Brooklyn Bridge protected bike lane opens
From brooklyneagle.com
The city on Tuesday cut the ribbon on a long-awaited, two-way protected bike lane along the Brooklyn Bridge.
In the past, bicyclists shared the existing foot path, or promenade, with pedestrians. As the numbers of both groups grew, this situation led to crowding, congestion and sometimes accidents.
Now the new bike lane, originally proposed in Mayor Bill de Blasio’s State of the City address this year, has repurposed one lane of vehicular traffic to accommodate the cycling boom.