2008-04-30
Bloomberg Gives Bicycles A Try. Posted by Andrew Posner, TreeHugger.com, April 29, 2008. "Perhaps because Mayor Bloomberg's plan for congestion pricing in New York City has failed, the Big Apple is now trying to make up for it by becoming more bicycle-friendly. As it is, 112,000 New Yorkers bicycle on an average day, an increase of 10% over the last decade. The proposal, which is part of a new Department of Transportation strategic plan [called Sustainable Streets], hopes to double that number by 2015, as well as 1) add 200 miles worth of new bicycle lanes between 2007 and 2009, 2) install 37 bicycle shelters and 5,000 bike parking racks by 2011, 3) install 15 additional miles of protected on-street bike lanes by 2010 and 30 miles from 2011 to 2015. Finally, 'to raise bike-consciousness in the city, the [DOT] and the nonprofit group Transportation Alternatives, are holding a competition to find the most bicycling-friendly employers in the city.'"
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