Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Repainting the 2nd Avenue bike lane



Workers were out this morning continuing to repaint the well-worn Second Avenue bike lane (this work started in late September, as the crew passed south of 14th Street).

Derek Berg shared these photos of the bike-lane-painting in progress from south of Sixth Street ...



12 comments:

Craig MacGregor said...

Did they actively seek out the worst smelling paint possible? 4th Ave. reeked for weeks afterwards.

Anonymous said...

Who'll be the first to complain? Maybe they don't like the color? Maybe the CAUTION tape being upside presents a hazard of some sort? Is that a NIOSH approved respirator? They missed a spot!

Anonymous said...

Not sure how many people have actually smelled the paint job, but when they repainted in the front of my building I swear my contacts were going to melt. The paint really smells.

derek berg said...

It Stunk! I held my breath while shooting.

Anonymous said...

It actually does. I was on the UES when they were painting there and the crew were joking about how they were all going to die early from the fumes. Of course, they all were not wearing masks and eating lunch next to the wet paint they just applied.

Anonymous said...

The paint did smell horrible but it didn't last for too many hours after it was done

Anonymous said...

But spreading the paint around looks like fun!

JQ LLC said...

The green paint is totally unnecessary. The partitions from the parked cars and the occasional bike rider symbol is enough.

The problem now with these lanes is the amount of people riding. The lanes are now not ample enough to handle cycling traffic. The other night riding home on 2 avenue in y'all's area, there was actual congestion with 10 bikers waiting for the light. It's more problematic when you got these Lance Armstrong wannabees and food app delivery motorcycle* riders cutting close when they pass and now there are idiots riding their honda scooters on there.



*by motorcycle, I mean those electronic bikes that are so ubiquitous. They are bicycles with motors, ergo, motorcycles.

Anonymous said...

For the complainers about the paint color. It's for a purpose! Green is bike lane, tan/brown is shared bike/ped

Anonymous said...

Not complaining about the color or smell . . . but that's not how you paint a street!

Anonymous said...

Perfect...now the pedestrians will know where to stand and gaze into their phones as they wait for the lights to change.

JQ LLC said...

@7:00 p.m.

Bingo. This dumbass etiquette is also prevalent on the 9th, 5th avenue and broadway bike lanes.

It's more of an extended sidewalk than a concentrated secure path for bikers