Wednesday, July 7, 2010
News Manhattan Bridge Construction to Make Cyclists and Pedestrians Miserable for Most of 2011
Posted by Benjamin Sutton on Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 3:04 PM
That cable, the northernmost of the four, will take nearly a year to replace and make the bike path impossibly narrow for cyclists, who will likely be swapped over to the south side pedestrian walkway, the Manhattan side of which exits onto, like, the worst intersection in the city (Bowery and Canal), making this all in all a nightmarish situation. Basically, starting sometime in late spring of next year, the Williamsburg Bridge will become the only navigable Brooklyn-Manhattan span for cyclists (the Brooklyn Bridge being already overcrowded). Maybe someone will finally listen to Michael Sorkin's suggestion that a lane of car traffic be given to cyclists.
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