The West Side Highway would get a bicycle accommodating makeover under another proposition by Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine.
The proposition approaches transportation authorities to close one path of the exceptionally dealt street to vehicle traffic and supplant it with a two-way safeguarded bicycle path along the western shore of Manhattan.
A model picture of the proposed bicycle path shows a green-painted path running lined up with the roadway, however isolated by a check and grower. Illustrations of the plan show it could continue either the west or east sides of New York State Route 9A, otherwise called the West Side Highway.
At a public interview on Tuesday, Levine said the Hudson River Greenway that runs only west of the expressway had become excessively clogged, and that the West Side Highway would give a more lovely - and more secure - experience for cyclists and people on foot the same. The bicycle path would likewise give e-bicycles, which are at present prohibited on the Greenway, a protected and legitimate course along Manhattan's west side, Levine said.
"During the regularly scheduled drive, the night drive on nights and ends of the week when the weather conditions is great, it is essentially too packed on the green way," Levine said on Tuesday while being flanked by nearby chosen authorities and backers. "This arrangement would make this course more secure for everyone."
In a letter to the city and state transportation authorities last week, Levine mentioned that the organizations start concentrating on the possibility of the bicycle foundation in a two-stage approach. As indicated by his proposition, the primary stage would execute a four-mile stretch of the bicycle path between Chambers Street and 57th Street right away, with plans for the part north of 57th Street to follow.
A continuous client of the ongoing Greenway bicycle path, Councilman Christopher Marte, portrayed the disorder he and his constituents see during their drives along the way.
"One of the protests that we get from guardians is the point at which they're carrying their children to PS 89, they need to manage various cyclists, various e-bicycles various joggers, it resembles a labyrinth for them ensure that their children can go to class," Marte said. "This is only a dangerous situation. Thus this is a simple thought that can be carried out."
A representative for the city's transportation office said the organization was investigating the proposition. The New York State Department of Transportation, which controls New York State 9A and would be responsible for the execution of the bicycle path, didn't quickly return a solicitation for input.
Levine said he was roused by the Brooklyn Bridge bicycle path, which opened last September and was a quick hit with cyclists.
"It's been an impressive achievement. It has made the Brooklyn Bridge more secure and it's an extraordinary model for what's conceivable on the west side," Levine said. "We ought to really, incidentally, sort out some way to associate what we will make here on the westside with that extraordinary new devoted bicycle path on the Brooklyn span."