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I'm confused by your comment. Sixth Avenue does have a bike lane for large sections. Did you mean a protected lane specifically? See also: http://gothamist.com
by rrdharan 10y ago
I'm confused by your comment. Sixth Avenue does have a bike lane for large sections. Did you mean a protected lane specifically?
See also: http://gothamist.com/2016/02/04/sixth_ave_bike_lane.php http://gothamist.com/2016/02/04/sixth_ave_bike_lane.php
- avn2109 10y agoIn NYC, "unprotected bike lane" === "no bike lane at all" in 95% of all cases and 100% of dangerous cases.
- pavel_lishin 10y agoI genuinely didn't remember it having one, but it's been awhile since I've biked that way. And in any case, here's what it tends to look like in a lot of places: https://goo.gl/6nGUfz https://goo.gl/6nGUfz * Open car door with a guy probably unaware of any bicyclists coming up behind him. I would 100% have to go into traffic to avoid him, to make sure he doesn't step back and elbow me. * A truck half in the bike lane. I'd probably risk just riding up against it, since I can see them unloading - unless they're standing right next to the bike lane. * Lady getting into a taxi cab. I have to either stop and wait, or cross an entire lane of traffic to go around them. * Black SUV up ahead is also parked - in the intersection - doing god knows what with a passenger: http://goo.gl/3jYdOb http://goo.gl/3jYdOb * http://goo.gl/gCkKVT http://goo.gl/gCkKVT Fresh Directly In The Bike Lane * http://goo.gl/1cXmLX http://goo.gl/1cXmLX Goodbye, bike lane, and good riddance. Now, you can say I cherry-picked the bad examples, and you'd be correct. But I cherry picked them by going down 6th Ave in Google Streetview. These are all examples I would run into on my daily bike commute. These aren't once-a-week or once-a-day examples; if I rode down today and counted, I'd probably see more examples of things that directly impact my safety.