Sunday, May 19, 2019

A ride to raise awareness for a protected two‑way bike lane on Avenue B



Tomorrow morning, a group of neighborhood parents and their children will gather for a bike ride to school... in show of support for a protected two‑way bike lane on Avenue B.

As we first reported on April 15, a movement is underway to secure bike lanes on Avenue B, an increasingly congested 14-block corridor currently without any marked paths for cyclists such as on Avenue A and Avenue C.

The idea came about via parents who bike their children to area schools — including the East Village Community School, the Children's Workshop School, Tompkins Square Middle School, the Earth School and East Side Community High School.

You can read more via a petition at this link.

As for tomorrow (Monday) morning, there are now two start locations — Grand and Clinton and the Stuy Town-14th Street loop just north of Avenue B.

Here's part of the invite:

Will you ride your bike with us on the morning of Monday, May 20 as New Yorkers come together to demand a safe, protected two‑way bike lane on Avenue B?

We invite East Village neighbors on a family-paced group ride of solidarity with parents who are already biking their children to school, just in time for morning drop-off. We’ll end our ride at local bike-friendly business The Roost, at 222 Avenue B, for an optional cup of coffee afterwards.

If you haven’t already, please sign our #BikeAveB online petition for a two‑way protected bike lane and join hundreds of families who are already asking for safer way to bike to school.


[Photo by Sam Bleiberg]

Previously on EV Grieve:
Making the case for 2-way bike lanes on Avenue B
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3 comments:

  1. Scuba DivaMay 19, 2019 at 11:16 PM

    I hope the DOT is going to widen Avenue B while they're at it; it's the narrowest of all the alphabet avenues.

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  2. GiovanniMay 20, 2019 at 2:23 PM

    Here’s what’s probably going to happen: if they put protected bike lanes on Avenue B, in order to keep the parking they will need to make it a one way Avenue, otherwise the parking spaces will need to be removed on one side if not both. There just isn’t enough room with 2 lanes of traffic going in opposite directions to do this safely without removing one lane.

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  3. Scuba DivaMay 20, 2019 at 9:08 PM

    It will Suck Out Loud, whatever they do.

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