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Board 5 O.K.’s new
protected bike lane
by Port Authority
COURTESY NYC DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
A photo of existing conditions on Eighth Ave.
between 42nd and 43rd Sts., which features
a wide sidewalk and protected bike lane. The
configuration on this block is, for the most
part, what D.O.T. is proposing for the sevenblock
stretch between 38th to 45th Sts.
BY ALEJANDRA O’CONNELL-DOMENECH
The Department of Transportation’s proposed
Eighth Ave. protected bike lane and sidewalk
extension from 38th St. to 45th St. has been approved
by Community Board 5.
According to D.O.T., the plan is to paint 10-footwide
sidewalk extensions along the avenue and create
a northbound protected bike lane separated by a
series of plastic bollards. Three feet of buffer space to
the east of the bike lane would further protect cyclists
from traffi c. The traffi c lane to the immediate right of
the buffer space would be an alternating taxi lane and
left-hand turn lane at 39th St., 41st and 43rd St. Sts.
The proposed plan would also extend metered parking
until midnight along the avenue between 38th and
45th Sts., with vehicles allowed to use parking spaces
for fi ve-hour intervals.
Outside of the Port Authority Bus Terminal, at 41st
and 42nd Sts., the scheme changes a bit, with D.O.T.
planning on creating a taxi boarding island to the east
of a curbside bike lane and painted sidewalk. In other
words, along this stretch, the bike lane and pedestrian
space would fl ip, so that the taxi boarding area would
be the one adjacent to motor-vehicle traffi c.
According to the community board’s resolution,
D.O.T. found that only 25 percent of taxi pickups at
the Port Authority Bus Terminal use the existing curbside
taxi stand. The plan also proposes banning lefthand
turns at 42nd St. and consolidating M20 bus
stops at 39th and 41st Sts.
In its resolution, C.B. 5 insisted that the Police Department
minimize the number of concrete barriers it
installs and instead use plastic bollards whenever necessary,
so as not to impede safety but also to maximize
pedestrian space. The board also called on D.O.T. to
return to the community board after the creation of
the bike lane and extended sidewalk with data on the
number of cars and bicycles using the section of Eighth
Ave. with the new bike lane section.
The resolution notes that some community board
members are concerned about dangerous cycling activity,
in general, throughout the borough. Since the
beginning of this year, 15 cyclists have died on the
city’s streets.
C.B. 4 is slatted to vote on the proposed plan at its
next full-board meeting on July 24.
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