Williamsburg Buzzkill: Cops target bicyclists exiting the Bridge
On the Manhattan side of the Williamsburg Bridge, trouble awaits riders ready to rejoice at their pedaling prowess and continue westward along Delancey Street through Manhattan.
The local authorities are sticking to the traffic pattern, which allows bicyclists to go north and south only. They are ticketing anyone who deviates.
“These bicyclists didn’t go through a light, didn’t go against traffic, didn’t do anything illegal–they just proceeded in a direction that the city’s new design doesn’t ‘allow’ for,” said a spokesperson for Time’s Up, a local bicycling advocacy group.