Flushing Avenue Bike Lane Gets Painted
In recent days, DOT has been implementing its much-discussed plan to make Flushing Avenue along the Navy Yard more friendly to bicyclists. Although the original plan that called for making Flushing a one-way street was shot down, a modified plan that calls for a single two-way bike lane east of Washington and two separate one-way…
In recent days, DOT has been implementing its much-discussed plan to make Flushing Avenue along the Navy Yard more friendly to bicyclists. Although the original plan that called for making Flushing a one-way street was shot down, a modified plan that calls for a single two-way bike lane east of Washington and two separate one-way bike lanes west of Washington won widespread support. When we cycled past yesterday morning, the permanent lines were painted as far west as about North Oxford Street.
DOT Reveals Two-Phase Plan for Flushing [Brownstoner]
Flushing Avenue Bike Lane Plans Revealed [Brownstoner]
“Nomi, I got $20 wager that’s a helmet” (more4less)
Hey, give him a break. He can’t help the shape of his head.
Salmon. Good. So next time I can scream “salmon!” at them?
Will that scare them? Do they have feelings?
Helmet or fro?
btw — the shadow of my head looks like I wear a helmet… all the time.
Nomi, I got $20 wager that’s a helmet
Nomi — the “salmon” are ridiculous. They’re even more of a problem when you’re on a bike!
The majority of the salmon seems to be Hispanic and Asian…. basically all of the delivery guys and a bunch of others. Is this cultural? A remnant of preferred practice in their (or their family’s) country of origin?
They are not, generally speaking, taking short-cuts. They are *actively* seeking roads going in the wrong direction.
(I know this because I have — on many occasions — crisscrossed with these salmon going to the same destination, but I take the ‘with traffic’ route and they take the ‘against traffic’ route)
“From the shadow in the pic I’m guessing Mr B is a helmet-wearer”
Nah, that’s just his head.
Oh, man, this is funny. Thank you! Need it.
I did have my worst scare ever with a cyclist last week. A common thing, but this was the closest I’ve ever to hitting someone on a bike. I was turning left onto Clinton and he was going south (wrong way). I truly had to slam on the breaks, squeaking and all, in order to avoid smashing right into him. He appeared unfazed, while I sat there frozen trying (in vain) to regain a regular heartbeat.
From the shadow in the pic I’m guessing Mr B is a helmet-wearer