New High-Visibility Bike Lanes in Brooklyn

The McBrooklyn Blog spots this freshly painted high-visibility bike lane on Henry Street in Brooklyn:

Could be that the NYC Department of Transportation actually listened to groups like Transportation Alternatives,
which advocates painting bike lanes a solid color in order to improve
visibility and curb blockage by motor vehicles. Bikers have reported
that the Tillary Street lane is painted green, and the lane along Henry
Street in Brooklyn Heights is also painted.

Looks like it might be working. While a car did drive into the bike lane, it quickly — "Oops!" — swerved back out again.

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Via Brownstoner, the Department of Transportation is building out a nice street redesign project in Brooklyn right now as a part of its Ft. Greene Bike Lane & Traffic Calming Project (download a project description here). Formerly a 70-foot-wide one-way street, Carlton Avenue, above, has been converted to two-way operation with five-foot bike lanes on […]