Bicycle Blueprint - Chapter 5 Recommendations

Introduction

NYC Cycling
1. NYC Bike Policy
2. State of NYC Cycling
3. Cyclists & Streets
“A Bike and a Prayer”

Riding Infrastructure
4. Street Design

Bridges
6. Road Surfaces
7. Greenways
8. Parks
9. Bicycles and Transit
10. Reducing Traffic

Security
11. Bicycle Theft
12. On-Street Parking
13. Indoor Parking

On the Job Cycling
14. Bicycle Messengers
“Fifth, Park & Madison”
15. Freight Cycles
16. Gov't Cycling

Reducing Risks
17. Accidents
“Three Who Died”
18. Air Pollution

Bicycle Education
19. Schools
20. Public Education

Appendices

Chapter 5:
Bridges
a) A City of Bridges
b) Status of NYC Bridges
c) Bikeable Bridges in Good Condition
d) Usable Bridges with Stairway Obstacles
e) Bikeable With Difficulty
f) Not Currently Bikeable
g) Small and Midsized Bridges
h) Security and Lighting

Chapter 5 Recommendations

AGENCIES

NYC Dept. of Transportation, Port Authority, Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority

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Replace unrealistic “Bicyclists Dismount” signs at bridge entry-ways and exits with “Go Slow” signs.

DoT and TBTA should work together to establish an explicit, written city-wide policy recognizing the importance of guaranteed, safe, continuous, convenient bicyclist and pedestrian access to all bridges, and including the following:

As bridges are rebuilt, create bicycle-pedestrian access where it is not now provided, and convert any stairs on bicycle-pedestrian paths to ramps. Ensure that bicycle-pedestrian access continues during all bridge reconstruction.
Install or rehabilitate cyclist-pedestrian paths on bridges that originally included them in the design or as built: Manhattan, Whitestone, Outer-bridge, Verrazano.
As an interim step, NYC Transit Authority should install front-mounted bicycle racks on buses whose route passes over the bridge (applies especially to Verrazano-Narrows and Whitestone Bridges).

Install signs within a 5-block radius of entrances to bridges directing cyclist and pedestrian traffic to the bridge path.

Assign inspectors on bicycles to conduct regular inspections of all bridge bike-pedestrian paths for structural integrity, physical safety, signage, sweeping, etc.

To reduce the hazard from expansion joints that run parallel to the cyclist's direction, install beveled steel plates or permanent rubber coverings over the joints.

NYC Fire Department

Maintain existing emergency telephones on bridges; install phones on bridge paths that lack phones.

a) A City of Bridges
b) Status of NYC Bridges
c) Bikeable Bridges in Good Condition
d) Usable Bridges with Stairway Obstacles
e) Bikeable With Difficulty
f) Not Currently Bikeable
g) Small and Midsized Bridges
h) Security and Lighting

Chapter 5 Recommendations