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Biking in New York City--late 20th Century

I removed the reference to the April 1980 transit strike. While the strike did make cycling more popular, there were no bike lanes to ride on until the Koch lanes opened in October 1980. (I tried to note that in recording my changes but it disappeared--trying to figure out this system....)Madeine (talk) 06:07, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

I urge the editors to include references to the bicycle plans drawn up in the 1990s, which led to the bike lanes now in place. I had included these links but they have been edited out.

The DCP and DOT published A Greenway Plan for NYC in 1993. (It states: "Notice: The Greenway Plan was the forerunner of all federally funded bicycle and other non-motorized-related initiatives in New York City.) https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/plans/transportation/gp.pdf

Transportation Alternatives' 1993 Bicycle Blueprint https://www.transalt.org/sites/default/files/resources/blueprint/intro/preface.html

The NYC Depts. of City Planning and Transportation 1997 Bicycle Master Plan https://nacto.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/New-York-City-Bicycle-Master-Plan-1997.pdfMadeine (talk) 06:30, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

TA issued its latest blueprint in 2019, with BikeNYC 2020: What New York Needs to be a World-Class Bicycling City https://www.bikenyc2020.org/dl/BikeNYC_2020_Report.pdf (or https://www.bikenyc2020.org/, I had to give them my email to get a copy) Recommendations include devoting "the lion's share" of funding to areas outside the central business districts of Brooklyn and Manhattan to promote equity and improve transportation in underserved neighborhoods, and guarantee that by 2020 every New Yorker will be within 1/4 mile of a protected bike lane. Madeine (talk) 06:47, 13 May 2019 (UTC)