Q&A
Council Member Holden questions the effectiveness of wider bike lanes
3:14:28
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Council Member Robert F. Holden engages in a Q&A session, questioning the effectiveness of wider bike lanes as a solution to e-bike safety issues. He directs his questions to Marissa, a member of the public.
- Holden points out that widening bike lanes doesn't address safety concerns at intersections
- He challenges the idea that the proposed legislation is racist, referring to previous testimonies from victims
- Holden asks Marissa about her observations in her neighborhood regarding e-bike usage and safety
Robert F. Holden
3:14:28
Mine's directed at Marissa.
3:14:31
And I'm not you know, I heard I heard people opposing the bill, but nobody has a solution, like, other than let's widen bike lanes.
Eric Rudesky
3:14:38
It's gonna cost a lot more.
Robert F. Holden
3:14:39
Yeah.
3:14:39
But widen bike lanes, what happens when you get to the corner, Marissa?
UNKNOWN
3:14:42
Right.
Robert F. Holden
3:14:43
Which is where we see that's where the pedestrian crossing is.
3:14:46
But, you know and it and it's strange that I'm hearing people who say, well, it's racist.
3:14:52
Well, obviously, they didn't listen to the previous panels with the victims whose lives have been changed.
3:14:59
They're just saying bike lanes are gonna solve everything.
3:15:02
Well, they don't.
3:15:03
So what have you noticed in your neighborhood?
Marissa Redanti
3:15:05
I can tell you right now, we have a double wide lane on tenth Avenue.
3:15:09
It's ridiculous.
3:15:10
It's mostly empty, and they still go the wrong way.
3:15:14
And the other thing is it's on the sidewalk.
3:15:16
Let me tell you something.
3:15:16
When you're an older person I'm gonna be 70.
3:15:19
I know I don't look it.
3:15:20
If I fell if I fell, I could break a hip.
3:15:24
That would be a life changer for me.
3:15:26
You're young.
3:15:27
It's not gonna really you're not gonna think about it every day.
Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
3:15:29
But thank you.
3:15:30
No.
3:15:30
You are.
Marissa Redanti
3:15:31
The fear of that you know, we're asking council member to take the fear out of our lives.
3:15:37
In Hell's Kitchen.
3:15:38
Okay.
3:15:38
We have a lot of Deliveristas.
3:15:40
We have a huge cluster on ninth Avenue.
3:15:42
Okay.
3:15:42
I'm not blaming the Deliveristas.
3:15:44
This is all becoming about Deliveristas.
3:15:46
It's not about that.
3:15:47
The people on the ebikes, many of them young, many of them white, I have to say, go any which way and on the sidewalk, which scares the hell out of everybody.
3:15:57
The the bike lanes are not so crowded.
3:16:00
And those pictures there, that's not what I'm seeing in my neighborhood.
