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A judge has ordered New York City to rip up the 31st Street protected bike lane in Astoria. This is entirely unprecedented. (nyc.streetsblog.org)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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[–] 66 points 11 months ago (6 children)

In their suit, bike lane opponents, who include popular Astoria businesses like Parisi Bakery, Sotto la Luna and King Souvlaki, argued that the project would "jeopardize" the safety of cyclists and "increase the likelihood of injuries" to pedestrians — despite city data and mounds of research showing protected bike lanes do the exact opposite.

Said opponents need to be barred from further speaking on the topic. Lying should lose you credibility. Being full-ass wrong should as well.

Fuck cars. I just wanna ride a bike and not worry about dying.

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  • [–] 14 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    I mean, if the picture in the thumbnail is the bike lane... They might have a point. I wouldn't ride in that.

    I blame the judge though for a dumb decision - the street should instead just be remade so the lane is on the side rather than in the middle of cars.

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  • [–] 19 points 11 months ago* (2 children)

    the bike lane is on the left. there are cars illegally parked in it. The narrow strip is not the bike lane, its the door zone, a 3 ft setback between the parked cars and the bike lane.

    The street redesign doesn't even reduce car capacity. It still has two lanes for cars, and parking on either side, it gets the space by not having unnecessarily wide lanes.

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