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Here are some ideas on how to make NYC better for ppl riding bicycles.

Here are some ideas on how to make NYC better for ppl riding bicycles.


https://jared.xyz/nyc-biking

@usv | jared.xyz | formerly founder of groupme and fundera 

Solid ideas. A few additions:

- city does not do anything to make Citi Bike more accessible for general public. Membership cost is too high along with cost per min for e-bikes; invest in the program vs. private owned. It is a public good at this point

- enforce yielding to peds at crosswalks through ticketing to bikes. This is a huge problem on west side highway. Dangerous for all. Bikes do not have right of way when people are crossing. 

- wrong way biking is huge part of the problem. Ticket bikers. 

- if biking on sidewalks. Ticket bikers. 

- better education. Most people do not have any knowledge of how to ride correctly. Ride in single file. Stay on side away from traffic. Use turn signals. 

- more protected bike infrastructure is obvious. Really poor outside of manhattan. More daylighting. Full protected lanes. Etc. many working on this

- more roads like broadway where car traffic is diverted 

- extend summer streets year round but have better cross points for traffic (see CDMX)