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East New York. Schenck Ave. 2026.

So, they are painting after repaving. They are putting in the same shitty sharrow and no daylighting at the corners (entering a park). I had a half ounce of hope we would get a better bike lane (north and south). A PBL ideally. And, daylighting at this corner, in particular.

I will remind everyone that the 1st photo is a couple hundred feet where a boy was killed by an ice cream truck driver while riding his bike (in 2020). Dragged almost a full block before the driver stopped.

Just a reminder to everyone; different mayor/commissioner, same shit. At least in East New York.

They are doing a bunch of repaving around here. This is the first of the paint I am seeing. I don’t really have any hope they have any safety improvements planned.
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First time in NYC, first time doing this event. 🤙🏼#rideon

The event was organized by Sofia Municipality and Sofia - European capital of sport. The route was 18km long and I saw so many people with kids having a blast!

Photos by Sketches of Sofia (and last one is mine)

As per usual, Chicago cops are above the law.

I don’t have any of these types of bike lanes in the city that I live in, but they look nice. The bike lanes we have are just painted lines, which can still get very dicey when drivers forget that their car shouldn’t pass the white lines.

These types of bike lanes would be amazing to have and would make it so much safer to ride places, but how does a city implement such a thing while also having on street parking?

Most bike lanes we have are on two way streets, and on streets that cross many people’s driveways. It’s very common for people to park their cars on the road, so I find it difficult to imagine a use case for curb protected bike lanes.

Do you have these in your city? Does your city still have on street parking? Is it possible to have both in residential areas?