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Eyes on the Street: Pulaski Bridge Bikeway Looks Ready for a Ribbon-Cutting

Pulaski Bridge bike lane is open, nothing is impossible! Ahhhhhhhh!!!!! pic.twitter.com/gNr6oTuUqc

— Max RN (@MaxRivlinNadler) April 24, 2016

Update: A DOT spokesperson tells Streetsblog that while finishing touches are being made, cyclists should follow the posted signage, which directs them to the shared pedestrian-bike path on the west side of the bridge. The new protected lane will be "unveiled" later this week.

It hasn't officially opened, but you can ride on DOT's long-awaited Pulaski Bridge bike lane linking northern Brooklyn and western Queens. Word is that a ribbon-cutting is set for the end of this week.

Over the weekend, Twitter and the Streetsblog inbox lit up with alerts that the path is rideable, though there are still cones and signs at both ends marking the bike lane as closed.

The Pulaski project has been in the works since 2012, when Assembly Member Joe Lentol requested that DOT explore the possibility of converting a car lane to a protected bike path so pedestrians and cyclists could have some breathing room instead of sharing a narrow, cramped pathway. The bikeway advanced in fits and starts since then, and after some delays it's finally here, separated from car traffic by concrete barriers and a metal fence.

It's not every day that part of a six-lane bridge gets repurposed from motor vehicle traffic to make room for biking and walking. The Pulaski bikeway points the way forward for bigger crossings like the Queensboro Bridge and Brooklyn Bridge where cyclists and pedestrians are an afterthought, jammed together on paths without enough space to move comfortably. We'll have a full report when the new path officially opens.

Access to the new bike path is (technically) still prohibited. Image: @DataVizier
Access to the new bike path is (technically) barred for the time being. Photo: @DataVizier
Access to the new bike path is (technically) still prohibited. Image: @DataVizier
Photo: Michael Bonetti
Photo: Michael Bonetti
Photo: Michael Bonetti

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