There has been a plethora of bike lanes springing up all over our fair city, but under the ever watchful eye of the Flatiron building, something un-kosher has crept up on Madison Square. It's most noticable when you ride downtown on Fifth avenue and all of a sudden you realize that the bike lane that used to be there is hidden behind a wall of potted plants.
In fact, to be able to get back on the bike lane parallel to Madison Square Park, you'd have to take an almost impossible 90 degree left turn onto the green painted lane.
What is the point?
Isn't the point of bike lanes - to make a safe place for cyclists that is also well integrated into the street?
To et on the bike lane, you'd have to put yourself perpendicular to traffic which seems extraordinarily unsafe.
Can anyone explain this to me?
The DOT powerpoint slideshow that was used to sell the lane is not helpful.
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yeah I had the exact same reaction at first. Took a while but then I realized that the lane is designed only from the perspective of Broadway. If you are coming down in the Broadway bike lane it makes perfect sense. Still completely retarded design though as at least half the potential riders are likely coming down 5th.
Think it might time for TA to start putting more effort into *quality* bike lanes rather than just shooting for quantity as they seem to...
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