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Importance of community engagement in bike lane placement decisions
1:31:56
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Council Member Chris Banks emphasizes the importance of strong community engagement when deciding on bike lane placements. He argues that local knowledge is crucial in making informed decisions.
- Banks cites his 12 years of experience on Community Board 5, suggesting they likely wouldn't have supported the bike lane placement in the location discussed.
- He highlights the reduction from two lanes to one and the loss of parking for NYCHA residents as negative impacts.
- The council member calls for post-implementation assessments of bike lanes to evaluate their environmental impact and effectiveness.
Chris Banks
1:31:56
Well, that's why I think it's important for, when we talk about, bike lane placement, that you have strong community engagement, when those things are being done because I served on the community board, community board 5 for close to 12 years, and I know, we probably wouldn't have supported put put in a bike lane in that particular location, knowing knowing knowing the area and the amount of traffic that comes through there.
1:32:22
Because now it's been reduced obviously to one lane when it was 2 lanes before, and we also lost parking for our NYCHA residents and the sidewalks.
1:32:31
So, hopefully, we can, get, on a record, some type of, assessment that's done after these bike lanes are placed and the environmental impact it's having.
1:32:48
And just to, touch back on speed bumps, we've, I've had multiple speed bumps that have been, denied in my district.