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by InitialLastName 1753 days ago
The wealthy (and wasteful) are the people driving into Manhattan every day. Making the Brooklyn Bridge a viable bicycle route (the shared lane is constantly packed with tourists) will open a key route for people who can't afford cars to commute.

Have you seen how crowded the Manhattan bridge bike path gets, especially at rush hour? I don't deign to assume anyone's socioeconomic background, but it's also very clearly a wide swathe of the NYC population (I somehow doubt the folks on delivery bikes are living in the wealthy areas).
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sempron64 1753 days ago
The bridge serves a large swath of NYC (south Brooklyn, Staten island, the Rockaways) and Long Island. Dumbo and downtown manhattan are upscale areas.

Were the city willing to invest in the project in a sane way, such as making a separate bike path like the one on the Manhattan Bridge or another tier, obviously it would add value. But as it is as a lane removal it's a lazy and badly planned move that snarls the middle class in traffic (which is already regularly backed-up onto the collapsing BQE) to allow the upper class to "enjoy" a "scenic" ride next to a bunch of smog blasting trucks. And maybe help a couple of door dash drivers I guess.

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zachkatz 1753 days ago
“A couple of door dash drivers”

There are over 80,000 delivery cyclists in NYC.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/doordash-delivery-workers-d...

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ciabattabread 1753 days ago
Just take the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel. Oh, there’s a toll? That’ll be a moot point when congestion pricing happens in 2 years.
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