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Manhattan CB 2 Votes Unanimously for Hudson Street Bike Lane Upgrade

The double parking and worn out markings that plague the Hudson Street bike lane are visible here.

The full board of Manhattan Community Board 2 voted unanimously last Thursday night to endorse a community-generated plan to convert the buffered bike lane on Hudson Street to a parking-protected lane.

The new protected lane would extend the protected Eighth Avenue bike lane down to Canal Street and the Ninth Avenue bike lane to Bleecker Street.

The Hudson Street bike lane is one of the oldest buffered bike lanes in the city, and its faded stripes are often blocked by double-parked vehicles. The lane is wide enough that it could be upgraded to a protected bikeway without removing a travel lane. Parking would only need to be eliminated to install pedestrian refuge islands, popular among local residents, and mixing zones at intersections.

The resolution asks DOT to return to the community board with a plan to upgrade the lane.

"This is a common-sense conversion -- it's low-hanging fruit for DOT," said Ian Dutton, one of two community board members who developed the proposal. "Because the buffered lane is already there, though it's worn-away to the point of being almost invisible, there will be hardly any consequences for drivers -- only shorter crossings for pedestrians, a greener and narrower-appearing street to calm traffic, and a far safer and comfortable cycling experience, maximizing the west-side bicycle corridors on Eighth and Ninth Avenues."

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