Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

Bicycle safety enhancements on the Lower East Side continue.  Early Friday morning, DOT personnel were out painting a cyclist left turn lane at the eastern junction of Bowery and Prince Street, right outside the New Museum.  By the end of the day, the project was fully realized.

Back in mid-March, Community Board 3 approved a proposal to create a series of protected bike lanes just north of the Williamsburg Bridge approach.  It is hoped that these safety measures will help curb collisions along the treacherous Delancey by offering a less-trafficked, alternative route.  Indeed, Delancey is no stranger to such accidents.  On January [...]