Bike Lanes for East New York and Brownsville

Yesterday Streetsblog reported on DOT’s proposal for bike lanes in East New York and Brownsville. The pavement lines (there won’t be protected lanes) will be installed next year on two miles of Pitkin Avenue. This will be accompanied by community events like a helmet fitting and learn-to-ride workshop at an East New York elementary school. DOT also plans to install traffic measures on Pennsylvania Avenue, where there’s a high number of speeding cars and fatalities. The street will be resurfaced, DOT will reduce the number of lanes from three to two in each direction, and they’ll add median extensions and an extra-wide curb parking lane. Residents are also pushing for another bike lane on Mother Gaston Boulevard, where the neighborhood’s only bike shop is located, but DOT is not expected to present that proposal until a later time. Pretty awesome news for East New York, a neighborhood with virtually no bike lanes at this point.
East New York and Brownsville on the Cusp of Getting New Bike Lanes [Streetsblog]
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