DOT Greens a New Bike Lane on 9th Street
The DOT’s green paint-wielding fairies have been busy in yet another section of the borough: A new royal road to Red Hook has been established on 9th Street from Smith to the BQE. GMAP
The DOT’s green paint-wielding fairies have been busy in yet another section of the borough: A new royal road to Red Hook has been established on 9th Street from Smith to the BQE. GMAP
max R and R:
Agreed Red Hook is a great place to ride a bike – lots of open roadways not too many pedestrians and not that many cars
Rob,
Why is that ironic? Those are the years I owned a car.
Glad I didn’t mention the years I was studying towards my Doctorate (although I didn’t have a car then, thus the reason for the exclusion).
What’s your problem?
I get to Red Hook via bike on 9th Street very regularly. You have to get off the bike to cross the pedestrian path. It’s one of the only ways to get to the neighborhood, which is a great place to tool around on a bicycle.
I agree that lots of bikers often act like entitled poopheads and disregard the rules of the road. (Of course I’ve been guilty of this, but I don’t make a practice of it.)
About a week ago I was on the co-op block, Union, around 6 p.m. Two people were riding up the block on their bicycles. I said to one of them, “This is a sidewalk.” And she yelled back, “Oh, shut up!”
Folks like these ruin it for the rest of us.
I don’t understand how any bike lanes increase traffic. They are just marking off a piece of existing infrastructure so drivers are more aware that bikers are there.
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I don’t think I’m better than anyone else because I don’t have a car. I had a car all through high school, college and graduate school.
oh the irony of having to mention graduate school in that statement :-/
*rob*
Literally every time I’m driving on Union Street through CG there’s a biker biking the wrong way against traffic right across the street from the bike lane. What’s the point.
Listen,
I don’t think I’m better than anyone else because I don’t have a car. I had a car all through high school, college and graduate school.
And I do rent cars on occasion (last week when I was on vacation because BART stops running at like 12:30…WTF?!). But believe me…I could not WAIT to turn the car back in at the end of the trip…it was fun for all of about 2 seconds, and the remainder of the time I found it just a way to get from point A to point B.
I just get annoyed when car owners get so pissed about this city becoming a little more bike friendly, that’s all.
very true, M4L- I miss not having a car but it’s been many years. I also can’t deal iwth the expense. Zip car is a g-dsend. I think a healthy mix is far better than tryig to promote one mode of transportation over another- at elast at this point in time because public transportation in NYC leaves a lot to be desired- unless you live in Manhattan.
11217 – also too remember I am from Long Island which means my entire family and some of my friends are all still on LI – and the LIRR trains that from Atlantic Terminal don’t go to my town in LI – so I would either have a 2.5 hour train ride to visit them or a 40 min car ride
you tell me which is better?
am not getting on your case – you know I love you too