The Joys of the Tillary St. Bike Lane

I was on my way from SoHo to Park Slope when I saw a most remarkable assemblage of press vehicles in the PROTECTED (ie. walled-off) bike lane on Tillary St. Could the story have been that yet another cyclist had been mowed down on the city streets? Join me in riding in this nice, safe space!

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• brooklyn
• bike
• lane
• streetsblog
• streetfilms
• mybikelane

[mteitelb]

In this video I think I saw 3 traffic violations. And that does not even include biking-while-videoing which also means you weren't signaling your turns. So those cars were illegally parked, they should get a ticket, and you should be railing against the press, not car drivers. At least they weren't illegally MOVING like most bikers.

[darkpilotnyc]

I just can't comprehend all the hate. *shrug*

And I do, as a matter of habit, signal my turns. But if you were paying attention (I know, 35 seconds is a long time to tune in), I was riding straight ahead. Or at least, I would have been had it been possible!

Have a nice day!

[gnu23]

"Holier than thou?" Are you kidding? This is a bike lane that's SEPARATED from the car lanes by a CONCRETE barrier. Bike lanes exist for exactly the reasons you mention, acrett. To separate slower moving bicycles from faster moving cars so that nobody is in each other's way. Downtown Brooklyn streets where not built for cars but are the paved-over remnants of dirt roads made for horses over 300 years ago by the Dutch. Clearly, you don't live in NYC nor do you know what you're talking about.

[tps12]

And there's *always* at least one cop at Adams, doing nothing about it. Very frustrating.

[Intersection911]

How Awful. Did you report this to the Parking Authority?

[downfader2]

How do you know it isnt a fixed camera to a helmet or handlebars? From the footage it looks like the rider is covering his brow rather than holding a camera.

[downfader2]

How are the fuel prices working out for you now the economy has gone tits-up?

Bought a bike yet? ;-P

[ronaldraygoon]

There is no excuse for private cars/vans to be in a separated bike facility.

[acrett]

if the bikers wouldn't have a holier than thou disposition things would work a little better. cars=1-2 tons of metal moving 15-45 mph on streets, legally. bike=10-15lb of whatever titanium material driving not qucker than 15mph on the street as well. you do the math. THIS IS NOT EUROPE, AMERICA WAS DESIGNED FOR CARS, NOT BIKES!!!!!

[trorb]

This is phenomenal!