http://varsitybike.com Pedal Less Oil Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:06:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://varsitybike.com/2009/09/25/the-sands-st-bike-path/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-sands-st-bike-path http://varsitybike.com/2009/09/25/the-sands-st-bike-path/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:19:41 +0000 Varsity Bike http://www.varsitybike.com/?p=613 A bold project in New York is reclaiming the road for humans. The Sands St. Bike path is built with barrier walls that run right down the middle of the street. The unique setup came about with some creative thinking since with all the on- and off-ramps they couldn’t safely put it on the side of the road. It’s pretty rad, but nothing all that new. The Brooklyn Bridge approach has been doing the same thing for years. Of course you have to ride down a super sketchy road where the bike lane is used exclusively as overflow parking, but once you hit the Brooklyn Bridge approach you’re safe. Now the same advocates looking for safe cycling on bridges are moving outwards. Hopefully they convince some politicians to put pressure on cops to keep drivers out of the bike lanes downtown Brooklyn.

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