New York City Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson has recently started biking, and in this video he tells us why he decided to take the plunge and why
he thinks more bike lanes are a good thing for NYC.
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«I
think it's better if
more people
bike so we can get
more and better
bike lanes and sharrows.»
I
think the big draws of such
bike lanes are that they are much
more visible, which makes people notice them and consider
biking for transportation, and that they seem to be much safer at a glance, which has the same effect.
Three times as many people
thought that
bike lanes increased the desirability of their neighbourhoods as those who
thought it decreased it; a large number of cyclists
thought they would shop
more in the area now that the protected
bike lanes were built.
Cyclists in the city say that they
think Chicago is doing a great job when it comes to getting
more bike lanes out, providing
more protection on
bike lanes, and putting down
bike paint.