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]
Snarkle, the proper term is “samcratic”.
Certainly not the place to go shopping for a duvet though.
conâ‹…trarâ‹…iâ‹…an (noun)
A person show disagrees with sam, or who questions the theory of the samocentric universe.
I don’t like the Fulton mall, I think it is a disgrace. It was a sixties urban design project that was foisted on the merchants and residents. As a result most of the major stores that once lined Fulton closed, most of the restaurants did too including the venerable Gage and Tollners. What is left is more or less crappy merchandise and crappy fast food. Other than that, it’s great.
sam dislikes the Fulton Mall because it’s not a “chic Euro-style” mall (see yesterday’s “Albee Square” thread). To sam, it’s much more important to be trendy, chic and European than to make money – it’s been reported here several times that the Fulton mall is one of the highest-grossing shopping districts in the country.
> What’s not successful about the Fulton Mall?
They don’t sell anything that sam wants.
snarkle: if you’re not being facetious then you’re being idiotic. or more likely contrarian. Did your parents or teachers ever say that you were contrarian? usually it starts early in life, by age six or seven.
I’ve been cycling through the city since I was a child, and I agree that bicycle lanes are unnecessary except as a political statement. Bike lanes send the message that bicycles are toys, that need to be segregated in their own protected play area. Bicycles are vehicles, and they should operate in the same right-of-way as other vehicles.
“incredibly successful Fulton Mall”
What’s not successful about the Fulton Mall?