NYC DOT explains Bike Lanes in the Big Apple

Bike lanes: In some cities people are literally dying to have them and some people go so far as to mark their own. Here in New York City, it feels like every time I get on my bike there is a new bike lane - sometimes on the left, sometimes buffered, and sometimes completely separated from automobile traffic. To understand these lanes, I had the opportunity to go for a ride with the NYC DOT bicycle boys. They explained the classes of bike lanes and showed off some of these inventive facilities. You can use Ride the City to find a safe bike route in New York City and watch this video to see what lanes are used on your route.

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[ShotaMaisuradze]

all this liberals want people to share the road so tax the stupid bikes !!! bikes do not pay road taxes we people in cars pay for roads not bikes !!! all this BS about if people had bike lanes they would take bikes instead of cars is huge scam even if you ban the cars i would not get on bike ! in NYC commercial trucks are charged form 250 to 800 a year as road tax and they are banned form almost all streets why dont they make streets for trucks ?

[blackyblackblack505]

@ArtStone Politicians pocket a lot of tax payer money and no one seems to care.

[ArtStone]

New York is broke. I wonder why,

[DFEUERMAN]

You can't blame traffic on bike lanes! Traffic was abundant before we had bike lanes! People would commute by bike, except it's still too dangerous ride in the city! Biking is a great way to save time, money, and burn calories, but it's still too dangerous to bike in the city! More space is needed to make bicycling safe! Too much space is wasted on street parking which can be used to make bike lanes wider! Reduce space wasted on parked cars! More space for bike lanes will make biking safer!

[queensplazasouth]

And our forefathers cut back the sidewalks to handle necessary traffic volumes.......... I would prefer sidewalks re-widened to 20 ft than bike lanes occupying valuable street space!! (Bike lanes barely used, at least a re-widened side walk would be USED!!!!!!!!

[queensplazasouth]

They need to remove the bike lanes from the avenues. It's a disaster. 1st Ave and 8th Ave used to handle the volume of uptown traffic handily. Now both Aves are disasters.

By traffic calming they mean traffic inducing, congratulations, you are successful.

NO bicyclist respect the bike signals; waste of taxpayer dollars.

They ALL go the wrong way even on 2 way streets they go the wrong way on the wrong side of the street.

etc etc etc

[themaniusedtob]

I love cycling but something seems abit odd on some roads it semms like bicycle lanes are hogging too much space but on most other roads their either isnt a bike lane or if their is its too small... i hope this isnt a plan to force poeple into riding bicycle just to tax them extra for riding or have cyclist using lisence plates and pay insurance and get even more tickets... honestly id like the gov to stay a tad farther away from cycling or soon it will be used for money by politicians

[reaperexpress]

On the "type 2" buffered lanes, it would be safer for cyclists if the buffer was between the parked cars and the bikes, not the traffic and the bikes. People are far more likely to get doored (yes, even on the passenger side) than they are to get hit by a car randomly swerving into the bike lane (and in that situation, the buffer doesn't help anyway).

[morbandit]

No helmets! Compulsory helmets in NZ is why we don't have more cyclists here :(

[dmitriy40]

On your own video above, you show turning cars being blocked by illegally crossing pedestrian, while using this "special" turning arrangement! This is the problem -- ZERO ENFORCEMENT against jaywalkers and bike riders. You choke traffic with bike lanes, but many bike riders STILL CHOOSE TO CONTINUE TO RIDE AMONG CARS, and these special turn signals are often completely disregarded by bikers. In NYC, 90% of bikers have "rules do not apply to me" attitude, while police does NOTHING about it.