According to Park Slope Patch, Neighbors for Better Bike Lanes and Seniors for Safety have filed a lawsuit to remove the Prospect Park West bike lane.
Here’s an excerpt from the Patch article.
In the suit, the groups refer to the bike lane as “an experimental bike lane” and claim that the “configuration requires pedestrians to walk across inconsistent traffic patterns with limited visibility.”
They go on to claim that the city manipulated data and furthermore “conducted no meaningful study before installation of the EBL, no careful study after installation, and withheld any meager data collected until after the only public meeting to discuss their ‘study.’”
As a long term resident, a senior and disabled, pedestrian and driver, I can attest that this lane has reduced my physical safety as both a pedestrian and as a driver. I have endured, as a pedestrian, too many cyslists swerving fast and close to me in crosswalks, and getting cursed or laughed at when I shout simply “watch out”……………………..there is no healthy community when elders are disrespected and the needs of the young dominate………………..J