"The first mayor tasked with implementing the city's Streets Master Plan pitched himself on the campaign trail as someone who wouldn't just hit the goals of the plan but surpass them. Yet four years later, the closest Adams's Department of Transportation came to the master plan's mandatory 50 miles of bike lanes per year was 31.7 miles in 2023. Mayor Adams oversaw a DOT that installed just 15 miles of new bus lanes in three years, when the law required 80."
"Even counting "enhanced" or "newly-protected" bus lanes, the agency still came in under 20 miles of projects in its best year, 2024, when it installed or "enhanced" 17.9 miles of bus lanes. Adams fell far short of the Streets Plan's major milestones every year. He also left DOT to fight through the same trench warfare the plan's benchmarks were designed to avoid."
Eric Adams campaigned as a pro-transit "Bus Mayor" but leaves with a grim record on reworking New York City streets. The city's Streets Master Plan required 50 miles of bike lanes annually; the closest Adams's DOT reached that target was 31.7 miles in 2023. The law required 80 miles of new bus lanes over three years, yet the administration installed only about 15 miles of new bus lanes in that span. Even including "enhanced" or "newly-protected" lanes, the agency's best year added 17.9 miles in 2024. DOT completed meaningful projects for cyclists and buses largely despite mayoral interference, as mayoral interventions tended to side with local opponents and forced prolonged conflicts.
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