Sunday, August 7, 2022

Life in the fast bike lane

  


NY Post

 More than one-third of people riding motorized two-wheeleers on the Big Apple’s protected bike lanes and greenways speed dangerously, an analysis by The Post found.

Although the city last week revved up its crackdown on dangerous driving by operating speed cameras round the clock, bike lanes remain severe safety hazards flooded with scofflaws on e-bikes, mopeds and motorcycles that constantly disobey the 25-mph speed limit.

Over the past week, a team of Post journalists used a radar gun to track speeders on paths crossing the Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queensboro bridges, as well as bike lanes in Midtown and at Hudson River Park.

Of the 486 two-wheelers clocked, 167 – or 34% — sped above the 25 mph max, including some as high as 35 mph. They include dirt bikes, all-terrain vehicles and others outlawed on city streets and bike lanes.

 he need for speed was especially noticeable on the Williamsburg Bridge where 44 – or 59% — of 74 motor bikes using its pathway over an hour-long period Friday went over 25 mph.

The Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan Bridge’s lanes were also filled with speeders. Over an hour, 37% and 30% of its bikers were also caught, respectively, speeding by the reporter and photographer.

On the Queensboro Bridge, 18% of the 87 motorized bikers clocked went over 25 mph – but, unlike the other East River crossings, its bike lane is shared with pedestrians who were forced to dodge dirt bikes and other rogue rides.

On Thursday afternoon, The Post set up near Stuyvesant High School on Chambers Street for an hour and clocked 33 – or 43% — of 77 motorized bikes zipping along the Hudson River Park bike path over the speed limit.

New Yorkers said they’re fed up with bike-lane lawbreakers.

“It’s a huge problem!” barked Peter Epstein, an avid 60-year-old bicyclist after pedaling along the scenic bike lane on Manhattan’s West Side. “People are walking by” because they have “the green light to cross the path, and these [motor] bikes are zooming right up to them; there’s not even time for anyone to react. It’s just crazy.”

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

What do the TA Commies have to say about these dangers ?
You know the type, Self entitled, self empowered activists of the social justice mob!

Anonymous said...

These guys are getting as bad as car drivers. Where are NYPD? Oh, ok, staring at their phones again.

Anonymous said...

TA commie and his friends need to be arrested ASAP

Anonymous said...

Car commie and his friends need.... Oops, car commies have no friends.

Anonymous said...

TA commie and his friends need to be arrested ASAP

He needs medication and a straight jacket.
He is also due an upgrade like the Biorobot, except his will take longer and chances are he'll come out with extra bugs.
Oh well.

Anonymous said...

@You know the type, Self entitled, self empowered activists of the social justice mob!

Yeah, we all know the type, sponsored by George Soros and his minions.

Anonymous said...

I hear George Soros is giving away free bicycles. All you need is the secret code, ‘TA commie’.

Anonymous said...

In the inner boroughs bikers are as aggressive as the anti-bike truckers are in the outer boroughs.

Anonymous said...

You should see Flushing! ‘Free Delivery’ riders everywhere. Any direction , On the sidewalk. With the noise levels in downtown Flushing you can’t hear them coming. In and out and in between traffic, thru traffic lights etc.

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