New Bike Lanes on Smith and Hoyt
Good news for BoCoCa bikers, as this spring will bring extended bike lanes to and from the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges. Bicycle lanes on Smith and Hoyt street will be added, with the Smith street lane going from Bergen to 9th Street, and the Hoyt Street lane going from Bergen to 3rd Street. Nine parking…
Good news for BoCoCa bikers, as this spring will bring extended bike lanes to and from the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges. Bicycle lanes on Smith and Hoyt street will be added, with the Smith street lane going from Bergen to 9th Street, and the Hoyt Street lane going from Bergen to 3rd Street. Nine parking spots will be lost on Hoyt between Bergen and Wyckoff. Worth the trade?
Smith and Hoyt Streets Bicycle Lane Extensions [New York City DOT]
If you’re in a car and you almost hit ANYTHING you’re either
A) driving too fast
B) not paying attention
C) A and B
Wrong, Butterfly! She was cycling a quite a clip but NOT even in the bike lane. She has a bike lane. She should use it!
let me guess, the chick who screamed at you was also wearing a stupid hat and flip flops and peddling along at 1mph like she’s riding along marthas vinyard? im correct right?
*rob*
I almost struck a cyclist (I looked I swear) who WASN’T in the bike lane but was on the opposite side of the street altogether. She screamed at me for 15 minutes while I just sat there telling her: “But you have a bike line of the other side of the street.”
Cyclists and motorists will never get along. (AND I DO BOTH!)
nobody is removing parking from smith street! there’s one block of hoyt getting its parking removed, in exchange for ~30 blocks of continuous bike lane. good deal!
blah blah blah.
(sorry, that was me [california native, car owner] saving myself the hassle of responding to people freaked out about bikes and bike lanes. really, people. I mean, why do we have sidewalks, why don’t pedestrians just share the road with everyone else?)
Initially I was agreeing that it seemed a bit odd to put the lane on smith, seeing as how it’s pretty busy. However, for those poor dears complaining about parking, I think it would be more of an inconvenience to remove parking from a residential block (low turnover, people who live there parking there) than it would to remove parking from a commercial thoroughfare like smith.
That being said, it’s nine spots lost to get a lane that goes how many blocks? 12? SO not a big deal.
As Tybur said – bike lanes make drivers more aware of cyclists. Believe it or not – the majority of accidents involving cars and bikes are not due to cyclists riding recklessly – but because drivers simply are not aware of the bikes.
If these bike lanes save at least one human life – they are well worth the 9 parking spots.
It’s shocking some of you can sit here and come off like having to drive around for an extra 3 minutes to park your accord isn’t worth making the road safer for your neighbors.
“exactly. between the envirofascists, greentards, and food nazis… grrr it’s like fine, do what you want, but stop pushing down everyone elses throats and claiming moral superiority.”
Rob, please stop spouting this tired old anti-everything. I could equally validly say that by turning over streets exclusively to motor vehicles, drivers are “ramming” their desires over mine.
But I completely agree with tyburg6…I don’t need a bike lane, I grew up in India and if can bike (or even drive) there you can do so anywhere, but most people are sh*t-scared to ride in traffic. And justifiably so.
Encouraging cycling takes people off public transport more than out of cars.