Whenever i’m riding (especially in Manhattan) I ride as if no one is paying attention and they’re always going to hit me.
its sort of paranoid, but I was hit by a car once.
you really trusting people with two ton machines though you’re right.
Eric Adams bikes to work on second day in office: ‘On the road again!’ (A.K.A The NY Bike thread)
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its sort of paranoid, but I was hit by a car once.
you really trusting people with two ton machines though you’re right.
DOT: NYC to upgrade 20 miles of protected bike lanes by end of 2023
A bike lane protected by Jersey barriers. (NYC DOT)
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DOT: NYC to upgrade 20 miles of protected bike lanes by end of 2023
BY MAYA RAJAMANI NEW YORK CITY
PUBLISHED 4:05 PM ET FEB. 18, 2022
NEW YORK — Nearly two dozen miles of city bike lanes will be getting an upgrade as part of the Department of Transportation’s plan to make streets safer for cyclists, the agency said Friday.
The city will replace the plastic bollards lining half of the city’s 40 miles of “delineator-protected” bike lanes with fortified cement barriers by the end of 2023, the DOT said in a press release.
What You Need To Know
“New York City’s cyclists deserve to be safe everywhere, but especially in protected lanes — where drivers will too often disrespect and block that critical space,” DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez said in a statement.
“We have an actionable, concrete plan to protect cyclists and we are going to deliver on this work to keep our lanes clear,” he added.
The project, which targets protected bike lanes with “high ridership, a history of vehicle non-compliance and/or lanes adjacent to heavy vehicle corridors,” is already underway in Hell’s Kitchen and lower Manhattan, the DOT noted.
One of the DOT's delineator-protected bike lanes. (NYC DOT)
“This project will take place alongside the DOT’s commitment to also build miles of new protected bicycle lanes, with new designs that will be less dependent on existing delineators for protection,” the department said in its release.
Elected officials including Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine and Queens Borough President Donovan Richards threw their support behind the effort on Friday.
“Truly protected bike lanes are an essential way to keep New York’s cyclists safe, so I’m grateful to Commissioner Rodriguez for his commitment to hardening these lanes,” Levine said in a statement.
The nonprofit bike advocacy group Transportation Alternatives also signed off on the project.
“Real protection, not just plastic or paint, is needed to keep people riding bikes safe,” Transportation Alternatives Executive Director Danny Harris said in a statement. “Today’s announcement by Commissioner Rodriguez to upgrade 20 miles of plastic-marked bike lanes will save lives.”
A bike lane protected by Jersey barriers. (NYC DOT)
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DOT: NYC to upgrade 20 miles of protected bike lanes by end of 2023
BY MAYA RAJAMANI NEW YORK CITY
PUBLISHED 4:05 PM ET FEB. 18, 2022
NEW YORK — Nearly two dozen miles of city bike lanes will be getting an upgrade as part of the Department of Transportation’s plan to make streets safer for cyclists, the agency said Friday.
The city will replace the plastic bollards lining half of the city’s 40 miles of “delineator-protected” bike lanes with fortified cement barriers by the end of 2023, the DOT said in a press release.
What You Need To Know
- The city will replace the plastic bollards lining half of the city’s 40 miles of “delineator-protected” bike lanes with fortified cement barriers by the end of 2023, the DOT said Friday
- Each “Jersey” barrier will weigh approximately four tons, the department said
- The project targets protected bike lanes with “high ridership, a history of vehicle non-compliance and/or lanes adjacent to heavy vehicle corridor," according to the department
- It is already underway in Hell’s Kitchen and lower Manhattan, the DOT said
“New York City’s cyclists deserve to be safe everywhere, but especially in protected lanes — where drivers will too often disrespect and block that critical space,” DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez said in a statement.
“We have an actionable, concrete plan to protect cyclists and we are going to deliver on this work to keep our lanes clear,” he added.
The project, which targets protected bike lanes with “high ridership, a history of vehicle non-compliance and/or lanes adjacent to heavy vehicle corridors,” is already underway in Hell’s Kitchen and lower Manhattan, the DOT noted.
One of the DOT's delineator-protected bike lanes. (NYC DOT)
“This project will take place alongside the DOT’s commitment to also build miles of new protected bicycle lanes, with new designs that will be less dependent on existing delineators for protection,” the department said in its release.
Elected officials including Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine and Queens Borough President Donovan Richards threw their support behind the effort on Friday.
“Truly protected bike lanes are an essential way to keep New York’s cyclists safe, so I’m grateful to Commissioner Rodriguez for his commitment to hardening these lanes,” Levine said in a statement.
The nonprofit bike advocacy group Transportation Alternatives also signed off on the project.
“Real protection, not just plastic or paint, is needed to keep people riding bikes safe,” Transportation Alternatives Executive Director Danny Harris said in a statement. “Today’s announcement by Commissioner Rodriguez to upgrade 20 miles of plastic-marked bike lanes will save lives.”
ExodusNirvana
Change is inevitable...
Not for nothing....you should be ashamed of yourself
You're cheering on Brooklyn being sold out to white people and gentrification
Buying in to this TransAlt corporate funded filth....for what?
"Public Safety"? More "affordable housing" to cram another couple thousand white people into once Black areas of Brooklyn?
Renee Collymore didn't give a fukk about that shyt until she realized that the whites and LGBTQ population that put Crystal Hudson over Michael Hollingsworth are all about taking over Fort Greene and Clinton Hill and pushing out the Black people that live there and have lived there for decades, silencing their voices and destroying any wealth that they've accumulated
I'm cheering on more safety transportation alternatives and infrastructure in our neighborhoods.
heres both Michael and Crystal platform on transportation and street affairs
Transit — M4Bk
Transportation & Safe Streets — Crystal for BK
they basically support what this entire thread is all about.
ExodusNirvana
Change is inevitable...
Does Hollingsworth support a group of White people coming together to claim they represent the "community", and turning an entire street into an "Open Street" so white people can walk their dogs and roll strollers down the street? Removing parking spaces from the neighborhood because there are "too many cars" even though that shyt has nothing to do with the neighborhood since there is finite parking to begin with?I'm cheering on more safety transportation alternatives and infrastructure in our neighborhoods.
heres both Michael and Crystal platform on transportation and street affairs
Transit — M4Bk
Transportation & Safe Streets — Crystal for BK
they basically support what this entire thread is all about.
Were the people in the Clinton Co-Ops consulted if they wanted the neighborhood changed this way? Were the residents who live ON WILLOUGHBY AVE asked if they wanted this? How about the Haitian Church on the corner of Vanderbilt and Willoughby? Were they part of this?
Was the Community Board even consulted about this???
Do the people who claim this "Open Streets" shyt even LIVE in Fort Greene/Clinton Hill? I know you can't answer the previous questions but I'ma help you with this one...NO
That photo op on Hudsons twitter? I know for a FACT those people don't live in the area. Hell, one of those white women live in fukking GOWANUS fam get a grip.
We have 7+ parks in our neighborhood, but there are not enough public spaces???
Have some self respect breh...real talk you a cool poster but you're way off on this shyt
And don't make the mistake of posting those twitter posts about how much that Open Street is "beloved" because you're gonna look silly when the greater majority of the people "liking" and retweeting that shyt are white people who just moved to FG/CH and are part of the ongoing gentrification in this neighborhood.
Black population here in this neighborhood has decreased by damn near 15% in the past decade alone breh and you are here championing this shyt...this silent takeover of what was once a predominantly Black neighborhood.
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