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Car Lanes to Become Bike Lanes on 2 Major New York City Bridges – The New York Times
Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to add bike lanes on the Brooklyn and the Queensboro Bridges to encourage cycling as the city recovers from the pandemic.
Jan. 28, 2021
New York City’s slow transformation away from a vehicle-oriented metropolis will soon get a visible and significant boost: Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to close a lane on both the Brooklyn and Queensboro Bridges and reserve them for bicyclists.
Mr. de Blasio will announce the new cycling plan, known as “Bridges for the People,” at his final State of the City speech on Thursday.
Mr. de Blasio, a Democrat in his second term, has built more than 100 miles of protected bike lanes while in office, but street safety advocates have repeatedly pushed him to go further. The Brooklyn Bridge has long been known as a particularly dangerous route for cyclists.
The city will ban cars from the inner lane of the Manhattan-bound side of the Brooklyn Bridge to build the lane and make the existing promenade area at the center of the bridge for pedestrians only, barring cyclists.
