Queens bike lanes battle
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- According to the latest numbers from the city, more than 9,000 people living in Queens bike to work everyday. FOX 5 NY’s Kendall Green shows us that still isn’t helping everyone in Bayside embrace bike lanes.
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Every time a bike lane goes in anywhere, a bunch of locals freak out and make the same exact complaints. It's like a broken record. But then after a few months they forget about it and get used to it. Nobody ever says let's go back to what it was before. Fear of change?
Once the right people get into office, they can reverse the damage that's being done to the streets and parking. This can all be changed back to normal.
@@brooklynelite5428 who will reverse the damage done over the past several decades where they dedicated 75% of public space to the exclusive use of cars? Oh wait, that's what this is about....
How do you know?
Actually, most everyone in the neighborhood STILL says to allow for two bike lanes and two parking lanes.
Fear of change, yes. It's the concrete-bound, anit-conceptual mentality at work.
If motorists drove respectfully, bike lanes would be unnecessary. As for kids, they need a safe a safe path for travel. Street are for transportation, not storage of private property.
Roads are for the transportation of cars.. Not a children's toy
@@copekillzz Not a very convincing argument. What will you do if/when there's not enough gas to go around?
@@trainluvr Bike riders are the worst, they zoom through red lights and nearly knock people down.
@@GentlemanJim61 But when cars do it, people die (by the hundreds each year in this metro area). Also its not constructive to generalize about a whole group of people.
@trainluvr there are bike lanes in my area in east NY that are next to mechanic shops they use the bike lane as extra storage for storing cars really and others use it to set up stands to sell stuff frustrating how little respect bike lanes get
From the bulk of the responses here, Americans have become fully complacent and accomodating to tyranny.
This isn't as big a deal as they're making out to be. The drivers will be just fine. Looks like they can park around the corner or the sides streets.
So many drivers in this neighborhood double park, park in no-parking school zones during the drop-off and dismissal hours, in spots reserved for school buses, in front of fire hydrants......As far as I can tell, there is a driveway for every house in this neighborhood.
Classic suburbia.
Don’t use your driveway then cry at anyone else who even dares park there.
Rude awakening: you never owned the street. 🤣
Bike lanes in my area mechanic shops use for extra storage and others open up stands to sell stuff bike lanes get very little respect
Public safety is not a popularity contest. We know that bike lanes enable children, adults, and the elderly to commute to their school, work, or errands safely. Everyone deserves safe mobility. The public right-of-way is not their own personal driveway.
How the hell would an elderly person be able to ride a bike? And where exactly would this "work" or "errands" be? The bike lane is entirely adjacent to peoples' homes. So if your goal is to go from one person's house to another person's house, great. If you want to go to "work" or run "errands", the bike lane does not go to any stores.
How many errands can you realistically do on a bicycle? If you need to carry anything forget it , bad weather forget it
Thank you.
@@mariusfacktor3597 true, but only if they are used. My observation is that they are used very little, if at all in residential neighborhoods. Neighborhood kids ride on the sidewalk, teens ride anywhere they want and elderly ride not at all.
The person using the bike lane was riding an electric bike which is like a motorcycle. How is getting hit by a bike going 40 mph safe?
Park in your drive way, the gov doesn't need to ask your permission to put bike lanes on public roads.
But don't we elect the government? Government for the people, by the people? Which is why every local elected official was against it?
Yes they do, we literally elect them and pay their salaries. You enjoying the taste of the boot?
bootlickers
Exactly. I know this entitled suburban mindset. Nothing better to do than bitch and moan if someone parks in front of their house.
Now they’re getting the rude awakening that this space isn’t an unofficial extension of their property.
Wahhhhhhh
@@TheCossack The greater majority is in favor of bike lanes. The minority are the home owners who are inconvenienced.
As a Bayside resident, the protected bike lanes are a real upgrade for safety. A lot of drivers turn from Horace Harding Espy and drive like maniacs. It's exaggerated that these residents lost parking spots when it's only one side removed. The other side has marked spaces for street parking which you can clearly see in the video. This is a residential area and home owners fail to utilize their driveways for parking. Now they have to and cry about it.
Both sides removed on some streets. Don't say things that aren't true.
Adding bike lanes narrows the road, naturally slowing down cars, making it safer for pedestrians and cyclists and a more pleasant environment for everyone.
2:02 "safer", says the guy on an electric bike without a helmet.
Do you wear a helmet when you drive? A lot of injuries in car crashes are head injuries, which could be avoided with a helmet.
helmets are not required in NYC by law
Yes, a bike lane is safer than a plastic hat.
Bum as*
@@richardfurlong2880 Actually in a passenger car they would increase given the build up of irritation and loss of concentration causing more accidents. I speak as a veteran racecar driver, which is a different situation.
the people crying about bike lane are the same ones to race you to a red light , boo hoo wahh
Too lazy to park in own driveway but bitches and moans about someone exercising on a bicycle.
Sounds like suburbia.
It's NYC. You voted for those people who literally took your opinions away.
First of all, the reporter says it’s 53rd st Bayside. It’s 53rd avenue. I grew up there. This is a residential area, Nobody bikes to work. Hardly anyone ever uses the bike lines. Most kids go to the park. There’s an actual bike circle that is paved, and hardly anyone uses that either. This area don’t even have a full time bus Q26. Everyone drives and most families have at least 2 cars if not more. Real estate taxes are over $10k a year because they are over $1.2m homes.
Nobody bikes before there were bike lanes for obvious reasons.
@@mendealy What obvious reasons? When in human history did social engineering actually produce the desired outcome?
@@MrAquinas1 what do you mean by "social engineering"? Isn't the way the streets looked before the bike lane a product of social engineering?
@@mendealy No. Roads have existed for thousands of years for reasons that are self-evident. Social engineering occurs when more enlightened than thou tyrannical government bureaucrats seek to force alterations in human behavior by making it burdensome for them to not conform to their idea of their desired outcome.
@@MrAquinas1 do you realized that you just described how certain people force everyone to travel exclusively by car when there are more efficient ways to get around?
Y’all selfish think about all the kids that ride bikes bike lanes are a good thing
wrong bike lanes are borderline satanic
these people should just be quiet and follow the laws...the bikes lane is there...period...
Welcome to Russia/China. Too bad America is a democracy. Americans do not share your attitude.
Welcome to China/Russia. Too bad America is a democracy. Americans do not share your attitude.
Welcome to China. Too bad America is a democracy. Americans do not share your attitude.
Nah people are breaking them. They can put new ones in if they're so adamant. You don't live here so myob.
Opposition to bike lanes and an obsession with parking is such a disease. Takes away all your imagination, empathy and respect for others.
Vice versa to you
people don't really bike a lot in bayside. It's an area that you need a car to get around in
Gee, I wonder why. Could it be because of the lack of bike lanes?
@@mendealy No, it's because bicycling is an idiotic idea in areas where bicycling is an idiotic idea and social engineering does not alter reality.
@@MrAquinas1 what do you mean that "bicycling is an idiotic idea"? And what do you mean"bicycling in areas where it's an idiotic idea"? Do you mean areas where there aren't safe bike lanes? Because that's exactly what this is made to fix.
I live in bayside and there's very limited safe riding spaces for bicyclists like myself. I'm always sharing the road with crazy motorists who want to run me off the road. These protected bike lanes are a step in the right direction.
I agree, bayside is a suburb, parking is in demand some don’t have driveways. I never see anyone biking there. There’s room for bike lanes on one side and parking on both as another commented said but they decided to make it on both sides.
Suburbs don't allow overnight parking on the street. Would you be ok with a rule like that?
@@mendealy Suburbs do allow overnight parking on the street. Stop lying.
Street is so big there is room for two protected bike lanes and two parking lanes except for a few streets where there is a traffic island in the median. DOT lost their minds. DOT not run by real engineers. DOT run by non-engineer politicians. DOT Queens commissioner Albert Silvestri has a degree in journalism from St Johns. DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez is a politician.
All the people in the comments saying that these homeowners (who have lived there for 20+ years and pay $10,000 a year in real estate taxes) don't own the streets in front of their homes think this means that the extreme minority (who don't even live there) can impose their will on the supermajority (the homeowners).
In September 2023, the community found out about the bike lane only after construction began. In October 2023, there was a community board meeting where hundreds of residents showed up to protest and the police had to get involved. There were numerous petitions. Local elected politicians cosigned a letter against the bike lanes. People literally put up ugly red yard signs in front of their homes. The NYCDOT went ahead anyways. At least 99% of the community was against the bike lanes. An example of democracy not working. Taxation without representation.
I notice these transplants come here and wanna impose their bs opinions its so tiring
Everybody pays for the streets, not just the residents who live directly on it. If they paid for their own streets, it would be a private community, most likely with a gate. It isn't. The public right-of-way isn't their own personal driveway.
@@mariusfacktor3597 Agreed. However, we live in a democracy. Meaning that extreme minorities shouldn't impose their will on the super-majority.
@@Veritech 62% of households in Queens own a car. Let's have it your way and democratize the street space. So 62% of the street space can be given to cars, and the other 48% should be given to other modes of transportation. Sounds fair to me.
@@mariusfacktor3597 Western Queens in Long Island City (urban) is not the same as Eastern Queens in Bayside (suburban). Queens and Manhattan have the same mayor, but they are clearly different places. Eastern Queens has poor representation in our city government. This should be a very simple concept. You speak like a true tyrant by manipulating things to fit your narrative. Why do you want to impose your will so badly on these poor people who have nothing to do with you? What you said does not sound fair and goes against democracy. The breakdown is actually at least 99% of the people in the neighborhood who do not want those bike lanes. It's probably 100% of households who own a car since this is the suburbs. The bike lane does not have a single business on its route. It is entirely surrounded by 1 and 2 family homes. Unless you are trying to go to someone else's house, the bike lane won't go anywhere.
Why should 90% of the road surface be designated for cars when people want to engage in other modes of transportation? Why should a large portion of the public space be designated for people to store their private property? Of course, people had a say. They voted for the representatives that approved the bike lanes.
The streets are now parks and cars 🚗 don’t belong there anymore. Insanity. Destroying neighborhoods and businesses with no place to park.
Actually it's the opposite of insanity.
How is that "destroying neighborhoods"?
@@mendealy Cuz there's buttloads of traffic now on a daily basis @ 53rd Ave.
@@bigbutter2510 there is always buttloads traffic in the neighborhood. What you're actually telling me is that cars destroy the neighborhood, not bike lanes. There has never in history been enough lanes for cars. Would you blame the sidewalks for "buttloads of traffic" since they can be narrowed or eliminated to create more room for cars?
@@mendealy Nope. There has never been any standstill traffic on 53rd Ave since I moved in 16 yrs ago, now it's every week days. Ever since the bike lanes were implemented, the street got so narrow that cars have to be so slow and cautious to not hit the incoming traffic.
Bike are in every lane except the bike lanes
facts.
@@jtee4865yeah not really
@@neoneherefrom5836 Actually he's right. I live in the area and my neighbor is a biker. He laughs at the lanes and talked about how they were such a waste of taxpayer funds.
@@neoneherefrom5836 YEAH REALLY.
To be honest, bikes should be using the car lanes on these local roads. Bike lanes are not necessary in these area.
Nope.
Cars are going too fast and parked cars need to be more separated from the street.
I live in the area. Nobody outside of Bayside should be commenting about how "Great" the lanes are. None of us wanted or voted for this. They're an eyesore and we want our voices heard and parking back.
Same in my Queens neighborhood. They are not used but sure do mess up car traffic.
exactly. Anyone who is commenting that they're for this clearly DOESN'T live in the area
@@valentinat3250 they create traffic.....but the voters there will be dumb enough to vote/support the same folks who created the problem
You sound like someone who has a perfectly good driveway that you choose not to use because you’re lazy.
@@neoneherefrom5836 Actually we do use the driveway because we are fortunate enough to have one. Maybe you're unfamiliar with owning property. All homeowners are responsible for maintaining the space and I promise you, none of us will maintain the bikelanes. The city isn't responsible for clearing the snow or anything else. So are you saying homeowners deserve to get fined for not maintaining what some of you refer to as "public" property?
So annoying those bike lanes.
Couldn’t just leave well enough alone. Shame local community board & DOT Commissioner Ydannis opted not to tell Bayside residents. Why take parking away from tax paying homeowners without notice? If Mayor Goofy can do this to CPW, these residents had even less say.
You all act like your own the street in front of your house. Complaining when someone parks in front of it.
Newsflash: you don’t.
@@neoneherefrom5836 So do you? Random person who doesn't live there? You think you have more say in a community than the lifelong residents?
@@Veritech born and raised in the area.
Public street is public.
News at ten.
@@neoneherefrom5836 the driver who parks in front has to eventually move the car for Sanitation (unless it’s in other parts of Queens with no alt-side parking). This travesty is most likely permanent even with a new mayor for 2026.
@@neoneherefrom5836 more reason to state it at Community Board Meetings but like migrant shelters, Mayor Goofy wants to steamroll and lessen pre-opposition.
A part of the master plan. Annoy anybody who owns a car so that they'll move. Just the beginning.
They bulldozed entire city blocks for car traffic in the past century for cars, but asking people to park on their driveway is tyranical... right
You do not need bike lanes on neighborhood streets designed so speeds are slow. You need them on big arterial roads where there is a lot of car traffic. Bike lanes appear empty again because bicycles do not get stuck in traffic.
what makes you think you're entitled to a free parking spot in front of your house
What makes you think the minority can impose their will on the majority in a Democracy? Why do you want to control this random community you don't live in so badly?
cry me a river. you don't own the street in front of your house, especially just so you can park your own car.
They pay taxes for those streets. Just so that 9000 out of the 3 million people bike in a privileged lane. The fact is that NYC is trying get rid of cars, but it's a democracy, the beaurocrats can't just decide, and this stuff should be held to a vote in every neighborhood.
@@sadvenom7826 privileged to not get killed by inconsiderate drivers…
@violinest1 its always an extreme with you people. Cyclist think they own the road, they think they're invincible because they have the "right of way". We are at the same place we were since "vision zero" was implemented. These lanes, and these traffic changes do nothing.
Do you own the street that is in front of their house? The people that have lived there for 20+ years and pay $10,000 a year in real estate taxes should get a say in their community over someone who doesn't even live there. You shouldn't be imposing your views on these people. We live in a democracy and the super majority (them) should take priority over the extreme minority (you).
@@sadvenom7826 I didnt know it was extreme to have a safe space to bike… sorry for trying to stay alive and feed my family.
Oh please let the Bike Lanes stay, BaySide always wanna be treated different while Black and Brown neighborhoods had their street side parking decimated by these stupid Bike Lanes.
If the City removes these Bike Lanes for residents of BaySide than the residents of Jamaica, Forest Hills(Queens BLVD), Corona and all other corresponding neighborhoods should have their parking spots reinstated.
If you put up NO BIKE LANES yard signs in front of every single house and business, I think there's a possibility. Also, your local elected officials need to be convinced.
Stupid car lanes....there I fixed it for you.
I have no problem with the bike lane, but if they want a lane then they need to pay for the road like the drivers. required all bikers get a license and accident insurance. I'm tire of dealing with those A-holes cuting lanes at over 25mph limit and not using their fking bike lane.
If it’s a gas powered or electric bike built for speed then agreed.
But it’ll be a cold day in hell when human powered machines are forced to do those things. lol
Unless there is a toll, drivers aren't paying for roads. Roads are a subsidy to those with the means to afford private transit. It's a further subsidy for the city to pay for them to have a place to park.
Streets belong to the people. Car drivers want to use the whole street and bike riders want safe ways to travel on the street. Because it's public infrastructure the best way is to compromise. That's what a ike lane is: a compromise. The taxpayer infrastructure should be able to be used by both groups.
The people of the neighborhood would have been fine with sharing the road with bikes. The road was wide enough to fit two bike lanes, two driving lanes, and two parking lanes. For no logical reason, the city made the bike lanes enormous and removed parking on an entire side of the street. On some streets, parking was removed on both sides of the street. The people who lost parking on both sides of the street are trapped. These streets are lined with mostly single family homes and this is a suburban neighborhood. The neighborhood is generally very quiet with little car traffic except for the people who live in the neighborhood because there are no businesses here, only homes.
@@Veritech It ia public infrastructure. People don't have exclusive private use. The roads are for everybody to use. The road space may have not have been enough to accommodate two travel lanes two bike lanes and two lanes for car parking and so the parking should be sacrificed . That is fair because in the above scenario, 4 lanes are for automotive use and only two for bikes. If two have to go, it must be the two automobile parking lanes. Otherwise it would be 4 for cars and 0 for bikes.
@@MrSophbeau Why don't you come and take a look for yourself? Oh wait, you live in California and have never even seen these bike lanes before. You know nothing about the situation but you talk like you do. Of course you are ignorant and talk about something you know nothing about.
@@MrSophbeau Why don't you come and take a look for yourself? Oh wait, you are from California and have never even seen these bike lanes before. You are talking about it like you have first hand experience but you are ignorant and don't know what you are talking about. I am literally telling you how it is and you are talking as though you know more than me despite you never even seeing it. You aren't even from the neighborhood and act like you can control a community on the other side of the country.
@@MrSophbeau Why don't you come and take a look at it? Oh wait, you are from California. I am literally telling you how it is but you act like you know more despite never even seeing it before and being on the other side of the country. You act like you have a say about a community on the other side of the country.
NIMBYs
What about parking?
More than 50 percent removed for every block. On some blocks, parking got removed on both sides of the street. All streets are 1 and 2 family homes.
In the driveway/garage? Where cars belong?
It's irrational hate based on ideology and entitlement.
What part is irrational?
This lady News is absolutely gorgeous 😍
Very beautiful ❤️
angle grinder that sign off
Money grab
Can you explain this comment? I'm curious.
i live there,,, i dont fully disagree for the bike lanes,,, they can put the bike lane on one side of the road so ppl still can Bike ( if there really ppl gonna bike) and leave the other side of the road for resident parking, but the DOT had to Freaking put the bike lanes on both side.....
How do you get back if you go somewhere?
@@mendealy Park in your driveway?
@@t1mmah Yes, agreed. But I was responding to the guy who was upset that the bike lane goes in both directions.
Street is so big there is room for two protected bike lanes and two parking lanes except for a few streets where there is a traffic island in the median. DOT lost their minds. DOT not run by real engineers. DOT run by non-engineer politicians. DOT Queens commissioner Albert Silvestri has a degree in journalism from St Johns. DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez is a politician.
If those entitled NIMBYs are so concerned about what is being done with the street, they should buy it from the city. Until then, the city pays for the upkeep and resurfacing, so they can decide what use is best for all the city residents.
Those homeowners pay more taxes than any other place in the city. At least $10,000 a year. Those residents are paying for the upkeep as well as much more than that. City likes to take the money, but does not like to listen to residents' concerns. Taxation without representation.
@@Veritechthat's because they use more infrastructure. If they want to control a public street, they should put up the funds to buy it.
So you must be 10 then, because it's obvious you don't pay taxes, nor care if they're being wasted for 1% of the population that bikes
@@tjknox8936 I don't know where you get the 1% figure from. Maybe it's only the percent that bikes to work nationally. Figures show that over 800,000 in NYC bike at least once monthly. The number would be much higher if there were bike lanes that get you from a to b.
Also, not sure why taxes are relevant to this discussion as everyone who lives under a roof pays taxes except for perhaps people in public housing, But even they pay sales tax. In any case, a street is a public right of way, not private property exclusive to the taxpayer of the nearest property.
@mendealy So 800k people out of 8 million in NYC =10% and cater to that why? And you've yet to tell me why Metro or RTA isn't an option lol. You acknowledge only 10% of people in NYC use bikes but can't acknowledge the millions of tourists, visitors, and locals who rely on trains, buses, or cars lol. You make 0 sense whatever
Like the man said, the bike lanes appeared out of no where. What's even funnier is no one is actually using it, at most 5 bikes a day counting both ways. What the news didn't mention is the crazy traffic condition the bike lanes created during week days. The cars are all standstill near 53rd Ave & Clearview Service Road intersection, this has never happened before the bike lanes... Not sure why the DOT is so interested in these bike lanes instead of fixing the giant pot holes on Horace Harding Expway & 203rd St.
Edit: Oh, and those "No Stopping" signs every few steps away on the street, I don't even see that many signs on bridges or tunnels
LOL I guess someone has a buttload of unused budgets to allocate this year.
Building these stupid bike lanes. People live there !!! What will people do when they have family come over ?
New bike lanes make the road too narrow
Too narrow for what?
@@mendealy for CARS
@@ezra420420 seems like cars are getting through fine.
@@ezra420420 are you suggesting that this be a car-free street?
They installed bike Lanes in my town and it's completely turned it into chaos.. nobody even uses the bike lands yet now there is a long line of cars waiting to get out on the highway as well as a long line of cars on the highway because it's turned from four lanes into two😢
Let's be real, your town always had a long line of cars waiting to get onto a highway. This was the case for the past 100 years. Literally every decade before there was a thing called a bike lane.
Disgusting how this city is operating. How do you go into someone's neighborhood and start installing these useless bikes lanes and telling people you can't park in front of your house anymore it's unfair and lawsuits should start flying or residents resist and just keep parking your cars like before meaning in the bike lane that stole your parking. Especially when the community wasn't notified of this garbage coming.
That's the problem with the city. These people in charge. They don't wven bother consulting with the community. They funded the bike lane in a area that over $800 people did not ash for it. Lol. Redichlous!!
Stfu bike lanes are here to stay . Park in your driveway
DJT 2024
Stfu......their taxes are used for that street and the home owners are responsible for cleaning it. Clearly you never owned property.
Your Owen your houses.. not the streets..welcome to 2024
Yeah, shut up, and let the tyrants do as they please.
@@MrAquinas1 who dat? my friend i miss De Blasio. that man was truly speial
The taxpayers fund the DOT.
ban cars
No man they are safe in they’re vehicular machinery let the lil dudes be
Stoo crying for a just a minute and we'll consider it. However thats probably impossible for you.
Ban yourself
You do realize a significant portion of public transportation is subsidized by revenue cars produce, such as tolls and taxes?
Ban yaself
Sorry, you can't park your car on the street for free 23 out of 24 hours each day. Bikes are the future.
New York s ucks
hahahahahahaha
What now the 🌈 Queens want their own bike lane⁉️🤣
Quit crying, we all have to share the roads if you don’t want them riding on the side walks.
Don't mind if the lanes are actually utilized. Don't comment if you haven't been there & seen them.
@@bigbutter2510 I comment whenever I want. It’s a comment section that’s what it’s for.
@@Bxgent1988 Oh well same logic goes to whoever is crying. They can cry all they want.
Every time someone saying nobody use them is a lie .
Let me explain what’s happening…..the city invented something called “pedestrian friendly streets”and so now they’ve caused congestion by closing off streets with bus, bike lanes, city bike docking stations and outdoor dining sheds…they also cut off important street routes and took away parking lots so that there’s no parking and maybe you can lose your life fighting for a parking spot. That’s where the congestion pricing invention comes in, so you can line their pockets with free 100% Lamborghini and yacht money.
It’s Really not that hard to understand.
you are so far lost
Pedestians friendly streets was not invented. It existed for millennia. What was invented was the automobile which made streets noisy, ugly, dangerous, and polluted. There are of course benefits to having cars, but we've overdone it to the extreme.
@@mendealy bro thinks todays cities invented pedestrian friendly roadways when roadways existed before cars...
A lot of them look like they could benefit a lot from biking , obesity is still a problem in the US and a number contributor to health problems most Americans have e.g heart disease , diabetes and even mental health issues are all issues that good cardiovascular exercise like biking would reduce
🇺🇲 is becoming more like 🇨🇳 everyday (1980s). 🇨🇳 now has more 🚗 and drivers than 🇺🇲.
The same boring and overused arguments that people against bike lanes use, ignoring every single study which shows how much bike lanes benefit a neighborhood compared to parking.
Every house over there has a driveway, what are you complaining about?
And you didn’t see it coming?
The DOT makes many meetings, and publishes many documents explaining their plans. If you didn’t see it coming, it’s not the DOT’s problem
“Nobody really uses them”, well, what should I say? The DOT is still building up a network, so allow the DOT to work and see how things change. In transportation planning there is a very simple phrase which applies to all modes of transportation, “if you build it, they’ll come”
- Which study are you referring to and how does it apply to this specific neighborhood?
- So if a household has four people with four cars, where are the three other people supposed to go? What about if a guest comes over? Where is the guest supposed to go?
- Quite literally at least 99% of the neighborhood had no idea about the bike lane until construction began. Why is that not the DOT's problem? That supports the idea that the DOT was trying to sneak it past the community. The community pays taxes and funds the DOT. This community pays more taxes than others.
- It's been almost a year and still no bikes. Because where exactly would the bikes go? This is a residential neighborhood. There are no businesses here so unless the destination is to another person's house in the neighborhood, there is no reason for using this bike lane.
@@Veritech
1) Google “Protected bike lane statistics” and the first link from “people for bikes” will provide you with a multitude of studies, and their conclusions
4) literally no household in NYC has 4 adults in it with 4 cars. A quick look at google maps shows guest can arrive by train as the bayside neighborhood has a station, or via the multiple bus line cris-crossing the neighborhood.
3) Again, if 99%, which I assume is a made up statistic due to it’s implausibility, it is a they problem, as the DOT of New York constantly has community meetings and presentations, easily available online as well, which would allow you to voice your concerns. If they don’t bother to inform themselves on the current events in their neighborhood, it is their problem
4) A quick look at google maps will show you that there are at least 2 schools along the bike lane, and 2 churches, which to you are not destinations? Additionally, multiple businesses can be found on parallel or perpendicular roads, which are thought not directly, still accessible via this bike lane, if you are willing to ride on a few neighborhood roads
No body don't got time to ride bike in queens
Only in Brooklyn and Manhattan queen is a different bro not like the rest
you voted for the liberal agenda, you get the liberal agenda. too bad, so sad.
mayor adams is a conservative if anything what are you talking about
Bayside is actually more leaning towards red, but it's still NYC oh well 🥲
Remove the bike lanes and Citi bikes!!!!!! First mayor to campaign removal gets my vote!