Manhattan BP Levine wants to put a bike lane on the West Side Highway

Levine cited a have to ease congestion for each pedestrians and supply staff on bikes in his proposal letter.
STEFAN JEREMIAH

A motorbike lane would exchange the westernmost site visitors lane on the West Aspect Freeway underneath a brand new proposal from Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine.

Levine’s bid to cut back crowding on the Hudson River Greenway that runs straight parallel and adjoining to the freeway would slap inexperienced paint and concrete obstacles straight on Route 9A — creating an alternate route for cyclists together with e-bikers who're technically barred from the greenway path.

“Congestion on the Greenway, each between cyclists but in addition between cyclists and
pedestrians, has worsened considerably,” Levine wrote final week to the heads of the town and state Departments of Transportation.

“Putting in a protected bike lane on Route 9A would clear up each points by easing congestion on the present path whereas making a authorized house for cyclists utilizing electrical bicycles, lots of whom are immigrant, supply staff who shouldn't be ticketed for attempting to work and journey.”

Levine’s new proposal is in an effort to cut back congestion on the favored freeway.

Beneath Levine’s proposal, the brand new bike lane would are available two phases — first between 57th Road, then above 57th Road. He instructed the plan be applied with the beginning of congestion tolls which might be anticipated to chop site visitors within the Central Enterprise District.

State lawmakers barred electrical bicycles from the greenway path as a part of the identical 2020 laws that made them road authorized.

A number of Manhattan group boards and elected officers have known as on state DOT to place a motorcycle lane straight on the freeway.

In 2020, a state DOT rep warned the Hudson River Park Belief Advisory Council that the proposal might ship automotive site visitors spilling onto facet streets, Streetsblog reported.