Smith Street Bike Lanes Marked
Not long after construction began on the Prospect Park West bike lane (recent photo on the jump), the markings have gone down Smith Street, continuing the existing bike lane from Bergen all the way down to 9th Street. This is part of the Hoyt street extension from Bergen to 3rd, which has already been completely…
Not long after construction began on the Prospect Park West bike lane (recent photo on the jump), the markings have gone down Smith Street, continuing the existing bike lane from Bergen all the way down to 9th Street. This is part of the Hoyt street extension from Bergen to 3rd, which has already been completely painted.
Behold the Prospect West Bike Lane! [Brownstoner]
New Bike Lanes on Smith and Hoyt [Brownstoner]
Smith and Hoyt Street Bicycle Lane Extensions [NYC DOT]
If you believe that the DOT studies are unbiased and accurate, tybur6, then you must also believe that Bloomberg and Klein have accomplished miracles with the school system. (hint: they haven’t and the test stats are pure horse flop) There’s room enough in the park for all that you mention … but bikes would not be able to ride 10 abreast, as is too often the case.
“I also tried to throw in a little dash of anti-Orthodox-minivan-driving-douchebags, but that didn’t catch on. ”
alright…i’ll take the bait…if they want to live like it’s the 19th century, fine, just don’t issue them drivers’ licenses.
the guy riding on the sidewalk looks to be a lot more sensible than little red riding hood who is tempting fate by riding a little bicycle in the middle of a rain-slicked city street. Bikers are just nuts. And the funny thing is, they think everyone else is nuts.
Anyone notice the biker across the street riding on the sidewalk? I think they should change the name of sidewalks to side-bike-rides while they are making all the new bike lanes. Might save a few dollars.
morralkan — the difference between Joe and you is that Joe accepted that fact that the DOT study showed that 3 lanes of traffic on PPW was not justified AND that reducing it to 2 lanes would be a major (and necessary) traffic calming measure.
As far as the Park road — see my comments above. Additionally, in the Park there’s isn’t room for a two-way bike path AND exercise lane AND two lanes of cars… there just isn’t. It either has to stay the way it is OR reduce it to one lane in the park. Riding my bike in the park regularly during rush hour — I TRULY don’t understand why it’s two lanes for cars. There’s never that much volume… all it does is make for an Indy 500 route. Though, I heard rumors that the police are actually pulling speeding cars over in the park… could that be true?! (Since they don’t seem to do it ANYWHERE else.)
I agree with you, joe_the_bummer, about the bike lanes along PPW … and was rather crucified when I made that point a week or two ago. Yes, bikers should be able to ride the streets, but so should cars, trucks, buses, and taxis. Motor vehicles should not have to go at a snail’s pace because there is only one lane and some idiot driver is slowing everybody else down. (And no, I don’t drive and have never even learned how to drive. I ride a bike all over Brooklyn and have done so for 40 years.) When you have a perfectly good, WIDE road inside the park, it should be possible to have a two-way bike lane in addition to two lanes of one-way traffic during rush hours.
I also tried to throw in a little dash of anti-Orthodox-minivan-driving-douchebags, but that didn’t catch on.
Yeah, pretty funny how a thread about bike lanes can turn into a discussion of culture, linguistics, neural pathways, population density and diversity, Iraq and flip flops! 🙂
wait, i dont actually own flip flops tho, you must be thinking water sandals.
*rob*