It's a cycle of insanity.
While Gov. Hochul has argued that the price of congestion will reduce traffic in Manhattan, motor vehicle-hate urban bureaucrats have learned that motor vehicle-hate urban bureaucrats are taking quiet steps to make traffic worse.
The Ministry of Transport's latest scheme – Spring may occur soon without government approval – 6th Avenue bike lanes need to be expanded from 6 to 10 feet between West 14th 35 west of Chelsea streetth Street in the Herald Square.
To do that, the agency completely eliminates one of the four lanes. We welcome the swaying into the bustling boulevards, critics said, despite controversial tolls that are supposed to eliminate traffic.
“This is New York City, not the Tour de France,” infuriated Joanne Ariola, a minority leader on the NYC Council.
“The anti-vehicle madness is becoming very extreme. The Ministry of Tyrants is not only trying to make it impossible for anyone to drive in this city, but is willing to put New Yorkers at risk by creating conditions that seriously hinder emergency responders. Where are Elon Musk and Doge when necessary?”
Eliminating car lanes does not only reduce street safety as the vehicle is “hard to navigate”.
“This really serves the delivery app lobby and delivery workers who use it. [electric bikes] Because regular bikes are not offered in response to this change,” she said.
DOT announces controversial plans Monday before the Community Board 5 Transportation Committee.
Preston Johnson, project manager at DOT, tried to drum up support by citing statistics showing a 20.6% increase along the target strip at 20.6% from 2019 to 2024 and 35.2% over the weekend.
Over the same period, 345 people were injured in a bicycle accident involving cars and bicycles along the strip, including four deaths. He also told the board.the committee made the proposal 10-2, but worried about more trembling and questioned why the public had not received the previous warning.
Critics, who learned about the plan from the post, called it a humiliation for everyday New Yorkers.
“Hypocrisy is off the charts” by DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriquez, councillor Robert Holden (D-Queens)
“What he really does is give a huge middle finger to hardworking New Yorkers, demonstrating exactly why President Trump needs to not only kill the congestion fraud tax forever, but also crack down on the insane street design of the dots that produced the gridlock in the first place.”
Critics said the project specifically gave President Trump his nose, planning to “kill” the federal Department of Transport last month to “kill” traffic prices in Manhattan, and vowed to remove the streets of the Big Apple with traffic clogged bike lanes.
“It sounds like a revenge against Trump, which promises busy pricing and bike lanes. It also proves that DOT is fully adopted by radical bike nuts that don't care about the world of Biz.”
StreetSpac Executive Director Eric McClure said the Street-Safety Group is “strongly supporting” the redesign.
“We're a great place to go,” said McClure, who lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
The project has also been warmly approved by Transportation Alternatives, a powerful anti-payment group that critics say has an incest relationship with DOT and an indirect lobby and incest relationship between Uber and Lyft, and has many powers with left-handed officials.
Dot spokesman Scott Gastel argued that the project was devised from community inputs and data used to justify that the initial congestion fee was collected in January and that more vehicles were drawn from the strip traffic before they were on the streets.
He argued that “the project is specifically designed to deal with crowds,” and said his agency did not expect a “big change” to travel speeds.
Pedestrians and drivers from Sixth Avenue panned the plan.
“That's a scary idea,” said Madigata Gassama, a 27-year-old Uber driver. “[City officials] Don't worry about anyone. ”
“It's just the Bulls – T! The city is run by corruption,” barged Ana Mani, 35, a Chelsea resident who drives every day.
“I hate it. I can't even park my car in front of my house, and now they're getting rid of all this. It's also dangerous for cyclists.”
Additional reports by Gabrielle Fahmy and Matthew Sedacca.
