Spring
2003, p.19
Cycling News
DOT on Bike Lane Spree!
This spring, the NYC Department
of Transportation's industrious bicycle unit striped nine new bike lanes.
Five lanes make key connections
in the bike network: New lanes in The Bronx connect to the Triboro and
Washington Bridges. The team extended the Sunset Connector in Brooklyn
one-and-a-half miles and connected the Vanderbilt Motor Parkway and Joe
Michael's Mile Greenways with new lanes in Queens. Good work DOT.
Two of the new lanes are part
of neighborhood traffic calming projects in Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn and
Whitestone, Queens. Adding a bike lane to a street makes the motor vehicle lane
narrower, slowing drivers and making traffic safer. Thanks DOT.
However, two bike lanes do not yet connect to any greenways, bridges, transit
stations or existing bike lanes.
The DOT's zeal for new bike
lanes is impressive. T.A. hopes that it will be carried over to other important
cycling objectives, such as creating secure bike parking at workplaces and
improving bridge access.
New Bike Lanes in NYC
| Name |
Location |
Comment |
| Shore
Road, 1.5 miles |
Bklyn:
72nd St-101st St |
Extends
Sunset Park Connector south |
| Colonial
Road, 1.25 miles |
Bklyn:
Oliver St-72nd St |
Extends
Sun Pk Conn; Northbound companion to Shore Rd |
| Oriental
Boulevard, .75 miles |
Bklyn:
Norfolk St-West End Ave |
Part
of traffic calming project & NYC Bike Master Plan |
| East
56th Street, 1.5 miles |
Bklyn:
Farragut Road & Ave T |
No
connection to bicycling infrastructure; Part of Bike Master Plan |
| St.
Ann's Avenue, 1.5 miles |
Bronx:
E 161st St-E 132nd St |
Connection
to Triboro Bridge; Part of NYC Bike Master Plan |
| Univ
Ave/Edward L. Grant Hwy, 1 miles |
Bronx:
Tremont Ave-E 167th St |
Connection
to Washington Bridge; Part of NYC Bike Master Plan |
| Utopia
Parkway, 1 miles |
Qns:
Willets Point Blvd-26th Ave |
Part
of traffic calming project & NYC Bike Master Plan |
| Alley
Pnd Pk-J M's Mile Connector, 2.5 miles |
Qns:
Alley Pond Park-J M's Mile |
Part
of Bklyn-Qns Greenway plan |
| Arlene
Street, 1 miles |
SI:
Lamberts Ave-Signs Rd |
No
connection to bicycling infrastructure; Part of Bike Master Plan |
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