The Re-Painted-Over Bedford Bike Lane
Over the weekend, we went to check out the DOT’s Bedford Avenue bike-lane-blackout handiwork ourselves. As you will recall, first there was a bike lane that ran through the heavily Hasidic section of South Williamsburg, then DOT painted over it as a result of a back-room political deal made by the mayor with religious leaders,…
Over the weekend, we went to check out the DOT’s Bedford Avenue bike-lane-blackout handiwork ourselves. As you will recall, first there was a bike lane that ran through the heavily Hasidic section of South Williamsburg, then DOT painted over it as a result of a back-room political deal made by the mayor with religious leaders, then some bicycle safety activists painted it back, then DOT painted over it again. Yesterday there was a mock funeral procession to mourn its loss. Have we heard the last of the issue?
The problem is that these people are now trying to block the bikers with their minivans. I’ve seen it done with my own two eyes. Also I’ve been cursed at by women when driving through their neighborhood on Saturday. If you can’t drive on Sat that’s between you and your god but don’t curse me out because I don’t believe in fairy tales.
doesn’t! darn! my hands have terrible grammar
WBer, Zinka knows that, s/he just said the anti-bike lane community along Bedford don’t know that, and don’t know that all they’ve done with this move is sacrifice safety
it’s gonna be a shitshow if someone on a bike gets hit on this stretch.
Zinka – but what about the children!?!
The removal of the bike lane does not mean that bikes are not allowed. Bikes are still allowed on ALL public streets. All that was removed was the dedicated bike marking – they even left the left-lane strip, which creates a de facto lane and encourages cars to keep right.
Still it’s a travesty.
I give it 50/50 of blowing over. Bikes will continue on this stretch in ever-growing numbers, lane or no lane. The question to me is whether extremists (on either side of the debate) push an escalation. These are two pretty indignant, organized and ideologically driven communities (Satmar and NYC cyclists) who have no overlap and very little grasp of each other’s cultures. Could be a wild ride…
They saiid Bloomberg admitted to it over the weekend- I am curious to see if anyone backtracks seeing as people are so angry about it.
Yes, havlec, from the “Bloomberg story” and the PHOTO above, it looks to me like, technically, the bike lane is still there!!!!
wow seriously? cant that be grounds for impeachment?
*rob*