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’m tired of the bike lane debate as well.
Now matter how many statistics that the city comes up with up, the people who hated them before will continue to hate them.
“god, it’s like beating my head against a brick wall with you people.”
make sure you’re wearing your bike helmet while doing it.
And from the aerial view posted, it looks like a lap pool. How fun would that be? A lap pool on the street. That’s something I would support.
“I am totally on board with making cyclists get licenses plates and registering their bike with the state of NY – good revenue for the state ”
so is enforcing current laws (which aren’t)
god, it’s like beating my head against a brick wall with you people.
Why are some bike lanes green and others not?
I’m tired of the bike lane debate.
“UGH – I am totally on board with making cyclists get licenses plates and registering their bike with the state of NY – good revenue for the state AND recourse for drivers and pedestrians in case they get hit by a bike…….”
will never happen – the city/state would have to pay more to develop the system than they would bring in with fees.
recourse? so if someone commits a crime doing something that doesn’t involve registration there’s no recourse? we have identification, and if you break a law and don’t have ID a police officer can hold you until you are identified.
get real.
DH – here I am!!!!
Ok – what “crashes” are they talking about above? crashes between cars on PPW or crashes of Bikes with other bikes/cars/pedestrians?
UGH – I am totally on board with making cyclists get licenses plates and registering their bike with the state of NY – good revenue for the state AND recourse for drivers and pedestrians in case they get hit by a bike…….
cue all the whiners with cars
This is all great news for the fact based community, but what about Iris. Let’s think of her feelings for once.