… six years after the Bloomberg administration began its controversial campaign to re-edit the city’s streetscape, adding 255 miles of bicycle lanes onto streets previously dedicated to automobiles, a hard-fought acceptance for the lanes may finally be at hand.
When asked simply whether New York’s bike lanes were a good idea or a bad idea, 66 percent of New Yorkers said they thought bike lanes were a good idea, according to the latest poll by The New York Times. …
The poll results suggest that New Yorkers have gradually become accustomed to bicycle lanes, which have been frequent targets of tabloid ire and are already emerging as a flash point in the 2013 mayoral race.
More on NYC bike lanes from this 2009 issue of Price Tags.
