CB6 Drafts Bike Lane PPW Resolution
Following last week’s public hearing, last night the CB6 Transportation Committee presented the first draft of a resolution concerning the Prospect Park West bike lane and “related issues.” Included in the draft: “CB6 is not a party and takes no position with respect to [the PPW lawsuit], but further acknowledges that DOT, in its discretion,…
Following last week’s public hearing, last night the CB6 Transportation Committee presented the first draft of a resolution concerning the Prospect Park West bike lane and “related issues.” Included in the draft: “CB6 is not a party and takes no position with respect to [the PPW lawsuit], but further acknowledges that DOT, in its discretion, may deem it prudent to defer modifications… until that legal proceeding is continued.” The modifications recommended included raising and widening the pedestrian safety islands with an “appropriate design for public review,” restoring parking spaces, installing rumble strips near pedestrian crossings, and the continued study of the safety and flow of traffic. The entrances at Garfield Place, 3rd, 11th, 9th and 5th Street (into Litchfield Villa) were asked to be reconfigured. Also, during rush hour, DOT was asked to “further traffic signal adjustments and attention to unloading/loading ‘hot spots.'” Some in the audience stressed that DOT needs to look closely at the relationship with bikers and pedestrians, rather than bikers and motorists. The draft will be considered by the full board on Wednesday, April 13th.
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“think that there might possibly be someone driving into Manhattan to have chemo or some other procedure done in one of the many premiere hospitals located there.”
ixnay on the cancer card, mkay?
Really, tybur6, there’s no reasoning with a zealot and you obviously fall into that category. It’s pretty clear you have a masochistic streak if you continue to ride around Manhattan and have had so many mishaps and near accidents. The fact that you’ve had sooooo many difficulties and I’ve had so few says something about your bike riding skills and practices. Maybe you should have remained in those other cities; they were obviously more your speed and NY is too much for you. Maybe the “improvements” you want to make are more suited to those other, more tranquil cities to which you are obviously more suited.
I never said that no improvements could ever be made to NYC, but I totally disagree with this particular change. Of course not every single car on the road here is necessary, but the next time your busy cursing out some private car or taxi in the city, think that there might possibly be someone driving into Manhattan to have chemo or some other procedure done in one of the many premiere hospitals located there. Or that vehicles are actually delivering goods that even hipsters want. Or that older people who have difficulty negotiating subways and even buses may want to go someplace and not spend 2 hours waiting for and riding in an Access-A-Ride vehicle. You and your fellow bicycling zealots are not the center of the universe, though your parents probably told you that you were.
morralkan — Correct. It is not CURRENTLY enjoyable. But what is wrong with your statements and your attitude is that New York City should be approached as a “take it or leave it” way; there’s no room for improvement; there’s absolutely no way that the transportation mix could ever possibly shift more away from cars; that every car on the roads are 100% necessary; that bicycling could never be a more widespread transportation option for the city-at-large; and so on.
I’m not a masochist, but you CLEARLY have either a pathological fear of change, cannot possibly empathize with someone else’s position (i.e., I’ve been biking around for 75 years with no problem!!), have a bizarre sense of NYC exceptionalism (and not in a good way), or some perverse combination of all of the above.
From what you previously wrote, tybur6, it doesn’t appear that you found it that enjoyable, unless you are a masochist.
“For the life of me, I can’t see how bike riding in Manhattan could ever be an enjoyable experience…” (Morralkan)
And that’s why you’re oh so very wrong!!
Let the kid learn to ride IN THE PARK, mtr. Parks are supposed to be, at least in part, for recreation and what the kid is doing definitely falls into that category. I have no idea where in the city you’ve been riding and what you’ve been doing, but in 40 years of riding I’ve had exactly one accident and it did not involve a car, another bike, or a pedestrian. Some lovely person had done an oil change in the street (REALLY in the street) and my bike and I both flew through the air.
As for all the other cities where there are bike lanes, those are other cities and New York is different. While some may prefer Boston, Seattle, or Amsterdam, no city attracts visitors and new dwellers as much as New York does. Maybe we do some things right. Of course, if one prefers small cities and hick towns, maybe that’s the place he should live. Just saying. For the life of me, I can’t see how bike riding in Manhattan could ever be an enjoyable experience, except perhaps on a early Sunday morning.
As to “:-/ why does everyone in 2011 have to be treated like a tard?”, Rob, it’s all part of our Emperor’s nanny state mentality. I hate him and his reforms. He really must have been badly bullied as a child; maybe as an adult also.
Is there a link to the actual CB6 proposal. I’m curious as to how the areas by the park entrance streets are proposed to be reconfigured.
25 years of riding a bike in Brooklyn and Manhattan and a track record of both shoulders separated, broken bones in my hand, concussions, stitches and plenty of road rash scars, not a single one of which was due to riding the wrong way or on a sidewalk or blowing through red lights. And no, I didn’t learn to ride in a cul de sac, but at this point I flat out hate riding on most city streets – want that horror movie experience, try riding Flatbush at 8 in the morning. And Schumer’s entitled wife wants to get rid of a real life bike lane so the town car that picks her up every morning can double park in front of her building more easily. My vote just went to whoever runs against Chucky next time, even if their name if Palin or DaMato. And to the rest of you I say learn to live with the extra fifteen seconds it takes to drive from one end of PPW to the other, maybe one kid learning how to ride a bike in a safe, secure bike lane won’t get killed, that’s enough reason for me.
NOP speaks sooth as always.