Millions of people ride bicycles, at the very least because they don’t have adequate public transit or they can’t afford to drive a car.
They need a place on the sidewalk or road.
I was glad to read at the end they are working on a plan. But I was surprised they are just figuring out the green lights.
The $58 million plan would:
Create more protected bike lanes
Expand bike lanes in 10 priority districts in Brooklyn and Queens that have seen a large number of accidents
Expand Project “Green Wave” so that all traffic can pass from one green light to another
One part of the plan in the pilot program is to adjust the timing of green lights so that all traffic – cars, trucks and bikes – can pass through one light after another.
The speed limit in those zones will be set at 15 miles per hour, and the first corridors are set to come online next year.