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
if you live in a hood where parking is great, having a car is great. especially when one has little buggers who are not that old yet to roam independently. powering them up & down subway (hey hey, don’t forget the stroller, snack bag,….) is a biatch. those trips to the costco, BJ’s, fairway, etc no need to worry about how the f I’m going to bring all that stuff back home. Living in NYC means we dont HAVE to drive everywhere cause public trans is great but to have the readily option of driving is a massive plus
sixyears, dont argue with him. he’s an uppity urban transplant gay who thinks his poop doesnt stink because he’s so much better than people who have to rely on cars to get to work. why cant everyone live in an overpriced shoe box in the center of the Universe, called Park Slope!? every else is just oh so declasse!
*rob*
Kramer- you hit it on the head with that 12:10 post
agreed!
11217 – you’ve just never owned the right kinda car! – some people are just drivers by nature.Car culture can be a lot of fun. I agree it can be a headache and thankfully we had a driveway this whole time living in PS.
My problem with city planning is that they are cow-towing(sp) to a select few and it’s really truckers/commuters who are getting the short end of the stick when they put bike lanes in places they don’t belong.
“but 99.9% of this country revolves around cars (which I find disgusting)”
11217, America is a huge country! Public transit is neither feasible nor desirable in most areas because of the vast distances involved. That will never change.
is pop bike tires. is that wrong?
*rob*
“it gives you freedom to explore and opens your life up to more choices -imo”
I feel far more free in renting a car whenever I feel like it and not dealing with parking issues or the expense of owning a car. The money I’ve saved from not having one for the last 10 years is quite a lot of explorations near and far…
But I get that some people are into cars. I’m very happy that there are a growing number of those who are not, although.
ENY – I couldn’t have said it better myself
I walk and drive and I have committed sins both ways – true enough, but you are right, it’s b/c the city is popping up every other day with a new bike lane that it’s raising eyebrows and causing a lot of animosity.
The traffic at this particular intersection has nothing to do with bikes or no bikes. It has to do with truck traffic and poorly timed lights on Court and Hamilton. There’s an immense amount of truck traffic down 9th street, coming across the canal from 2nd/3rd Aves. That’s the problem that needs to be addressed. That’s the problem that’s affecting the quality of life for people who live there, drive there, bike there, walk there.
“BUT – there are SOME places bike lanes are not necessary”
I think this applies to car lanes much more than it does to bike lanes.