Originally Posted by
Izengabe
Building a more seperate bike lanes like this in NYC is a great idea, but the lanes need to be connected to a bike path grid (not just some random 7 blocks). Let's hope this is a start.
NY really needs more bike lane like this on the Eastside. A seperate bike lane like this design on 1st ave between 39th street and 54th would be an excellent 1st step in connecting the Greenways on the East river and would bring a lot more bike traffic to the East River greenway bike paths.
I'm an Eastside residence working in Time Square and I couldn't agree more with this 2007 post more, however it is past mid-2010, there're now brand new seperated bike land on 1st and 2nd Ave. that starts somewhere far downtown up to 34th St. I love these lanes and the left turn traffic doesn't bother me. The cyclist that travel the wrong way bothers me way more.