Staten Island, the only borough the rest of New York City wouldn’t miss should it ever secede, is removing one of its longest bike lanes. Father Capodanno Blvd is a 3-mile stretch of road that provides a relatively safe path for cyclists, but it’s being replaced with a bus lane instead to “meet Staten Island’s unique transportation issues,” according to DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan. Apparently, that uniqueness doesn’t include bikes.
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Crucial Bike Lane To Be Removed on S.I.
By Bucky Turco |
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SI tried to secede years ago and the rest of NY just couldn't let go. Apparently they would miss it verrry much. Secret spots abound on the jewel in the sea, including what I think is the real 50 Cents grave – it is a big round tombstone that says 50 Cent on it. I would love to see you spout your anti SI opinion to the WU – you'd be catchin' it for slighting Shaolin sonny. Nice talkin' at ya. Bike lanes on Father C just get in the way of drag racing, get out the way.
It is true, SI tried to secede but NYC voted it down. Why? Resources: the Verrazano is HUGELy profitable. The city doesnt invest in the roads and milks the tax revenue out of the borough. Take a look at that small example photo of the road system in SI. The lines are faded. In fact, in a lot of areas, there are no median lines. Pot holes. Then add the utlilities, all above ground mostly. It's main blvd, Hylan has so many tele phones with wires, it looks like a third world country. But deviation of topic aside, there is another bike lane that parallels this bike line that follows the boardwalk at South Beach all the way PAST the end of Father Capo to New Dorp, so people can still use that bike lane. And YES, there needs more to be done about bus lanes on SI, since there is no alternative to get around for 500,000 people. They should expand this project to a dedicated bus lane on Hylan too and eliminate parking on the street so the bus isnt stuck weaving in and out of traffic.
Staten Island's so called "public servants" James Molinaro, James Oddo, and Vincent Ignizio, along with local paper the Staten Island Advance, have been working against safer streets and for speed crazed drivers for years…
When I first read the article I thought it was ones of the opinion pages with all it's silly captions and punchlines, but it wasn't. Great point!
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