Residents on the Upper East Side have expressed frustration over recent traffic light retiming on Third Avenue, which reduced the speed limit from 25 mph to 15 mph. Local community members, including City Council representatives, claim they were not informed of these changes beforehand. The adjustment, intended to improve cyclist safety as e-bike traffic surged, has made it increasingly difficult for drivers, resulting in complaints about traffic congestion. Drivers argue that the changes have turned a once smooth thoroughfare into a slower and more hazardous route due to unregulated e-bikes ignoring traffic rules.
Bike riders are having a field day up here but this has done absolutely nothing to improve the lives of drivers, said 54-year-old Upper East Sider Anthony La Russa.
Third Avenue used to be every driver's favorite avenue because of the way the lights were timed, but the city doesn't know how to leave well enough alone, La Russa added.
Who's enforcing the bike riders, the e-bike riders who go as fast as they want and go through red lights without getting ticketed? said delivery driver Kasper Overgaard.
Now, slowing the lights to even slower than the speed limit - by treating this just as a very local road - they've made it almost impossible now to be an effective thoroughfare, said Len Genovese.
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