None of the bike-lane opponents’ predictions has come to pass. City streets have never been safer, more economically thriving, or offered more transportation options than they do today...Sometimes a bike lane is just a bike lane, but this one is also a moribund metaphor for the fights that cities across the nation face when reclaiming and resetting their streets. — New York Magazine
Over at the Daily Intelligencer, Janette Sadik-Khan published an excerpt/essay (from Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution), which looks back on her work as NYC's transportation commissioner. Specifically, the fight over expanding bicycle infrastructure and the Prospect Park West bike lane.
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