Tuesday, November 24, 2009
News Daily News Debuts Bike Lane Awards
Posted by Benjamin Sutton on Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 12:27 PM
Their "Best of Old New York," for instance, isn't down in the Financial District, but 34th Avenue in Queens, and the "Best Water Views" aren't from the bridges or the Hudson River Greenway (which took top honors as the "Best of the Best"), but the Shore Parkway Greenway that goes from Jamaica Bay to the Verrazano Bridge.
By and large, though, the awards are all about good bike lanes, and ignore the many places where bike infrastructure is still lacking, non-existent, or ineffective. What about: "Best Whack-a-Pedestrian" for the Grand Street bike lane in Soho, Little Italy and Chinatown (with the nearby Prince Street lane a close second). Also, "Best Proxy Taxi Lane" would be a tie between Second Avenue between 14th Street and Houston, and Eighth Avenue between 23rd Street and 40th Street.
"Worst Bridge" would go to the Pulaski, where pedestrians and cyclists are left to squeeze awkwardly down a narrow walkway, and "Best Construction Site" would go to Kent Avenue in North Williamsburg, where the beautiful two-way bike lane is perpetually blocked by condo construction. Anyone got other bike lane award ideas?
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