City lawyers have confirmed in court that cyclists are allowed to go through a red light when a pedestrian walk signal is active. This legal clarification, revealed during a case with cyclist Andrea Adleman, challenges the NYPD's ongoing ticketing practices, which have persisted despite the law change in 2019. Advocates hope this decision will protect cyclists from wrongful citations. The admission is significant because it enables affected cyclists to contest such tickets more effectively if they provide evidence during DMV hearings.
"Do we all agree, that under city law if you are on a bike and you're at the intersection and there's a walk signal for the pedestrian and the vehicle signal is red ... you can proceed into the intersection and go even though the vehicle signal is red," asked Judge Nicholas Moyne at a hearing in November.
"Yes, except where there's otherwise indicated traffic control devices, which is not at issue in this case," Cullen said.
"It wasn't until we had sued ... that they actually conceded something that should have been obvious," said Chris Greene, a lawyer with the bike-focused firm Vaccaro Law.
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