"Later today, Mamdani and Department of Transportation Commissioner Mike Flynn will announce that the existing protected bike lane between W. 14th and W. 31st streets will widen from six to 10 feet - a configuration that promotes safer passing as well as side-by-side biking. The project had been announced under Mayor Eric Adams, but never implemented."
"And between W. 31st and W. 35th streets through Herald Square, DOT won't change the existing five-foot-wide bike lane, but will add nine feet of expanded pedestrian space, which will do a lot to keep pedestrians outside of the roadway in one of the busiest pedestrian areas of Midtown."
""What better way to welcome the World Cup than by making our streets safer and more accessible for everyone who uses them?" Mayor Mamdani said in a statement. "From Sixth Avenue in Manhattan to Broadway in Queens and the iconic Brooklyn Bridge, we're redesigning our streets to better protect pedestrians, cyclists and drivers alike. Long after the sun sets on this summer of celebration, these improvements will continue serving New Yorkers every single day.""
"Double-wide bike lanes work: In 2024, DOT installed one on Sixth Avenue from Lispenard Street to W. 13th Street. In the full year before the lane went in, 26 cyclists and pedestrians were injured. In the full year after the lane went in, 21 cyclists and pedestrians were injured, despite the much higher number of cyclists who flocked to the lane upon its completion."
A protected bike lane on Manhattan’s Sixth Avenue will be widened between W. 14th and W. 31st streets from six to 10 feet to support safer passing and side-by-side biking. The project will also expand pedestrian space in Herald Square between W. 31st and W. 35th streets by adding nine feet while keeping the bike lane at its current five-foot width. The changes aim to keep pedestrians out of the roadway in a busy Midtown area. Prior installations of a wider bike lane on Sixth Avenue from Lispenard Street to W. 13th Street were followed by injury reductions, though the remaining stretch between 13th and 35th streets continues to show high numbers of deaths and severe injuries.
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