Officials said Monday that it is now to ride a bike in 10 districts with high number of accidents will be safer. For this purpose was created an action plan that lists initiatives that expands as the scope of the legislation, and the creation of improved street infrastructure. The decision on the implementation of this plan was made to deal with the increasing number of cyclists on the roads by 150% between 2006 and 2015 (66 million trips per year to 164 million trips).
The administration of mayor has previously set a goal to build 50 miles of bike lanes per year. Now it is planned that by 2022 will be built on 75 miles of new bike lanes in 10 priority areas, which cover 14 percent of the city’s network of bike lanes. It happened a quarter of all accidents of cyclists with fatal or serious injuries in the period from 2010 to 2014.
The plan will also define the structure of management of transport engineering, traffic safety, legislative, policy and educational programs. It is a cooperative effort of the Department of transport, police and health authorities.
Proponents of the plan praised the progress made by the city to improve the safety of cyclists (in the period from 1996 to 2015, the mortality rate of cyclists decreased by 71%), but they want the administration went ahead and built bmore protected bike laneswith protected Parking, as they are considered the safest. Currently, the city has committed to build one mile of protected bike lanes every five miles of the ordinary.
However, city officials are facing stiff opposition in some areas, where residents claim that Citi Bike limit Parking possibilities and bike paths only aggravate traffic jams. Floors were white, the Executive Director of Transport Alternatives, considers that these issues should be considered only after safety, and it is difficult to disagree. He criticizes the city for its tendency to give public advice in such serious matters.
