I'm just thrilled that we have an agency that is responding to those neighborhood concerns and engaging the communities in creating strategies to address them. And there is a synergy between DOT and the community boards that are willing to try new approaches - really, the only risk is bearing the groans from people that are trying to stick to past methodology that clearly was not serving anyone well.

Like you, I look forward to the northward extension of this project through Midtown, as CB4 requested when they first approved of the Eighth Ave. lane. When I asked DOT about that, they said that they're working full-time on those kinds of improvements, and as time and budgets allow (and soon), we'll be hearing about them.

Actually, as every well informed person knows, more bike lanes doesn't make more congestion. Just the opposite. It helps the cars to slow down therefore creating what is known as the ripple effect. Cars slow down, bikes slow down etc. And not all "bikers" are rude, only certain messengers and a few others, like those who ride in Central Park and think it is their own domain. But that's besides the point. Do a little research before sticking your foot in your mouth, dude.

As Enrique and Gil Penalosa both regularly say, if a bike facility isn't safe for an 8-year-old grandson with his 85-year-old grandfather, it isn't a real bike facility.

I sincerely hope that NYC continues adding these separated lanes to its transportation infrastructure; it makes a huge difference.