Williamsburg Bike Lane Turns Into Flashpoint in Heated Council Race

Maria Gutzeit | The Most Important Bike Conversation

We’re wrapping up National Bike Month. What’s been in the news here in Santa Clarita? Heated debate about the plastic-paddle protected bike lane on Orchard Village Road and tons of complaints about kids on ebikes. Those issues need resolution, but an even more important bike issue hasn’t even been talked about: sharing the road.  My friend Gary Horton, mad about the plastic-bedecked pre-existing bike lanes on Orchard Village, declared “we’re a c…

Williamsburg Bike Lane Turns Into Flashpoint in Heated Council Race

BROOKLYN – What began as a tragic e-bike accident involving a 3-year-old girl in South Williamsburg has rapidly escalated into a defining issue in the Democratic primary for City Council — pitting neighborhood safety concerns against City Hall’s cycling agenda. The protected bike lane on Bedford Avenue, already a source of tension in the Hasidic-heavy […]

NYC bike lane accident involving 3-year-old girl erupts into explosive campaign issue

A terrifying accident in a bike lane on Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn -- where a e-biker slammed into a 3-year-old girl-- has erupted into an explosive campaign issue.