"Safe streets advocates renewed their call on Monday for installing a two-way protected bike lane along Brooklyn's Lafayette Avenue following an early morning crash that, police say, left an e-bike rider in critical condition. The group Transportation Alternatives says the intersection of Lafayette and Bedford Avenues in Bedford-Stuyvesant, where a 40-year-old e-bike rider was struck by a 27-year-old driver behind the wheel of an Acura SUV on the morning of Dec. 8, is deadly."
"According to Transportation Alternatives, the intersection is considered dangerous because it is located near where Lafayette Avenue transitions from one lane of traffic to two, which the group claims encourages speeding. Additionally, the advocates point out that the bike lanes on Lafayette Avenue are not protected and stop before the intersection. At the same intersection, a speeding driver mowed down a pedestrian last year."
An e-bike rider was struck by an Acura SUV at the corner of Lafayette and Bedford Avenues in Bedford-Stuyvesant during the early morning hours of Dec. 8. The rider, described as a 40-year-old, was taken to Kings County Hospital in critical but stable condition. The driver, described as a 27-year-old, remained at the scene; as of publication no arrests had been made and it was unclear whether charges would be filed. Transportation Alternatives called the intersection dangerous, citing a lane transition that encourages speeding and unprotected bike lanes that end before the intersection. Activists have pushed for protected lanes along Lafayette and Dekalb Avenues since a 2021 fatal crash.
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