FLATBUSH — Flatbush City Councilmember Rita Joseph, joined by fellow Brooklyn Councilmembers Lincoln Restler and Crystal Hudson, on Thursday announced new legislation that would require the city Department of Transportation to build 100 miles of protected bike lanes throughout the city every year until 2028, reports Streetsblog. The bill would represent an increase from current policy, which calls for a total of 50 new miles in 2023 — but the execution could prove difficult for the DOT, which is already struggling to meet its bike-lane commitments as a result of budget and staffing shortfalls, as well as construction-related red tape and occasional neighborhood opposition.
In 2022, the city added 26.3 new miles of protected bike lanes with a goal of 30 miles — for some, a good start, but a far cry from its current target of 50 miles.
