StreetFilms-Gridlock Sam on NYC's 1980 Bike Lanes
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"Gridlock Sam" Schwartz speaks candidly about how the 1980 separated bike lanes in NYC came about and then met their untimely demise.
"Gridlock Sam" Schwartz served as NYC's Commissioner of Traffic from 1982-86 and is a former Chief Engineer/First Deputy Commissioner at the NYC DOT. He also writes a daily transportation column for the NY Daily News. (www.samschwartz.com)
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Another unmentioned problem was truck unloading. It was extremely difficult for trucks to park on the outside of the bike lanes ( in traffic) haul their stuff over those medians and across the bike lanes.
sarahshevett 1 year ago
The bike failed back then mainly because anyone with a push cart took them over and a bike couldn't get around them. Sixth Avenue was really bad with this problem especially in midtown around the office buildings. This was before the internet and you had hundreds of people pushing carts of paper work and internal office mail thru the streets. The bike lanes now are respected better by non-bike riders.
VoleShow 2 years ago
The big problem with protected bike lanes is that pedestrians use it like a sidewalk/jogging path etc. There is a very nice paved, mixed use path near my house. Unless I go out very early in the morning, I avoid it for bike riding. Pedestrians will walk 3/4 abreast, and refuse to move over. Dog walkers will be on one side, with the dogs on the other, and the leash stretched across the path. Nice idea in theory, but it doesn't work in the real world.
Cruentus1 2 years ago
the curbed bike lanes were a good idea.
jolivia 4 years ago
garage board of trade, automobile club? i bet those arent funded by oil and car industries. why arent there public space, child space, elderly people space, pedestrian special interest groups? pedestrianize the fuckin city, are you people blind to population density? its embarassing if you consider what future humans will think
joebonk 4 years ago 2