The city Department of Transportation has announced it will begin work on safety improvements for the Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge this month, with markings scheduled to begin this week.
The repairs aim to fix unsafe conditions on the bridge, which runs from Howard Beach to Broad Channel. The project limits are Cross Bay Boulevard from 165th Avenue to the Kite Board Launch, the DOT confirmed to the Chronicle.
In the plan, the DOT detailed the southbound bike lane will become a two-way protected bike lane, and the northbound bike lane will become a protected single bike lane. The plan also includes adding painted pedestrian islands and updated corridor markings.
The project maintains the existing number of vehicular travel lanes, though some will be narrowed. The western bike lanes will be protected by new Jersey barriers. The sidewalks will not be affected.
In a statement to the Chronicle, state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Woodhaven) said, “These repairs are necessary to ensure the safety of the many New Yorkers who cross the bridge every day ... We shouldn’t have to wait for an accident or fatality to occur before we take action.”
Why put a two way bike lane when there's a bike lane on the other side? While these will protect cyclists from cars, they won't protect pedestrians from bikers. Especially ebikes and unlicensed mopeds. The DOTA needs an enema.
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Oh! The car totalitarian freeloaders are going to be really pissed now.
Sad ...
And what was Einstein's definition of insanity?
This is the first step toward making the fucking bridge a bicycle only bridge, populace be damned, fuck the bike nazis....
"While these will protect cyclists from cars, they won't protect pedestrians from bikers. Especially ebikes and unlicensed mopeds."
If you look at the rendering, the two way bicycle lane will be separated from the pedestrian lane.
So no reduction in the number or car lanes, bike lanes separated from pedestrian lane, yet you are still grasping at straws in an effort to find a problem with this redesign. And in the process you seem to mock the idea of protecting cyclist from 3-5k lb motor vehicles. Seriously?
@"This is the first step toward making the fucking bridge a bicycle only bridge, populace be damned, fuck the bike nazis...."
So people who ride bikes are Nazis? What happened? They used to be left wing communists, and now they've collectively shifted far rightward in their ideology to become Nazis?
Well, TrumpTurd and Meatball Ron should be happy to have more voters on their side.
@"And what was Einstein's definition of insanity?"
I think it was something to do with Trumpanzees.
@"And in the process you seem to mock the idea of protecting cyclist from 3-5k lb motor vehicles. Seriously?"
Your arguments make sense, but you are not dealing with normal rational people here. You are dealing with seriously deranged and retarded QAnon, Fox News dimwits.
I feel bad for some, who are obviously victims of lead poisoning from the 60s and 70s.
The War on Cars and the middle class continues !
@ Kitara said ... Can you read minds ?
Im surprised the trolls didnt blame Donald Trump...maybe next time
@“ The War on Cars and the middle class continues !”
How is this a war on the middle class? It’s a bike lane for goodness sake, not a corporate plot to keep employee pay and rights to a minimum. It’s not a right wing attack on unions, employees, civil liberties or freedoms. It’s a bike lane.
Take a Valium snowflake.
It looks like Anon #1 was 100% correct.
@Anon 1 re: correct.
There is no such thing as car totalitarian freeloaders.
@Anon 4 re: renderings
I saw this in real life, the DOTA only painted the first phase of the two way right before the holiday weekend started and removed all painted lanes on the bridge. A pretty stupid thing to do because it looks like a speedway for anybody to drive on and puts cyclists (and unlicensed motorcycle riders) at risk thinking they can ride on it safely.
The only thing this is beneficial for is for riders coming from the belt parkway and using the always deserted two way bike lane on 165th avenue at the end of New Howard. Because some bike zealots at the DOTA thinks it's unsafe for bikers to cross the boulevard to get to it riding from the beach.
The problem is instead of voting to limit the size of government, people vote for the guy who promises them more of other people's stuff.
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