02—Create 200 new miles of bike lanes

02—Create 200 new miles of bike lanes

Deadline: 2019

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As of July 2019, the city had 1,243 bike lane miles.

From 2017–2019, the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) added an average of 62 miles of bicycle lanes a year—roughly 20 miles of which were protected. In the 2019 bike safety plan, the DOT said they were hiring 80 new employees to support bike lane infrastructure. Also in 2019, the City Council passed a bill (supported by NYLCV) that requires the DOT to develop a citywide Streets Master Plan every five years. The plan calls on the city to build 250 miles of protected bike lanes within five years, 30 in the first year, and 50 each year after. The Streets Master Plan calls for more protected bike lanes than the new OneNYC 2050, which similarly requires 50 new bike lane miles per year, but only requires 10 of those miles to be protected.

Protected bike lanes in the city have a barrier that separates the lane from moving vehicles. Barriers include raised concrete islands and parked cars.
Image credit: Jim Henderson
Unprotected city bike lanes lack a barrier that separates the lane from moving vehicles.
Image credit: Wikis Take Manhattan

NYC’s bicycle lanes and routes.
Source: NYC Open Data

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