Yeah. It's been in the ground for a few months, but every time I have been to the new awesome bicycle access on the Brooklyn side of the Williamsburg Bridge I haven't been with my camera or it has been too dark. So I was finally able to grab a few quick minutes of footage on the way to another shoot and had to share this right away.
If your city is telling you there is no room for making cycling safer around your bridges, have them take a look at the amount of road space and accommodation NYC DOT has done here. Elimination of parking spaces, safe & comfortable protected 2-way lanes and a configuration I have never seen anywhere just yet in the U.S. - South 5th Place off the bridge bike path exit not only has a two-way protected lane, but a painted bike lane on the street to allow for safe bike left hand turns!
What is great is not only the safety aspect, but that the city acknowledged the tendency of the instinct of cyclist's on how they wanted to approach the bridge. They made it legal to go two way from every road and modified the streets to make it happen, even if it meant eliminating parking and driving lanes (and turning one street one way from two-way - you can see from 2005). And that means no more ticket stings for people who are just trying to bike to work, play, exercise or to go meet a friend up on the Billy B!
