[Carfreeliving] NYC DOT to build 'Greenway to Bridge' dedicated bikeway

[Jeremy Nelson]

NYC DOT to build 'Greenway to Bridge' Dedicated Bikeway

Excerpt:

"The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced plans
for the construction of a new two-way bicycle path on Sands Street, between
Navy Street and the Manhattan Bridge Bike Path entrance.

The new bike path will be 1/3 of a mile long and will be designed to
accommodate a large number of cyclists. [...]

The Sands Street Path will serve as a traffic free connection between the
Manhattan Bridge and the future Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway and is part of
the expanding network of cycling facilities in Brooklyn.

The new path will run down the center of Sands Street on a raised median,
completely separating cyclists from vehicular traffic. The median will also
prevent dangerous and illegal left turns from westbound Sands Street to the
westbound BQE on-ramp.

Since 2002, the number of bicyclists using the Manhattan Bridge has nearly
doubled. After the opening of the north path in the summer of 2004 the
percentage of cyclists using Sands Street to get to and from the bridge has
increased from roughly 10% to 40%."


Full Press release with photos of concept design at
http://www.transalt.org/e-bulletin/2005/June/bridge.pdf