The PPW Bike-Lane Lawsuit is a Reality
The lawsuit over the Prospect Park West bike lane that’s been threatened for about a month has now been filed, and it asserts that the city acted “arbitrarily” in installing the lane and that it should be removed. Streetsblog, which has a link so you can download the filing in its entirety (PDF here), says…
The lawsuit over the Prospect Park West bike lane that’s been threatened for about a month has now been filed, and it asserts that the city acted “arbitrarily” in installing the lane and that it should be removed. Streetsblog, which has a link so you can download the filing in its entirety (PDF here), says the following about the meat and potatoes of the suit: “It argues that DOT acted in an ‘arbitrary and capricious’ manner, with conclusions made irrationally or in bad faith. It argues that the bike lane did not properly go through the necessary processes given the landmarked status of the Park Slope neighborhood and Prospect Park. And finally, it argues that an environmental review was necessary to assess the impact of the lane on the historic character of the area.” The Times’ story on the lawsuit, meanwhile, notes the political connections of the group behind the filing, who have “close ties to Iris Weinshall, the city’s transportation commissioner from 2000 to 2007 and the wife of Senator Charles E. Schumer” and that they’ve “produced e-mail correspondence…[seeking] to portray…an effort by the Transportation Department to coordinate criticism of the lane’s opponents.” A DOT spokesman tells the newspaper that the data it has released on how the lane has made Prospect Park West safer is legit. The lawsuit names the DOT and, separately, its commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan, as respondents.
Lawsuit Seeks to Erase Bike Lane in New York City [NY Times]
Opponents Sue City Over Prospect Park West Bike Lane [Streetsblog]
Lawsuit Filed Over Prospect Park West Bike Lane [PS Patch]
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If this carries on the city wont have the spare cash to erect the marble statue of Sadik-Khan on the north side of Grand Army Plaza as discussed yersterday.
Gemini — Two examples, Louise Hainline and Iris Weinshall.
What’s a NIMBY?
I can’t respect Chuck Schumer for consistently neglecting local issues in favor of the national stage — until he and his wife decide their grudge match with Iris’s successor is worthy of a lawsuit, in spite of the weight of public opinion in favor of the bike lane. Let the campaign to chuck Chuck begin. There are plenty of less smug, self-satisfied dems who could fill his boots and then some.
I don’t say this lightly, but anyone who participates in this lawsuit is a moron.
Thank you TB6. Coming from your self rightous narrow minded point of view that the rest of the world should fit into because it suits you fine else they be branded, I will wear that as a badge of Honor. I hope your tiny little brain can handle that?
ou812 — If you can’t figure out how one part of the transportation infrastructure may impact all of the others… well, you’re the “A-Hole!!”
I am having a hard time understanding the persistent references to cars, buses, bus routes, taxis, traffic, etc. when arguing for or against a bike lane. One has nothing to do with the other. Slowing the cars down could have been accomplished without ever adding a bike lane. Adding the bike lane will not result in changing bad driving behaviour. The two are mutually exclusive. Keep your statistics to yourself.
PS.
Taxis are not a form of mass transit.
Mass transit will never serve 100% of the maases.
No one should be self policed.
Bloomberg is a self proclaimed Car Biggot.
Wiener is an A-Hole!!!