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BIKE LANE
CYCLIST
14, activists laid blame on
city offi cials for the lack
of dedicated bike lanes
throughout much of Southern
Brooklyn.
“This is a tragedy which
Mayor Bill de Blasio could
have easily prevented with
protected bike lanes installed
as part of a complete
network of cycling
infrastruc ture,” Thomas
DeVito of Transportation
Alternatives said at the
time.
Borough Park, where
the teen was killed last
Wednesday, lacks any roadways
devoted to cyclists,
according to city maps .
The City Council is
hoping to improve road
safety with its “Vision Zero
Streets Design Standard”
bill , which would formalize
a set of safety measures for
the Department of Transportation
to consider when
renovating city streets.
Proponents believe the bill
STAY IN YOUR LANE: Bensonhurst’s Community Board 11 blasted
the Department of Transportation’s design for a bike lane along
Shore Parkway. Getty Images
would encourage construction
of bike lanes and other
traffi c calming measures
in car-dense neighborhoods.
Council Speaker Corey
Johnson recently announced
a May 30 deadline
to vote on the measure,
which is co-sponsored by
14 of the body’s 15 Brooklyn
lawmakers. The only
Kings County councilmember
not sponsoring the bill
is Kalman Yeger (D–Borough
Park), who represents
the location where the teen
was killed on Wednesday.
Yeger also represents
the area where 26-year-old
Pedro Tepozteco was fatally
struck last month , while
riding on another street
without bike lanes, just six
blocks from Wednesday’s
incident.
Authorities said the
driver of the box truck remained
on the scene until
police arrived. No charges
have been fi led, and the investigation
is ongoing.
protection for cyclists on
car-heavy roads.
The Department of
Transportation unveiled its
proposal, calling for a oneand
a-half mile bikeable
route along Shore Parkway,
at an April 24 Community
Board 11 meeting.
The planned route
would run from Bay Parkway
to Bay 53rd Street,
connecting existing lanes
on either side to create a
continuous bikeable path
from Bay Ridge to the Coney
Island peninsula. The
largest section of the department’s
plan calls for
a two-way protected bike
lane on Shore Parkway, on
the side of the road closest
to the water.
Ahead of the unanimous
rebuff of the proposal on
May 9, the board’s Transportation
Committee chair
blasted department reps for
valuing expediency rather
than safety.
“We feel that this is an
unsafe plan, there are too
many driveways on that
side. It’s more dangerous
for the bicyclists, not for
the drivers. We would like
them to explore the other
options in this proposal,”
said Laurie Windsor.
“They said it’s the easiest,
cheapest, and quickest way
to do it. They’re not taking
into account when Target
goes in next year — what’s
going to happen then? It’s
like playing with fi re.”
The board’s district
manager sent a letter to
the department’s Brooklyn
head, detailing the unsafe
conditions that she
believed would arise from
vehicle operators attempting
to turn onto a one-way
road, by crossing a bike
lane with cyclists traveling
in the opposite direction.
“This plan as presented
provides no protection to
cyclists along this heavily
traveled commercial and
manufacturing segment,
relies on motorists checking
both right and left for
bicyclists while waiting
for a lull in oncoming traffi
c, and reduces visibility,”
said Marnee Elias-Pavia.
Elias-Pavia requested
the department consider
other options, but
said her concerns were
ignored by department
reps, who were steadfast
in their decisions.
“We wanted them to look
at other options. We wanted
them to look at the other side
of the road,” she said. “But,
they thought the south side
would be easier.”
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The intersection of 17th Avenue and 53rd Street, where a cyclist
was struck and killed on May 15. Google Maps
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