"In Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn, a steady stream of trucks, cars, buses and ambulances travel along McDonald Avenue every day. Now, neighbors are growing concerned that New York City's plan to redesign the busy four-lane corridor with bike lanes will create new dangers. "We have two hospitals within one mile radius and four elementary schools," said Lisa Sposato, a Windsor Terrace resident. "So congestion and schools and hospitals don't mix very well." Transit officials, however, say their plan is the safer option."
"Under the city's proposal, the four-lane road would be reduced to two to put bike lanes in each direction. "We are pro-bikes," Sposato said. "We just think this is a really bad idea. There are several side streets that you could take the bikes down that would make a longer path.""
McDonald Avenue in Windsor Terrace carries trucks, cars, buses and ambulances daily and serves as part of Commercial Truck Route 27. The Department of Transportation proposes bike lanes on a five-block stretch connecting Fort Hamilton Parkway and 20th Street, reducing the roadway from four lanes to two to add bi-directional bike lanes. The corridor lies within a mile of two hospitals and includes four elementary schools within a nine-block radius. Neighbors worry the lane reduction will worsen congestion, impact seven MTA routes and delay school transportation. Transit officials maintain the redesign is the safer option.
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