u/original_name26

Hear me out: Giant bike lane implementations are amazing but almost always get hit with lawsuits, especially outside of Manhattan. Meanwhile the DOT just added 4 blocks of protected bike lanes in Dumbo with almost zero press coverage. I can't even find design details online. Same thing happened on Union St in Gowanus. It seems like this could be a faster strategy to build out a network and harder for opponents to stop/rally against. Change is scary for people so lots of continuous micro changes could reduce that fear.

I understand this could be more expensive/logistically expensive but so are lawsuits. I am also not saying we stop with big single changes, I'm saying we should push harder for these little changes. They could be happening on a weekly basis.

Photo credit: https://www.reddit.com/r/NYCbike/comments/1v5xeq4/upgraded_bike_lanes_in_dumbo/

This block of bike lane on 4th ave Brooklyn (by Barclay) was a complete joke before these concrete barriers showed up.

Alloy Block Phase 2 will be Brooklyn's second tallest at 725 feet (for a couple years).

It's somewhat of a glass box but they're preserving the facade of a historic building at ground level which is pretty cool.

It should be cheaper but if you get a membership and dont go on a joyride it's still pretty affordable.

This could have made for a giant sidewalk. Was it meant to be a loading zone? New Layfette bike lane is a beauty btw.

https://abc7ny.com/post/multi-car-crash-crown-heights-brooklyn-sends-vehicle-building-injuring-3-including-pedestrian/19468959/

These things make as much noise as the traffic now. And its usually to take a couple people to JFK when they could just take a train.

I wonder if https://stopthechopnynj.org knows more.