Comments on: Eyes on the Street: WillyB @ Delancey — Bring on the Stencils http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/10/27/eyes-on-the-street-willyb-delancey-bring-on-the-stencils/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kaja http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/10/27/eyes-on-the-street-willyb-delancey-bring-on-the-stencils/comment-page-1/#comment-143801 Kaja Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:48:19 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=78321#comment-143801 Or, instead of a neckdown, bicyclists can learn to do what drivers do, and look both ways & wait their turns before merging with moving traffic. As the flyway off the bridge is shaved down and the stencils are added, conflicts should be further reduced. Let's not put infant padding on every aspect of the infrastructure. Or, instead of a neckdown, bicyclists can learn to do what drivers do, and look both ways & wait their turns before merging with moving traffic.

As the flyway off the bridge is shaved down and the stencils are added, conflicts should be further reduced. Let’s not put infant padding on every aspect of the infrastructure.

]]> By: danlatorre http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/10/27/eyes-on-the-street-willyb-delancey-bring-on-the-stencils/comment-page-1/#comment-143731 danlatorre Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:02:02 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=78321#comment-143731 What is being done to reduce cyclist speeds coming down the WillyB on the Manhattan side? This is a problem. I know and have heard of many cyclists who've crashed or where hit by other cyclists who were barreling out of the bridge, one helmet wearing cyclist was hit so hard by another speeding cyclist and was hospitalized with a concussion for over a day. The DOT needs to make some sort of neckdown near that end of the bridge's bike lane to reduce speed as cyclists enter a very congested ped/bike/car area. I know the DOT measures counts with automated detectors, like they are on the Brooklyn Bridge right now, do these tools also measure speed? In all it's a good thing to know that biking has increased so much that we now may have a need for *bicycle* traffic calming! What is being done to reduce cyclist speeds coming down the WillyB on the Manhattan side? This is a problem. I know and have heard of many cyclists who’ve crashed or where hit by other cyclists who were barreling out of the bridge, one helmet wearing cyclist was hit so hard by another speeding cyclist and was hospitalized with a concussion for over a day.

The DOT needs to make some sort of neckdown near that end of the bridge’s bike lane to reduce speed as cyclists enter a very congested ped/bike/car area. I know the DOT measures counts with automated detectors, like they are on the Brooklyn Bridge right now, do these tools also measure speed?

In all it’s a good thing to know that biking has increased so much that we now may have a need for *bicycle* traffic calming!

]]> By: Glenn http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/10/27/eyes-on-the-street-willyb-delancey-bring-on-the-stencils/comment-page-1/#comment-143711 Glenn Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:00:12 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=78321#comment-143711 I always knew Crossing Delancy would have a happy ending. I always knew Crossing Delancy would have a happy ending.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/10/27/eyes-on-the-street-willyb-delancey-bring-on-the-stencils/comment-page-1/#comment-143651 Jonathan Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:49:07 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=78321#comment-143651 Looks great! One question: When will the heretofore notional express bike lane straight down the middle of Delancey St to Lafayette Street be striped and blocked off, a la Allen St? Looks great! One question: When will the heretofore notional express bike lane straight down the middle of Delancey St to Lafayette Street be striped and blocked off, a la Allen St?

]]> By: Eliot http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/10/27/eyes-on-the-street-willyb-delancey-bring-on-the-stencils/comment-page-1/#comment-143631 Eliot Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:45:27 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=78321#comment-143631 Finally! Now you won't have to swerve into traffic to get on the bike path. A simple curb cut is all it took. Kudos to Marin and T.A. Finally! Now you won’t have to swerve into traffic to get on the bike path. A simple curb cut is all it took. Kudos to Marin and T.A.

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