America’s first parking-protected bike lane came to New York City in 2007. Here’s what happened next.
When Janette Sadik-Khan was hired as chief transportation official for New York City in 2007, she took a page out of Denmark’s playbook and created America’s first parking-protected bike lane, right in the middle of downtown Manhattan.
A parking protected bike lane created a buffer between the traffic of cars, trucks and buses and cyclists. But it also eliminated parking spots.
The protected lanes didn’t just make the streets safer for those on bikes; they also improved traffic flow for vehicles and spurred increased retail sales for businesses nearby.
You can read more about the 9th avenue protected bike lane pilot program here: https://nacto.org/case-study/ninth-av…
And you read a full study on all of the data used in this video here: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads…
Here is a full inventory of all implemented + planned protected cycle tracks in New York City: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads…
–Vox on YouTube
Tags: Bike Lane, Janette Sadik-Khan, New York, NYC, Parking, Parking protected bike lane, protected bike lanes, Video, Vox
RSS Feed
