Originally Posted by
john gault
I never knew that Mayor Koch decided to give up on bike lanes in New York City; I guess he lost that fight.
Wow. Koch didn't exactly "give up on bike lanes." What he's known for was putting in a jersey barrier protected bike lane on Sixth Avenue, near Herald Square, and then tearing it out three weeks later. The Sixth Avenue bike lane is still in place, from around West 9th Street to 42nd St, as is the Fifth Avenue Bike lane which runs from around 25th St down to Washington Square Park and probably dates back to about the same time.