A small city like where I live (Buffalo, NY) would be able to implement this so easily (Compared to congested cities like NYC). During COVID, the City of Buffalo closed off one of the main entertainment/restaurant corridors (Chippewa St) so the restaurants could have more outdoor dining, and it seems to have had minimal negative effects on traffic in the area. I don't see any reason why we couldn't do this with other streets and dedicate them to bikes, scooters, etc. It would make the streets feel much safer and would promote other forms of transport besides just cars.
I missed this the first time around, so thanks for sharing again (here from r/micromobility). Really great synapsis of how we can make immediate improvements to our streets!
I noticed your city's parking protected bike lanes are merely _painted._ Montreal had one better than that back in the early 90s - theirs were _curbed_ so cars couldn't stray into the bicycle lane, and the door zone was a narrow in-street sidewalk.
As a pro-cycling network Dutchman, I fully agree with your plan of filtered permability (through streets for bikes, not for cars). May I suggest to implement counterflow bike lanes in one way streets? So cyclists can take your quiet streets. I do not think it will work out for Manhattan, but for the other grand neighborhoods like Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island, the Bronx, etc.
As a cyclist, I'm all about what you're saying here. But, as a resident of The Bronx, I take objection to the implicit assumption (0:57) that Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens are the only parts of the city that matter. Believe it or not, there are people who live in The Bronx and Staten Island, and ride bikes there, and need the same kind of infrastructure improvements that the rest of the city needs.
Sorry didn't mean to imply that at all. In fact, I was trying to state that they should be implemented citywide, not just in the citibike phase 1 zone or whatever. The reason the shot was framed in that way was mainly due to laziness. I didn't want to have to make a map for the whole city to show where these Green Streets could go, so I simply framed out BX and BK to save time.
@@miser-micromobilitynyc3628 I'm sure it was unintentional, but the preference given to Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens for bicycle infrastructure projects is real. See, for example, www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/bicyclists/bike-projects.shtml and www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/bicyclists/bike-ridership-safety.shtml. Not surprisingly, the Citibike rollout proceeded in those three boroughs first. And the NYC DOT 2019 Green Wave plan (www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/bike-safety-plan.pdf) lays out "Bicycle Priority Districts" only in Brooklyn and Queens. So, while I apologize for dumping on you, some consciousness raising on this pervasive inequality is important.
As beautiful as it is, especially as an avid bike rider, it looks like it would take another Robert Moses (i.e. a municipal dictator) to be able to implement this fully and quickly. Otherwise bureaucracy & endless meetings will always be the limiting factor
By bike. Or by bus or rail. Or by car if you have to. You see, the car network isn't completely stuck all day because the vast majority of people are on using the modes.
Some people don't want to use cars because they don't want to invest tens of thousands of dollars into a depreciating asset that can be stolen and/or destroyed within a few minutes.
@@timothyreal if you buy a new car thats on you since its true that is a depreciating asset, but an older car (which can be just as reliable or better) can actually rise in value, for example older mercedes amg models, still reliable to this day and steadily gaining value everytime a new hybrid v6 sports car is announced
I like your quick fix idea, and yet I see a problem. You didn't say any place has done such a quick fix. If those streets (bike streets and dead-end local-only streets) have a lot less traffic, then the car heavy streets will be even more congested. Of course those who can will then take their bikes, but I doubt that makes up for the congestion. Wondering if any studies have been done on that.
There must always be traffic; people need to get places. We should build for the *type* of traffic we want, not the type of traffic we have now. Induced demand will take care of the rest.
I hate bike lanes in the gutter they are the worst, they will be neglected and never paved again, cars turn in without seeing anything, horrible design, would rather risk it with traffic.
You can walk can't you? You know how to get a ticket and use transit don't you? Can you drive - you should learn if you can't! You can use the internet and work remotely can't you? Bicycles??? - I think it's time to grow up!
I think it's actually time to raise Red knights taxes. Did you know that motorists and the space they take is heavily subsidised by people who don't drive cars? Talk about taxation without representation.
A small city like where I live (Buffalo, NY) would be able to implement this so easily (Compared to congested cities like NYC). During COVID, the City of Buffalo closed off one of the main entertainment/restaurant corridors (Chippewa St) so the restaurants could have more outdoor dining, and it seems to have had minimal negative effects on traffic in the area. I don't see any reason why we couldn't do this with other streets and dedicate them to bikes, scooters, etc. It would make the streets feel much safer and would promote other forms of transport besides just cars.
I missed this the first time around, so thanks for sharing again (here from r/micromobility). Really great synapsis of how we can make immediate improvements to our streets!
I noticed your city's parking protected bike lanes are merely _painted._ Montreal had one better than that back in the early 90s - theirs were _curbed_ so cars couldn't stray into the bicycle lane, and the door zone was a narrow in-street sidewalk.
As a pro-cycling network Dutchman, I fully agree with your plan of filtered permability (through streets for bikes, not for cars).
May I suggest to implement counterflow bike lanes in one way streets? So cyclists can take your quiet streets. I do not think it will work out for Manhattan, but for the other grand neighborhoods like Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island, the Bronx, etc.
You are right.
I'm in Brisbane, Australia. It's the same situation here, and I imagine, in a lot of other cities.
I love this specific answer to a specific question. Love this channel
As a cyclist, I'm all about what you're saying here. But, as a resident of The Bronx, I take objection to the implicit assumption (0:57) that Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens are the only parts of the city that matter. Believe it or not, there are people who live in The Bronx and Staten Island, and ride bikes there, and need the same kind of infrastructure improvements that the rest of the city needs.
Sorry didn't mean to imply that at all. In fact, I was trying to state that they should be implemented citywide, not just in the citibike phase 1 zone or whatever. The reason the shot was framed in that way was mainly due to laziness. I didn't want to have to make a map for the whole city to show where these Green Streets could go, so I simply framed out BX and BK to save time.
@@miser-micromobilitynyc3628 I'm sure it was unintentional, but the preference given to Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens for bicycle infrastructure projects is real. See, for example, www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/bicyclists/bike-projects.shtml and www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/bicyclists/bike-ridership-safety.shtml. Not surprisingly, the Citibike rollout proceeded in those three boroughs first. And the NYC DOT 2019 Green Wave plan (www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/bike-safety-plan.pdf) lays out "Bicycle Priority Districts" only in Brooklyn and Queens. So, while I apologize for dumping on you, some consciousness raising on this pervasive inequality is important.
As beautiful as it is, especially as an avid bike rider, it looks like it would take another Robert Moses (i.e. a municipal dictator) to be able to implement this fully and quickly. Otherwise bureaucracy & endless meetings will always be the limiting factor
that's Amsterdam's bike network?? How do people get anywhere!
Great ideas
Trasnit layering, people centric transportation
By bike. Or by bus or rail. Or by car if you have to. You see, the car network isn't completely stuck all day because the vast majority of people are on using the modes.
I think yu want to put the barrier in the middle of the block.
you're basically explaining what the bike network is like here in portland oregon
though in downtown there isn't really a street like that
Send this video to your district council-people.
Excellent
Filtered permeability isn't even revolutionary in the US. Berkeley, CA has had such network in place for over a decade.
Some people dont want to use bikes because they get stolen within 3 minutes
Some people don't want to use cars because they don't want to invest tens of thousands of dollars into a depreciating asset that can be stolen and/or destroyed within a few minutes.
@@timothyreal if you buy a new car thats on you since its true that is a depreciating asset, but an older car (which can be just as reliable or better) can actually rise in value, for example older mercedes amg models, still reliable to this day and steadily gaining value everytime a new hybrid v6 sports car is announced
I like your quick fix idea, and yet I see a problem. You didn't say any place has done such a quick fix. If those streets (bike streets and dead-end local-only streets) have a lot less traffic, then the car heavy streets will be even more congested. Of course those who can will then take their bikes, but I doubt that makes up for the congestion. Wondering if any studies have been done on that.
Honestly who cares. Why should car travel be prioritized in the most populous city in the country
There must always be traffic; people need to get places. We should build for the *type* of traffic we want, not the type of traffic we have now. Induced demand will take care of the rest.
They won't be more congested. The car traffic simply disappeares because it isn't as convenient.
Too much of NYC is still devoted to cars.
We have the train for people like you
@@edrod7257and traffic for you.
@@edrod7257 and traffic for you.
I hate bike lanes in the gutter they are the worst, they will be neglected and never paved again, cars turn in without seeing anything, horrible design, would rather risk it with traffic.
What a horrible way to think. Bikes should just stay in the parks. Leave the roads for the cars, the people who pay for the
You can walk can't you?
You know how to get a ticket and use transit don't you?
Can you drive - you should learn if you can't!
You can use the internet and work remotely can't you?
Bicycles??? - I think it's time to grow up!
Bicycles are built by grown ups for grown ups. So why isn't there proper infrastructure for grown ups?
@@bedri1 You should learn something about economics.
@@RedKnight-fn6jr you really need a name for grown ups. Red Knight fn6jr, are you a child?
@@bedri1 I have a car with a long clean driving record, so what do you think - would a child be driving?
I think it's actually time to raise Red knights taxes. Did you know that motorists and the space they take is heavily subsidised by people who don't drive cars? Talk about taxation without representation.