StreetFilms.org-The Case for Separated Bike Lanes in NYC

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Advocates from Transporation Alternatives, The Project for Public Spaces, and The Open Planning Project join "Gridlock Sam" Schwartz and Enrique Penalosa to call for New York City to consider experimenting with some physically separated bike lanes in the near future.

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To contact producer/editor: trorb(at)earthlink.net
Directed by Clarence Eckerson Jr.

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• streetsblog
• lane
• separated
• greenway
• nyc
• new
• york
• city
• alternatives
• traffic
• bike
• transportation
• penalosa
• gridlock
• sam

[UsedBikesForSale]

Bikes are a great way to commute, stay fit and stay green. It gets people outside which is amazing too (:

[KenzieLew]

this is an awesome idea!

[makeiteasyable]

wahahah thats scary ...

[ganjacity1]

Acá en Argentina, la bicisenda... es opcional !!

jaja por favor espero correcciones

[vousden]

Would have been made a better video if you had addressed some of points for not doing it - even if it means having an ignorant driver's comment on there it makes a much more balanced and encouraging approach.

What about the segregation of bikes and pedestrians? At least cars are more predictable - pedestrians are much harder to predict and can often breach a bike lane without event looking. Something needs to be done to ensure pedestrian safety as well as bike safety.

[1bmxdude]

@zivkovicable yea if i go to the local little skate track i also dont wear a helmed but only if i go to the bigger skateparks because then i go trying some crazy stuff.

[zivkovicable]

@1bmxdude I don't even wear a helmed when i go bmx in the skade park!

[604commuter]

City of Copenhagen, reports that “A decline in road safety at junctions has undoubtedly taken place after the construction of cycle tracks [separated bike lanes]”.

- City of Copenhagen, Road and Park Department, Denmark.

[WatWarrior22]

@1bmxdude These drivers in this city are out of control it's a must a lot of the time, Im even thinking of getting one

[nacomstock1]

Can we have these in Boston too please?

[MestreJonas2000]

It is much easier to build a WALL than to build RESPECT. But it does not solve the problem. How do you think that car drivers will respect bicyclists if you keep telling then that bicyclists should not be on the streets???

[trultima]

just give everyone a gun