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.
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.
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.
happy cake day!!! 🙂
ew no please don’t
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In the article there’s the actual and the proposed structure of the road (https://lede-admin.nyc.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/48/2025/04/31st-St-diagram.png). What you see above is a buffer zone that divides parked cars (right) from the actual bike lane (left, even though there are cars parked).
Review brigade time?
rip up the bike lane and turn it into a sidewalk then rip up the street and turn it into a streetcar and bike lane.
The word ‘unprecedented’ will be part of daily vernacular until…
At certain point, everything is just precedented.
“DOT shall take all steps reasonably necessary to restore 31st Street between 31st Avenue and Newtown Avenue … to substantially the same traffic markings, land configuration, and parking and loading regulations that existed immediately prior to commencement of work on the Safety Project in August 2025,”
Why August 2025? Why not August 1925 or 1725?
If that thumbnail pic is accurate, i dont even see a bike lane… i see two paint lines too close together. Looks super unsafe. I wouldnt even ride in that “bike lane”. I’d prefer to just ride in city traffic like of one of those insane bike couriers
Imagine the ruling was actually: “judge orders bike lane removed… and replaced with an actual separated bike lane…”
The thumbnail picture is accurate it’s just that there’s cars illegally parked in the bike lane. The bike Lane is on the far left.
Thank god the legal system is protecting those lawbreaking drivers against those evil bicyclists!
Doug Ford moment 🥲
