PPW Bike Lane Apparently a Big Success
Sorry, haters, it looks like the Prospect Park Bike Lane is working out pretty darn well, at least from a safety perspective. According to an article this morning in The Brooklyn Paper, DOT data shows that accidents are down since the controversial bike lane was installed last summer. More specifically, the number of crashes fell…
Sorry, haters, it looks like the Prospect Park Bike Lane is working out pretty darn well, at least from a safety perspective. According to an article this morning in The Brooklyn Paper, DOT data shows that accidents are down since the controversial bike lane was installed last summer. More specifically, the number of crashes fell to 25 in the past six months from an average of 30 during the same period in the prior three years; crashes that caused injuries were also down from 5.3 two, and injuries to pedestrians dropped 21 percent. Also, before the installation of the bike lane an accident was twice as likely to cause an injury. And there’s still room for improvement: Still to come to the bike lanes are raised pedestrian islands, bike markings at intersections, and narrowing the buffer between Union and Montgomery. In the words of DOT spokesman Seth Solomonow, “Projects don’t get much better than this.”
Photo by Steven Vance
I hear there’ll be STROLLER LANES (some Double-wide) popping up in Park Slope.
“Whats so controversial about this?”
Yeah, really. It’s a big, safe bike lane. That’s cool.
oh, and I’m so glad this bike thread was posted after all that real estate mumbo jumbo figures threads. That would have been a lot to scroll past to get to this thread.
Thanks Mr. B.
Whats so controversial about this? I drive and bike, and like the lane. Are ppl’s lives so empty and boring?
“but as FAST the city put them shits in – is as fast as the state can develop a system up and running that will collect revenue”
once again – there already is a system in place to collect revenue. it’s called enforcing CURRENT traffic laws.
revenue is raised by enforcing rules – not creating new ones and not enforcing them. if rules aren’t enforced, why would i even pay registration if it’s required?
so you’re equating throwing some paint on some roads equal in cost to setting up a whole new gov’t dept?
and your accident point is moot. anyone can damage your vehicle and you have little recourse. and of course, bike lanes help prevent this, so lets hear you say “i love bike lanes”
License them, plate them, fine them for infractions, sue them for any damage and injury they cause.
I have no problems with license plates for bikes.
Where I grew up they were required for all adult sized bikes.
I am also strongly in favor of more enforcement of all traffic-related laws.
^^^^^ I was going to use the word douchebags instead of idiots but I’ll prolly get Quote of the Day with that post so I wanted to keep it clean.
The bike lanes don’t irk me, it’s the idiots that “use” them.