Why can't the city ever listen to those who know an area and can have some helpful input?
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Valerie Margaret
10 years ago
We need the city to do a PROPER study. Biking should be encouraged. There should be a SAFE DEDICATED lane for bikers.
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M Peggy Bree
10 years ago
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4th Avenue needs an intelligent and community-friendly evaluation and re-construction for the traffic it handles as well as a bike lane for safety. Since double parking is illegal, it does not need a "double parking" configuration. Also widening the divider is a waste of time and money and is unnecessary -- this is Brooklyn, not Park Ave.
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tony giordano
10 years ago
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Why won't the City study this? When they switched to 2 lanes we asked if they had counted the bikes using 4th. They said "no, we don't want to encourage bikers we want them on 5th". Then I found out that they had gotten Federal bike money to do the 4th ave changes that had nothing to do with bikes. So suddenly in the dark of the night DOT made 4th Ave a bike route on their maps - but they didn't tell anyone...only when we pushed harder did they then put up signs. But this is too dangerous for bikes - and there is room to make it safe with a dedicated lane....why won't they just look at the possibility?
Why can't the city ever listen to those who know an area and can have some helpful input?
We need the city to do a PROPER study. Biking should be encouraged. There should be a SAFE DEDICATED lane for bikers.
4th Avenue needs an intelligent and community-friendly evaluation and re-construction for the traffic it handles as well as a bike lane for safety. Since double parking is illegal, it does not need a "double parking" configuration. Also widening the divider is a waste of time and money and is unnecessary -- this is Brooklyn, not Park Ave.
Why won't the City study this? When they switched to 2 lanes we asked if they had counted the bikes using 4th. They said "no, we don't want to encourage bikers we want them on 5th". Then I found out that they had gotten Federal bike money to do the 4th ave changes that had nothing to do with bikes. So suddenly in the dark of the night DOT made 4th Ave a bike route on their maps - but they didn't tell anyone...only when we pushed harder did they then put up signs. But this is too dangerous for bikes - and there is room to make it safe with a dedicated lane....why won't they just look at the possibility?