There is one at SteamwhistleI'm sure I've seen a few at other non-TTC locations too.
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There is one at SteamwhistleI'm sure I've seen a few at other non-TTC locations too.
Yeah. It's been in the ground for a few months, but every time I have been to the new awesome bicycle access on the Brooklyn side of the Williamsburg Bridge I haven't been with my camera or it has been too dark. So I was finally able to grab a few quick minutes of footage on the way to another shoot and had to share this right away.
If your city is telling you there is no room for making cycling safer around your bridges, have them take a look at the amount of road space and accommodation NYC DOT has done here. Elimination of parking spaces, safe & comfortable protected 2-way lanes and a configuration I have never seen anywhere just yet in the U.S. - South 5th Place off the bridge bike path exit not only has a two-way protected lane, but a painted bike lane on the street to allow for safe bike left hand turns!
What is great is not only the safety aspect, but that the city acknowledged the tendency of the instinct of cyclists on how they wanted to approach the bridge. They made it legal to go two way from every road and modified the streets to make it happen, even if it meant eliminating parking and driving lanes (and turning one street one way from two-way - you can see from 2005). And that means no more ticket stings for people who are just trying to bike to work, play, exercise or to go meet a friend up on the Billy B!
Lines were painted when I biked through this morning and workers were in the process of installing the green thermoplastic. It looks a lot better now that the lines are in.hmm, must of painted this morning or overnight. Was unpainted yesterday when I rode through.
And prone to chaotic crossing of Bathurst unless they install a barrier on the concrete plinth to stream the queue to the crossing point.Though I haven't seen it in-person in a few weeks, I will say, looking at that picture, the queuing area does seem grossly undersized for the amount of morning rush hour demand.
I rode through just minutes after the ribbon cutting and had a nice chat with a woman from Cycle TO. We agreed that there should be a button to activate the bike signal at the right side of the northbound channel by the stop line.And here are some pics from yesterday's "official" opening. I was there for about 15 mins and didn't see a single person mis-using the intersection. Always astonished at how much bicycle traffic there is at rush hour here -- bikes definitely seem to outnumber cars.
I rode through just minutes after the ribbon cutting and had a nice chat with a woman from Cycle TO. We agreed that there should be a button to activate the bike signal at the right side of the northbound channel by the stop line.