Manhattan’s Tenth Avenue, between 38th and 52nd streets in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood, features a new 10-foot-wide bike laneheading north, to improve the safety of a growing number of cyclists, users of electric bicycles and other modes of micromobility.
New York City too built new concrete pedestrian islands on that road segment, redesigned intersections to reduce vehicle speeds and installed new bike lanes, making the street safer for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers.
With this progress, Eric Adams’ administration is on track to complete a record number of new miles of protected bike lanes for New York City in 2023.
After conversations with the Manhattan Community Board 4, the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) widened the proposed bike lane to 10 feet, for most of the project, maintaining a three-foot gap between parked cars and the bike lane. Besides, quadrupled the original number of pedestrian islands included in the project.
“The redesign of Tenth Avenue demonstrates how we reimagine our streets, to make them safer“commented DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodríguez.
More lanes and redesigns are coming
DOT continues to develop wider lane designs for projects throughout the city.
The DOT technical team believes that protected bike lanes improve the safety of all road users by shortening distances. for pedestrians at intersections, calm vehicle traffic and improve visibility for those who walk, drive and ride a bicycle or electric mobility device.
“These designs have reduced deaths and serious injuries among all road users by a 18.1 percent, with a decrease of 29.2 percent for pedestrians,” the agency reported in a statement.
It is projected that between 41st and 42nd streets near the Lincoln Tunnel, Where many vehicles turn, left turn lanes will be installed, with signal synchronization to give pedestrians a head start in crossing the street. These elements, known as “advanced pedestrian intervals,” have been shown to reduce pedestrian deaths and serious injuries by almost 35 percent.
And the scooters?
Although cyclists and residents of this midtown Manhattan neighborhood celebrate the expansion of bike lanes, for many This is just one step to reorganize the chaos in one of the most overwhelmed neighborhoods due to the uncontrolled emergence of scooters, particularly in sections of Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Avenues.
“They could put in thousands of lanes, but as long as the authorities do not regulate the use of scooters, which have taken over the cyclists’ roads, we will not see any changes. Since there are thousands of restaurants here, The deliveristas occupy most of the spaces, which are supposed to be for cyclists and pedestrians. They do not respect. “They drive the wrong way.”commented the Colombian Miguel Santosa resident of 56th Street and Ninth Avenue.
2023-12-14 22:37:00
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