DOT plans to develop protected bike lines in Sunset Park and Bay Ridge
Changes are coming to Fourth Avenue.
As part of Vision Zero, the Department of Transportation (DOT) has announced that it will adjust to its original plan traffic plan for the strip, including the potential addition of protected bike lanes in several neighborhoods, including Bay Ridge and Sunset Park.
On Thursday, March 16 DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg stated that the agency would work with affected communities to help to develop the new plan for Fourth Avenue, some three years after an extended planning process, carried out in conjunction with local community boards, resulted in sweeping traffic changes along the avenue, varying from neighborhood to neighborhood but all with the intention of making the strip safer for pedestrians and bicyclists.