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 5. Bridges 6. Road Surfaces  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 7:
Greenways a) Urban Oases b) Paths for People c) The Greenway Movement d) History e) New Opportunities A Model Greenway
g) Making Greenways h) Greenway Corridors i) Chapter 7 Recommendations Figure7: Map of the Greenway System of New York City A Model Greenway
The nearly completed Brooklyn/Queens Greenway, spearheaded by the Neighborhood Open Space Coalition (NOSC), is being watched as a model for future greenways. The “BQG” runs for 40 miles from the Atlantic Ocean in Brooklyn to Long Island Sound in Queens, passing through 13 parks, two botanical gardens, the New York Aquarium, the Brooklyn Museum, two environmental education centers, three lakes, a reservoir, and the site of two World's Fairs. Much of the BQG route is ready made. Indeed, its genius is its linkage of existing green corridors. The Brooklyn stretch includes the Ocean Parkway bike path, the Coney Island boardwalk, Prospect Park and Eastern Parkway. In Cunningham Park in Queens, the greenway traverses the long-forgotten Long Island Motor Parkway built in the 1920s by William K. Vanderbilt as access to his Nassau County estate. These sections, with their waterfront views, trees, and clean air, form an ideal walk or ride. But key sections of the BQG route are missing or unsuitable, such as a 1-mile stretch of the Interboro Parkway in Queens. NOSC is working with the state DoT to design an elevated path to permit greenway users to bypass the dangerous stretch of highway. While the cost of this tiny link is high — an estimated $3.5 million in 1988 dollars — that is still only a fraction of the per-mile cost of a similar length of highway. [4] More important, its value in linking the full 40 miles of greenway would be enormous.
NOTES:4. Highway construction in New York City typically costs a minimum of $5 million per lane-mile and frequently far more, especially where heavy trucks must be accommodated. The Interboro bikeway overpass probably would have cost well under $3.5 million if it had been built in conjunction with highway widening. ISTEA funding may be available in any event.a) Urban Oases b) Paths for People c) The Greenway Movement d) History e) New Opportunities A Model Greenway
g) Making Greenways h) Greenway Corridors i) Chapter 7 Recommendations Figure7: Map of the Greenway System of New York City |
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