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NYC's streets can be complicated for cargo bike riders. It gets even more complicated when the NYPD starts "enforcing" inadequate cargo bike infrastructure. @nyc.streetsblog.org #bikenyc

I still can't get over the fact that we're criminally charging bike riders in #NYC.

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/06/16/double-whammy-nypd-slaps-brooklyn-mom-with-criminal-summons-190-fine

#FuckEricAdams #BikeNYC

A comment on the article by "Forlorn Longhorn" 4 days ago: "I got a criminal summons and traffic violation at the exact same intersection and stopped up at Flatbush Ave last week - and I did not go through a red! Worse, I submitted my application for US citizenship the previous evening and I’m worried how it will impact that application if I cannot get it dismissed."

Somehow we made this part of the Queensboro Bridge worse. This is a 3-4ft wide two-way bike lane. There's so much wrong with this, from the metal manhole cover taking up almost the entire width of the bike lane, to the MUTCD-violating usage of sharrows, to those shitty rumble strip/speed bump things THAT ARE LOOSE.

Wtaf! #bikeNYC

@jehiah

Sidewalk next to a roadway. On the left, a subway entrance. On the right, the roadway with large columns next to it (holding up an elevated subway). In the middle, the sidewalk is divided with delineator posts. The left side of the sidewalk is for marked for pedestrians, and the right side is marked for bikes (via sharrows, which is.. not what they fucking mean, NYC DOT assholes! Sharrows literally mean a shared lane BETWEEN CARS AND BIKES. The 2009 MUTCD states, "Shared Lane Markings shall not be used on shoulders or in designated bicycle lanes."). The right side bike area is marked in both directions, meaning two-way; and between the delineator posts and column, it's approx 3-4ft wide. For good measure they also added weird rumble strips. And of course the 3-4 width is almost entirely a metal manhole cover, which will be slippery in the rain.

Further down the same sidewalk, viewed from the bike area. The left side no has a "sidewalk closed use pedestrian walkway" sign and some green walls, then the ped walkway, then the bike area, and then columns and then the roadway (with cars moving in it). The bikeway continues to narrow to 3-4ft wide, and there's a bike parked next to a column that further narrows the bikeway. Someone is biking just past it, to give you an idea of a 2.5ft wide cyclist just barely fitting (forget a cargo bike or trike.)

Worst #BikeNYC infrastructure?:
a) Sharrows
b) Dedicated bike lane, separated by parking, that ends at a stoplight where a right-turn arrow for cars that is delayed so they see the green straight first, but then turn across the straight bike lane
c) Two-way bike lanes

if you're heading to City Hall and looking for a @citibikenyc.bsky.social dock, some might be under lockdown. Reade & Broadway is open, for now. #bikenyc

#chinatown #nyc #bikenyc

Fuck the police.

#FTP #ACAB #NYPD #BikeTooter #BikeNYC #WalkNYC

An NYPD SUV parked on a sidewalk. It says "fighting crime. Protecting the public." (lol)

Underneath the car is a wayfinding bike dot, showing where the bike lane is supposed to transition at the intersection. Except you can't bike there, because some asshole cops decided to park there instead.

fuck yes

this is a vision for my street

https://www.paseopark.org/roadmap

#bikenyc #urbanism #numtot #street #walking #nyc #ngh

Stores in NYC often paper over windows during construction with brown paper or newspaper. It was fun to see this one papered over with #bikeNYC maps

Exploring Glen Cove
#bikenyc

Hearing last week that a bit of East River Park had re-opened, we took a look-see Thursday evening. It was fine.

Big problem is that only 0.25 miles of path along the shoreline is open. And that bit is hexagonal pavers with a slight edge bevel. So not the best #InlineSkating.

There is a marked #bikeNYC lane inland near the FDR, but it's even shorter.

Only access is via a snazzy new pedestrian bridge at the end of Delancey St. (south side).

Looks like a great place for a picnic.

#NYC

That doesn't belong there.

Photo illustrates how every inch of bike/ped infrastructure in #bikeNYC is co-opted by giant delivery and mobility corporations.

This four-wheeled Amazon delivery vehicle is classified as an "ebike" and has no license plate. I suspect its driver is using the busy sidewalk to make a u-turn after loading up at the truck in the background, which itself is illegally using a turn lane to unload packages into last mile vehicles.
#nyc #biketooter #logistics

A four-wheeled Amazon "e-assisted vehicle " blocks a busy sidewalk outside of Bryant Park in Manhattan. An Amazon box truck is visible across the street in the background.

Cyclists get thousands of criminal court summonses.

Drivers get this. (12/n)

#nyc #bikenyc #BikeTooter

A movable NYPD sign board programmed to read STOP SPEEDING, positioned between a green painted bike lane and auto traffic on a busy Manhattan avenue.

None of this excuses the reason for the ride which was the recent decision by NYPD to issue criminal summonses to bike users who violate even the most minor traffic laws, and many who have violated no law such as leaving a bike unlocked for a minute, proceeding with the walk indicator, or riding with no helmet. #bikenyc

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/30/cyclist-cop-pulled-a-taser-during-summons-chase

Cyclist proceed East on 57th Street in New York City on May 30 2025. Riders are looking forward while crossing a wide crosswalk. The photo is taken with a selfie camera looking west and a portion of the photographer's face is visible in the lower right corner

Just another night on the West Side Bike Path near Pier 92. Alas.

#NYC #InlineSkating #bikeNYC

Photo of utility workers and a big hole in the bike path.

P.S. Worst roads I rolled were Dean St in Prospect Hts and, heavy sigh, the Kent Ave bikelane in N Williamsburg. I can recall when that bikelane was pretty sweet, but that was not at all recently.

#BikeNyc