PUBLIC SPACE PARTY DECLARES VICTORY IN FIRST ACTION TO LIBERATE BIKE LANES FROM NYPD INCOMPETENCE: GETTING (POLICE) CARS OUT OF BIKE LANES
On the morning of November
2, 2015 a group of cycling advocates set out to address perhaps the greatest
hindrance to safe cycling in New York City: cars illegally parked in bike
lanes.The City of New York recently
celebrated installation of more than 1,000 miles of bike lanes, but they are
often impeded by motor vehicles, all too often police vehicles, flouting the
law.
The cyclists with The Public Space Party met in Fort Greene Park, where they talked about this
ongoing problem and what needs to be done to generate heat.While the City has laid out a model of Vision
Zero policing, lack of enforcement of traffic violations in bike lanes, many
caused by vehicles illegally parked in bike lanes, impedes these steps forward,
creating unsafe riding conditions.The
cyclists headed out to the busy corner of Hoyt and Schermerhorn in Boerum Hill, where multiple…