Introduction NYC Cycling 1. NYC Bike Policy 2. State of NYC Cycling 3. Cyclists & Streets “A Bike and a Prayer” Riding Infrastructure 4. Street Design 5. Bridges 6. Road Surfaces 7. Greenways 8. Parks  Bicycles and Transit
10. Reducing Traffic Security 11. Bicycle Theft 12. On-Street Parking 13. Indoor Parking On the Job Cycling 14. Bicycle Messengers “Fifth, Park & Madison” 15. Freight Cycles 16. Gov't Cycling Reducing Risks 17. Accidents “Three Who Died” 18. Air Pollution Bicycle Education 19. Schools 20. Public Education Appendices |
Chapter 9:
Bicycles and Transit a) Bicycles and Mass Transit b) Rail-Station Bicycle Parking c) Europe and Japan d) United States and New York e) Bicycle Parking Costs f) Station Parking Conditions in the New York Area g) Ride-and-Bike h) Bicycles on Transit Vehicles i) New York City Transit Authority Bus Access
k) Ferries l) Chapter 9 Recommendations
Bus Access
Buses that carry bikes are operating in Phoenix, Tucson, Dallas, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Portland (OR), Eugene, and Seattle, and on a half-dozen county systems in California as well as in smaller cities and towns in California and other states. Racks are typically front-mounted and can carry two bikes apiece, which are secured and removed by the cyclist. Phoenix's program is the most extensive. A demonstration program, initiated in early 1991 and financed with a $20,000 grant from the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), ran on 45 buses on 3 routes and attracted over 1,000 boardings per month. In 1992, the program was extended to all city routes (350 buses), with $100,000 in funding from ADOT and the Federal Transit Administration. [29] The racks cost approximately $300 installed; Phoenix uses the same kind of buses as New York City, and has offered New York the blueprint for its successful rack design. New York City buses could carry bicycles on routes that cross bike-inaccessible tunnels and bridges, such as the Verrazano and Whitestone, and whenever other bridges are out of service, as the Williamsburg was between June 1991 and February 1992. In 1991, the Transit Authority failed to act on a proposal by Transportation Alternatives to install bicycle racks on the M109 route between Williamsburg in Brooklyn and Delancey Street, as a trial of bikes on buses during reconstruction of the Williamsburg Bridge bike path. [30]
NOTES:29. “Encouraging Cycle — Use of bike racks on buses impresses Phoenix officials,” Phoenix Gazette, July 8, 1991. Pro Bike News, Nov. 1992, Bicycle Federation of America, pp. 4-5.30. The Transportation Alternatives proposal included engineering drawings of bus-mounted bicycle racks provided by transit officials operating bikes-on-buses programs in Phoenix and other cities. a) Bicycles and Mass Transit b) Rail-Station Bicycle Parking c) Europe and Japan d) United States and New York e) Bicycle Parking Costs f) Station Parking Conditions in the New York Area g) Ride-and-Bike h) Bicycles on Transit Vehicles i) New York City Transit Authority Bus Access
k) Ferries l) Chapter 9 Recommendations |
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