Expansion of Bike Lanes in City Brings Backlash (NY Times)

[struggle4progress]

By J. DAVID GOODMAN
Published: November 22, 2010

Over the last four years, the streets of New York City have undergone a transformation: More than 250 miles of traffic lanes dedicated for bicycles have been created, and several laws intended to promote cycling have been passed.

The efforts by the Bloomberg administration have placed the city at the forefront of a national trend to make bicycling viable and safe even in the most urban of settings. Yet over the last year, a backlash has taken hold.

Bowing to vocal opposition from drivers and elected officials, the city last week began removing a 2.35-mile painted bike lane along Father Capodanno Boulevard on Staten Island. In Manhattan, a community board held a special hearing this month for business owners to vent about problems posed by a new protected bicycle lane on Columbus Avenue — in particular, the removal of parking spaces and the difficulty of getting truck deliveries ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/nyregion/23bikeside.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

[rfranklin]

1. Truck deliveries can be done in the middle of the night and...

there will be no parking problems.

[sharp_stick]

2. Not all companies have the staff to stick around all night

just to accept deliveries and not all delivery companies can or will work only from midnight to 6 AM.

[Odin2005]

3. Fuck the drivers, selfish pricks!