by Emma Davey New York City’s Department of Transportation revealed a potential new plan to redesign McGuinness Boulevard.
After Mayor Eric Adams asked the agency to rethink its initial redesign, the DOT came up with a new option that combines parts of other previously considered plans, THE CITY‘s Gwynne Hogan has now reported. The agency presented the proposal to members of both Make McGuinness Safe and Keep McGuinness Moving at a two-hour-long meeting on July 31.
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They should just take one lane of parking away on the East bound side. The bike lane that took up one lane but goes in both directions on the Pulaski would continue there. No reason to take up more than one lane for bikes.
So when the Pulaski is up, it’ll be a two mile parking lot.
DOT is always detached from reality.
Hopefully this compromise get the DOT to actually do something already – there’s no reason it should be taking this long. The car worshipers can fetishize a bygone era all they want, the vast majority of constituents want this abomination gone already. Tear down the BQE once your done giving this monstrosity a diet.
Fetishize? See, this attitude is why there is a constant fight. This is not just about cars. It is about businesses and trucks needing to get off the side streets and stay on the busy, industrial street that McGuiness was meant to be.
Does anyone really believe that things are getting better in New York?
Bike lanes in both directions would facilitate more people than car lanes. And, as has been proven over and over again, would be a boon to local businesses and the economy. As a pro-business New Yorker, I say the more bike lanes the better. Brings more customers to my shop AND makes my commute faster.
your’e so smart, did you go to bike college?
Really you think bike lanes make streets safer? Think again genius, right now the added bike lanes already in place are a menace by all the unlicensed illegals mopeds scooters e-bikes and uber eats and doordash road warriors.
Totally disagree with you Marcus. Bicycle lanes do not decrease danger to pedestrians, it increases it because it is unregulated and more dangerous to pedestrians. Additionally, people using bicyclist purchase less from businesses as they are limited to how much they can manage and carry with their bicycle. If you really want a safer McGuinness Blvd then you should pushing for more speed cameras, speed bumps, longer crossing times, and a police presence from time to time on the Boulevard.
While they’re deliberating why not start the greenpoint Ave and south construction/painting. More North of Greenpoint Ave would be great but it seems like everyone is in favor of Greenpoint Ave and south at least