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COMPREHENSIVE NYC GREENWAY PLAN FOR BIKE, PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE PASSES CITY
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By Ben Brachfeld
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The Hudson River Greenway bike lane along the West Side Highway near Chambers
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The City Council approved a bill Thursday that would require New York to create
a master plan for greenways for the first time in three decades, amid a boom in
cycling instigated by the pandemic.

The bill requires the city to study and gather community input on locations
where greenways are feasible, with a focus on low-income communities and
neighborhoods of color which have historically seen less investment in bike
infrastructure, and issue a final plan by December 2024, with an update in 2026
and every five years thereafter.

The city will also have to create an official map of current,
under-construction, and planned greenways, plus status updates for segments that
are temporarily closed.

“All of us are here today because we believe in a future where New Yorkers of
all backgrounds, ages, and abilities from every neighborhood, in every borough
can easily find open space, and safely access active transportation,” said
Manhattan Council Member Carlina Rivera, the bill’s main sponsor, at a press
conference ahead of the City Council’s stated meeting on Thursday.


Councilmember Carlina Rivera, main sponsor of the greenway bill, at a rally
outside City Hall on Oct. 27, 2022.Courtesy of Council Member Carlina Rivera

Greenways, in essence, are highways for cyclists and pedestrians; they differ
from regular bike lanes by being significantly separated from any motor vehicle
traffic, which is banned on the greenway itself. Cycling advocates have long
pushed for a fully-connected greenway around the city, utilizing waterfront
space and inland rights-of-way throughout the five boroughs to enable safe,
frictionless, environmentally-friendly travel.



The need for a full, connected greenway network has been recognized for a long
time: the last citywide greenway plan was unveiled in 1993, during the
administration of the late Mayor David Dinkins. But thirty years later, the
city’s greenways are not an integrated travel network but a hodgepodge of paths
of inconsistent quality.

The greenway push was renewed after the city won a $7.25 million grant from the
federal Department of Transportation to build new greenway segments and maintain
existing ones. It also comes amidst a boom in biking generated by the pandemic:
daily cycling trips have more than doubled since 2011, according to the city
DOT, with estimates north of 200 million bike trips in 2021.


The Dinkins administration proposed this greenway network in 1993. It remains
incomplete three decades later.NYC Dept of Transportation

“After the pandemic that prompted a cycling boom here in New York City, it’s
clear that we need to invest in our greenways and meet people where they are,”
said Queens Councilmember Selvena Brooks-Powers, chair of the Transportation
Committee. “We have a Breal opportunity here to make a profound impact on our
greenways now.”



Bike advocates applauded the bill’s passage, which was nearly unanimous save for
a single no vote by Brooklyn Councilmember Kalman Yeger. Jon Orcutt, of Bike New
York, said that the bill gives an opportunity to make “real infrastructure” for
cyclists instead of just flimsy paint.

“The bill passing is great news,” Orcutt said. “The city has been trying to
paint its way to bike-friendliness with very mixed results. Let’s build more
real infrastructure for cycling and start with a citywide plan.”



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