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New York City to 'break car culture' and build more than 250 new bike lanes (theguardian.com)
9 points by pseudolus on Nov 1, 2019 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



This bill is an offensive joke -- more than 2 years until the first plan is due? The first plan is due after the next city council and mayoral election.

The new city government could completely cancel the bill if they felt like it.

How many people will be killed by cars in the meantime?

IMO if you're a city responsible for the safety of your citizens, and you agree what the right thing is to do, adding unnecessary delay for no real reason is reprehensible.

A quote from the NYT article https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/28/nyregion/nyc-biking-death...

"To gain Mr. de Blasio’s support, Mr. Johnson’s office agreed to push back the start date for the first streets plan, from this month to December 2021, around the time the next mayor takes office."




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