Mayor Adams's decision to remove three blocks of protected bike lanes on Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn has been upheld by a Brooklyn judge. The city Department of Transportation confirmed that the protected bike lane had reduced crashes and injuries, yet Judge Carolyn Walker-Diallo ruled that the move to an unprotected lane was legal. She stated that this change was merely a modification and not subject to the same notification laws as major transportation projects, reinforcing that an unprotected bike lane would still remain in place.
The city Department of Transportation's own stats show the protected bike lane led to a reduction in crashes and injuries on Bedford Avenue.
Judge Carolyn Walker-Diallo agreed with the agency that Adams's decision to replace the protected lane with an unprotected lane was legal and did not require advanced public notice.
Walker-Diallo stated, 'Modification of the bike lane is not a major transportation project,' affirming that removing the protected lane does not fall under the city's notification law.
Adams's move to rip up the new green paint 'is only a modification' because an unprotected bike lane 'will still exist at that location.'
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