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Pedal pushing
Citi Bike to expand throughout BK
A Citi Biker in Boerum Hill, where the bikes have been since 2013. Reuters/Jeenah Moon
BY BEN VERDE
Pedal pushers in transit-starved
neighborhoods can rejoice, as Citi
Bike honchos announced the next
phase of their roll-out in Brooklyn on
Monday — bringing the sharable twowheelers
to Windsor Terrace, Sunset
Park, Greenwood Heights, along with
parts of Bay Ridge, Kensington, and
Ditmas Park.
“We have been feeling deserving
of Citi Bike for a long time in this district,”
said Zachary Jasie, who chairs
Sunset Park’s Community Board 7
Transportation Committee. “We are
glad to see this happening,”
The Department of Transportation
released a zoom-able map of the current
draft of the rollout, which is set
to be completed in the winter of 2021,
and the transit bigwigs are currently
soliciting feedback from the community
— including at a town hall meeting
slated for Dec. 10.
The draft map shows that most
docks will be installed in the road
bed, rather than on the sidewalk, either
in the place of parking spots or in
“daylighted” intersections.
“This obviously will have an impact
— it will eliminate some parking
spaces throughout the community,”
said Department of Transportation
Bike Share staffer Lisa Morasco on
Dec. 7. “That’s the trade off of bringing
Citi Bike into a community.”
While a smattering of docks will be
installed on mostly residential streets
of Windsor Terrace, Sunset Park’s
docks will mainly be installed along
thoroughfares Fourth Avenue, Fifth
Avenue, and Seventh Avenue.
Docks will also be installed with
access to waterfront attractions such
as Industry City and Brooklyn Army
Terminal, but no docks are currently
planned near popular waterfront
greenspace Bush Terminal Park.
Other locals pushed for the city
to install traffi c calming measures
along Third Avenue, where several
cyclists have died in traffi c accidents
— including NYU Langone Nurse
Clara Kang, who was killed in October
while biking home from a night
shift.
“We’re excited to have this investment
in bike infrastructure but what
are we doing about the safety of our
neighbors?” asked board member
Katherine Walsh. “It’s going to be incredibly
irresponsible and result in
death.”
As of Oct. 31, at least 19 bicyclists
had died throughout the Five Boroughs,
according to city data.
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