Reader Niles Ray sends in this bird's-eye view of bike lane construction on Eighth Avenue at 37th Street.
The extension of protected bike lanes on Eighth and Ninth Avenues was proposed by DOT last year, and won subsequent community board approval. The lanes and pedestrian islands will provide safer passage for cyclists and pedestrians north to 59th Street, providing access to the huge numbers of jobs in west Midtown.
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