Yesterday, we noted that the bike corrals are now in place in front of Continuum Cycles (and Continuum Coffee) on Avenue B near East 12th Street...
CB3 OK'd bike corrals (CityRacks!) for the 4th Street Food Co-op as well back in December. As the photo from EVG regular Derek Berg above shows, the racks are in place on East Fourth Street too.
Jill Woodward wrote this in December at the The 4th Street Food Co-op blog:
We need the parking because so many of our members and shoppers arrive by bike, and it can be difficult to find a parking place near the store.
The tradeoff is 1-2 fewer spaces for automobiles in exchange for up to 20 spots for cycles. That calculation can result in more business for the neighborhood, according to a recent report by TA.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Here's your new East Ninth Street bike rack (18 comments)
More bike corrals on the way for East Village businesses
Beautiful! It's so hard to find bike parking - every spare piece of metal has a sign saying "No bike parking" on it, now the continually increasing number of bikers have a great place to park in the neighborhood.
ReplyDeleteNice! It also makes the sidewalk much more passable.
ReplyDeletesuch a beauty !
ReplyDeleteI wish we will have those soon on every block
What would make the sidewalks more passable is the removal of the fucking outdoor cafe every restaurant now has...
ReplyDeleteLess cars in the EV will inevitably take away from the community's unique atmosphere. Something about yuppies and frat douches and whoos. Kids, lazy, dumb.
ReplyDeleteWow, being outraged about every single change (even the positive ones) in the neighborhood is exhausting.
Really? fewer cars will detract from the "community's unique atmosphere"? Noisy, polluting, unsafe for pedestrians and kids...are we really still debating whether cars are a positive thing in the urban fabric?
ReplyDeleteIn any case, cars seem the least unique thing about this neighborhood.
A complete lack of understanding sarcasm does seem to be an integral part of the community's atmosphere.
ReplyDeleteoverpriced coffee beans are not oft delivered via bike. until they are, cars must exist. Also , all these self-righteous bike riders will someday own a car, trust me.
ReplyDeletePlease stop the bullshit about cars being unsafe... I've seen 'hardore' bikers blow thru red lights and go the wrong way thru intersections way more than cars ever have, but of course on the rare occasion you get summonsed its fuck the police this I'm sure in your liberal utopia there would be no cars in the city, no matter how many obtrusive bike lanes are made for you, and some people need cars for work or play[can't drag 10 bags of dirt for a gardening business thru the subway can you?].... you think cars are polluting here? go to other countries where there is barely any regulation on emmisions
ReplyDeleteThere are bike hoops opposite Veselka on 9th st and its basically just parking for douches who warehouse their bikes on the street, never can find a place to place my bike there so it goes a street pole like it usually has.
"The tradeoff is 1-2 fewer spaces for automobiles..."
ReplyDeleteNo, actually in the picture there are three fewer spaces, and that's just what can be seen in the photo. There's an argument to be made for and against the bike corrals but openly lying isn't going to convince anyone.
Re Anonymous 7:46am. When the quoted post was written, it wasn't clear how big the corral would be, so no intention to lie.
ReplyDeleteBut for the record, in the photo above, you can't see the fire hydrant which would prevent anyone using the left part of the space. So it's really 2 spaces--2.5 max, not three.
They had one like that outside a bar in S.F. on a street that's two blocks from an offramp. It lasted about a month before someone plowed into it. Destroyed 30 bikes & broke a guys leg in two places. Suck.
ReplyDeleteTo all you hardcore bike advocates and bike nuts, I understand that bikes are great and all for health, greener earth, etc. But mind you, not everyone can bike. There are people who are frail like the senior citizens or disabled and rely on cars, cabs, or vans, such as the handicap accessibility, to get around and perform their day-to-day errands. Where are they going to park, when what your master narcissist, Mayor Vainberg, is making the city in his own image. Much like smoking and the soda ban, soon, being old and frail will be a crime. Stop being narcissistic and selfish, please. You won't be healthy and young forever.
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