New York, NY – New Yorkers will get to pave the way for future bicycle lanes.
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The City Council unanimously passed a bill requiring community-board input whenever the Department of Transportation constructs or removes a bike lane.
The DOT would have to give a presentation for each proposed bike lane at the request of a community board and be required to provide 90 days’ notice before installing the pathway.
“This bill is not anti-bike lane. It’s not pro-bike lane. It’s in favor of proper planning and community involvement in setting up our street grid for everybody to use in the best possible way,” said bill sponsor Lew Fidler (D-Brooklyn) before the council vote..
A little too late. Bloomy and kahn chopped up the whole allready.
Based on this article the bill will not give the community boards any say in installing or removing a bike lane, it only forces the DOT to present the plan to the board.
I don’t believe that the boards vote is binding,
After the damage is done, the bike lines are even more hostile to drivers then the ticket blitzes