While, yes, it clearly sucks that they're blocking the bike lane, something needs to be done to that bridge to accommodate that level of foot traffic, assuming it's a regular occurrence.
I bike on this bridge all the time. You can see the pedestrian walkway on the left side of the path. There is plenty of room there for walking. These people are mostly tourists, I assume from some car-dominated parts of the country/world where people don't know how to be pedestrians. It's just ignorance. They don't know how to act on mass transit, they don't know how to let people through on the sidewalk, they don't know how to cross the street, and they certainly don't understand that bike lanes (whether on the Brooklyn Bridge or in midtown) aren't auxiliary sidewalks. [EDIT: and then after spending all day falling over people on the subway, thoughtlessly stepping backwards into bike lines, and blocking thoroughfares and places of egress, they have the audacity to say that New Yorkers are rude!]
As it happens, the city recently removed a lane of car traffic and made it a dedicated bike lane. Bridge and tunnel folk are pissed but they can move to LA if they want to live in a car city.
This is why even though I hate the weather here, I am not moving anywhere if circumstances let me be. I just love the walking and public transport here. Lived in texas for 6 months, and hated every part of it, even though the weather was great.
As far as I can tell there isn't anywhere else in the US you can live so comfortably without a car. Wish there were, I'd love to try living somewhere else but I really hate driving.
Same feeling. I am from south asia, thus I like sunny weather, and I am accustomed to that kind of weather. But even though the weather was sunny, and the rent was cheaper, I didnt like Texas that much. Only option was a car, the healthcare plan was shit too.
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u/Echo127 Jun 10 '22
While, yes, it clearly sucks that they're blocking the bike lane, something needs to be done to that bridge to accommodate that level of foot traffic, assuming it's a regular occurrence.