It's great that DOT is adding a bike lane to 86th St. However, this should be a protected bike lane. 86th St. is three feet wider than Ninth St., which received a protected bike lane last year. We shouldn't have to wait until more children are run over here to get one. Build the best infrastructure first. Parking spots be damned.
Put in a protected bike lane or install a 4:3 conversion at least. Some drivers treat 4th Ave as a highway and it is dangerous for pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers alike.
Protected bike lane
There should he protected bike lane on 3rd Ave. people tend to double park so it needs to be protected.
Planned 4th Ave protected bike lanes (north of 64th St) should connect to Leif Ericson Greenway
I've frequently found 85th street and 84th street to be an ideal east-west connector. The street is relatively quiet, with low traffic, little double-parking, and avoids major schools. It's easy to take further into Bensonhurst.
I've frequently found 85th street and 84th street to be an ideal east-west connector. The street is relatively quiet, with low traffic, little double-parking, and avoids major schools. It's easy to take further into Bensonhurst.
There's alot of room for excess bike parking here, especially for bikers shopping at 86th street or transferring to a bus nearby.
Please consider extending and improving the bike lane along Fort Hamilton parkway in anticipation of the number of cyclists who will be emerging from the 7th Avenue protected bike path.
The bike lane from 86th Street south to 92nd street along Fort Hamilton Parkway has had major heaves in the asphalt, dramatically changing the elevation along the bike lane and effectively reducing it's width by half, driving cyclists closer to parked cars and putting them more at risk of being doored.
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