Now that Fort Wayne has joined the "accommodating bicycles" trend, could ugly disputes be in our future?
New York now has 482 miles of bike lanes, with plans for 1,800 miles to appear by 2030, according to the Journal — all to accommodate a daily ridership that may have doubled since 2005. But the three parties have yet to learn to live together, as Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer recently found. Over a three-day period this fall, Stringer's staff observed 1,700 infractions by cyclists, drivers, and walkers alike:
“We've got seniors who think bike lanes are walkways. We've got police cars using bike lanes as a quick way around town. We've got taxi cabs pulling up so close to the bike lanes that a passenger gets out and actually doors a cyclist,” Mr. Stringer said in a recent interview in his office.
