys with beards, beer bellys and pickelhaube helmets that ride motorbikes.
You mean bicyclists.