Thursday, August 11, 2011

First and Second Ave. Bike Lanes to Extend to East Harlem Soon

First and Second Ave. Bike Lanes to Extend to East Harlem Soon

August 10, 2011 3:10pm | By Jeff Mays, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer

The DOT is extending bike lanes along First and Second avenues between 34th and 59th streets. East Harlem City Councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito said the lanes will extend to her neighborhood "in a year or so." (DNAinfo/Mary Johnson)

HARLEM — The Department of Transportation is planning to extend protected bike lanes along First and Second avenues into East Harlem "in a year or so," according to City Councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito.

The bike paths "are well on their way as confirmed by DOT," Mark-Viverito said via Twitter. "Very excited."

In 2010, the DOT announced plans to redesign First and Second avenues to allow for easier pedestrian and bus travel. Those plans included protected bike paths — which include barriers to protect cyclists — from Houston Street up to 125th Street.

By June 2010, the agency said that the protected bike paths from 34th to 125th streets would not be completed immediately. The lanes would only initially extend from Houston Street to 34th Street.

That section was completed last year and the DOT last month announced work on a section from 34th to 59th streets

Read more: http://www.dnainfo.com/20110810/harlem/first-second-ave-bike-lanes-soon-extend-east-harlem#ixzz1Ul01WuKC

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