Brooklyn, Queensboro bridges to add bicycle-only lanes
Bicyclists who currently share space with pedestrians as they try to get across New York City’s Brooklyn and Queensboro bridges would get their own lanes across those spans, according to a plan from Mayor Bill de Blasio.
De Blasio was announcing the “Bridges for the People” project on Thursday evening, as part of his final State of the City speech.
On the Brooklyn Bridge, the innermost car lane in the Manhattan-bound direction would be turned into a two-way bicycle lane, and the promenade space that bicyclists and pedestrians currently use together would be given over solely to those on foot.