Like all of the Guiliani-era lanes, the 5th Ave. lane is too narrow and the stripe is almost invisible. The city should re-stripe these with the biker decals and up to the new, wider standard. I have a few 311's in on some Upper East Side and Upper West Side bike lanes, it will be interesting to see what (if anything) is done. It's not a panacea, but I do think it helps a bit when the lane is newly striped.
This is especially true in certain areas in the fifties along the broadway bike lane - the lane is nearly erased in some spots.
In lighter news, much of 5th ave below 23rd is being repaved. This means that we will have shiny new stripes to swerve out of because of assholes parked in them!
Steve, they are repaving 5th ave from 21st? st down, maybe down to Washington Sq Park (although I haven't followed it the whole way). The DOT has said in the past that when they repave any road with a old substandard bike lane, that they will re-stripe it to be up to standard, like they did on 6th Ave.
They recently repaved the entire stretch of 5th along Central Park and it is a dream. Maybe they are planning to do the whole stretch down to Wash. Square.
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Posted on Thu, Sep 13 2007 at 11:27 PM
Like all of the Guiliani-era lanes, the 5th Ave. lane is too narrow and the stripe is almost invisible. The city should re-stripe these with the biker decals and up to the new, wider standard. I have a few 311's in on some Upper East Side and Upper West Side bike lanes, it will be interesting to see what (if anything) is done. It's not a panacea, but I do think it helps a bit when the lane is newly striped.
Posted on Fri, Sep 14 2007 at 07:37 AM
This is especially true in certain areas in the fifties along the broadway bike lane - the lane is nearly erased in some spots.
In lighter news, much of 5th ave below 23rd is being repaved. This means that we will have shiny new stripes to swerve out of because of assholes parked in them!
Posted on Fri, Sep 14 2007 at 07:42 AM
Steve, they are repaving 5th ave from 21st? st down, maybe down to Washington Sq Park (although I haven't followed it the whole way). The DOT has said in the past that when they repave any road with a old substandard bike lane, that they will re-stripe it to be up to standard, like they did on 6th Ave.
We shall see.
Posted on Fri, Sep 14 2007 at 04:38 PM
they repaved 5th ave at 52nd st a few weeks ago.
Posted on Fri, Sep 14 2007 at 04:49 PM
They recently repaved the entire stretch of 5th along Central Park and it is a dream. Maybe they are planning to do the whole stretch down to Wash. Square.
Posted on Fri, Sep 14 2007 at 05:36 PM
Looks like a space on this guy's left, too lazy to park.