DOT crews yesterday painted the new westbound bike lane on 13th Street... starting at Avenue B (the crew was just west of Second Avenue when I saw them)...
There is a curious gap just east of First Avenue... at first glance, it appears the the paint crew simply stopped and continued past the parked car...
However, a reader of the block chimed in saying that there's a curb cut here (and the car parked here later, seeing as the back wheels are on the freshly marked lane)...
The DOT team also skipped the construction zone in front of the incoming Thirteen East + West condos west of Avenue A.
As previously reported, the city put in a bike lane on the north curb of 12th Street from Seventh Avenue to Avenue C, and the south curb of 13th Street from Greenwich Avenue to Avenue B separated from traffic with a painted buffer ahead of the April L-train closure.
The bike lanes are just one of the ways the city hopes to keep people/commuters moving during the 15 (or so) months that the Canarsie Tunnel under the East River gets repaired.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Prepping for the new protected bike lanes on 12th and 13th streets
Bike lane line work continues on 12th Street
These construction sites taking over sidewalk and street space is outrageous.
ReplyDeleteIt's even more outrageous that these buildings will not benefit us whatsoever. Adding, instead, more to our real estate taxes, density, and rubbish.
There are some pretty bad smells in NYC, but the green bike lane paint is possibly the most noxious.
ReplyDeleteNot a fan of this design. When cars keep parking in the bike lane, the cyclists effectively become the buffer. Why should cyclists' bodies be used to buffer illegally parked cars against vehicle traffic? Doesn't make sense to me. Cyclists don't make a very good buffer anyways. And unlike parked cars, they have feelings.
ReplyDeleteParked cars should be used instead as a buffer. This is how the majority of protected bike lanes in Manhattan--and yes even the East village--were designed. I am angrily but patiently trying to understand why DOT felt the need to be so different about 12/13th st. It is a disaster now. All that has been accomplished is now the parking scofflaws have tons more room to work with. For anyone without a conscience about it, 12/13th is now a free parking free for all. Maybe some people get ticketed; I've never seen it. All I see here is a bunch of cyclists having to weave in and out of the car lane.
The blank spot will serve as a continuation of the World Famous Verizon Graffiti Wall™.
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