Adding More Bike Lanes: A Silly Approach to Safety
It’s a laudable suggestion from our mayor to increase the number of bike lanes in an effort to decrease pedestrian injuries and promote safety on our streets (“$904M bid to slow NYC traffic deaths,” April 24).
However, until he addresses the abuses of many of New York City’s electric vehicles, his efforts will be for naught.
How many use the sidewalk as a street? How many stop at red lights? How many follow prescribed traffic flow? In many parts of the city, they are a true menace. Andrea Lakian
Manhattan
The mayor wants to waste almost $1 billion to reclaim the streets from dangerous drivers.
I must be missing something — because ever since bike lanes have gone in, the streets have gone wild.
There is no longer a flow for those of us who drive. I follow the rules of the road, but do bicyclists? I don’t think so.
Bikes do not stop at red lights or stop signs. They travel in the wrong direction on one-way streets. Then we have the delivery folks with motorized bikes, who follow zero rules.
Mr. Mayor, if you want to take back your streets, you must have people follow rules — which means you must allow proper policing.
D. Ricciardi
Brooklyn
Mayor Adams wants to expand the bike lanes, but the city refuses to enforce laws to keep pedestrians safe from bicycles and scooters going
against traffic and hopping sidewalks.
The honorable mayor should take a walk down Manhattan streets on a busy weekday.
Zinc Pederson Manhattan
Mayor Adams, it’s said, “Give an inch, take a mile.” Your plan to dedicate hundreds miles of New York City space solely for pedestrians, buses and bikes will only bring New York City to a standstill.
Using the former mayor’s plan is a mistake. It will not slow or fix traffic deaths.
Robert Neglia
The Bronx
The city has installed miles of bike lanes, created pedestrian plazas and permitted outdoor dining, all reducing roadways. The result — more pedestrian deaths.
So why in the world would you reduce roadway space even more? Robert Leavy Middle Village