What happened to widening and protecting the Brooklyn Bridge Bike lane? We first posted about the Department of Transportation's feasibility study in 2016 when this conceptual rendering of an expanded Brooklyn Bridge bike and the pedestrian promenade was first released. Anyone who walks or bikes over the bridge to get to work knows how congested the bridge is with tourists and commuters. According to the DOT in 2016, 10,000 pedestrians and 3,500 cyclists cross the shared promenade on an average weekday, which ranges from 10 to 17 feet wide. Last year 1,917 people and 358 cyclists per hour crossed during rush hour. Should the Brooklyn Bridge Promenade be widened? What about devoting a lane of traffic to bikers once congestion pricing goes into effect? #brooklynbridge #inthebikeland #brooklynheights #bikenyc #dot #urbanplanning #transportationplanning #cobblehill #dumbo #downtownbrooklyn #forgreen #dotnyc #aecom #urbanism #nycurbanism #bike #publictransit #congestionpricing (at Brooklyn Bridge) https://www.instagram.com/p/B09T-2FnP_6/?igshid=y2l1yrbrsoyk
