Bike Lane Requested

08/05/2021 - 13:25

The flexi-post toothpick delineators are not protection. No cyclist feels safe because of them. They are delineators, not protection. They should never be used in a street "safety" project. Use real protection. Climate change is real, and we don't have years for your slow and ineffective processes. Act like there is some urgency to saving lives and reducing emissions and get it done.

Speeding Trucks

08/05/2021 - 13:22

McGuinness is a speedway. There needs to be an immediate road diet, using global best practices to reduce speed and conflict. Other cities have figured this out years ago but DOT thinks NYC is so different and special we need a year long planning process to save lives. Reduce lanes, increase turning radius, add bulbouts, daylight intersections, add bollards, add truly safe bike infrastructure. The fact that these actions aren't ready to go and deployed immediately says everything about how incompetent and car-centric this department is. You don't need to turn the community into volunteer urban planners- you need to do your job. Lives depend on it, and you are failing miserably.

Uncomfortable for Novice Cyclists

08/05/2021 - 13:18

McGuinness is a dangerous highway spitting the middle of a residential neighborhood. It leads directly to a major bike bridge but is basically unbikeable. There needs to be real protected bike infrastructure here. Not the joke, fake protected lanes like you've used on Grand, that are fully accessible to cars. REAL PROTECTION. Just look at what the rest of the world is doing, this isn't that hard.

Curbside Parking Issue

08/05/2021 - 12:27

truck deliveries for key food cause trucks to occupy the entire east side sidewalk and force pedestrians to walk in the street near speeding cars. absolutely treacherous.

Uncomfortable for Novice Cyclists

08/05/2021 - 12:25

dropping pin randomly for this one, but every inch of this city is terrible for novice cyclists, and for many seasoned cyclists as well, because vehicles are routinely given priority. the better and truly safer the bike lanes are, the more people will use them. they should be narrow enough that cars cannot enter them and protected by jersey barriers or steel bollards.

Bike Lane Requested

08/05/2021 - 12:22

create 2 way bike lane from PB bike lane exit/entrance along west side of McGuinness, as far as possible (to BQE). PROTECTED BIKE LANE (not paint, not flex posts - actual jersey barriers or similar)

Wrong-way Cycling

08/05/2021 - 11:57

I personally cross McGuinness Blvd several times a day and have never had an issue with cars. I have however almost been taken out by crazy cyclists who do not follow any rules. They go faster then cars and take corners without looking. Bicycles do not belong on McGuinness and need to be treated as hazardous. McGuinness is safe and if you take out a lane it will cause so much traffic and noise/air pollution doing more harm then good

Other

08/05/2021 - 11:48

It seems to me that the meetings are set-up to give people a chance to blow off steam and this agency isn't required to respond. I'd like an answer to these questions; what can your department do for us?, do you coordinate with other agencies?, how long will this process take-think of the simplest suggestions-and give us a timeline. Is any department within the NYCDOT interested in slowly with lots of notice and organization getting rid of McGuinness Blvd.? Can your agency come up with a process that will provide off-the-street parking for residents? dedicated streets for bicyclers? for public transportation? Or will we be saddled with pointless painted lines and bike barriers no one will pay any attention to? are you able to get cops to monitor traffic? speed cameras [fyi if they are on McG they are shut off]?

Bike Lane Requested

08/05/2021 - 11:11

More bike lanes, less cars!

Bike Lane Requested

08/05/2021 - 10:03

Install a wide, fully-protected, sidewalk-level bike lane on both sides of the street. Two-way bike lanes cause more injuries because drivers don't look both ways