When George W. Bush was still president, the feds allocated $14.6 million to the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway. Fifteen years later, large swaths of the safe route have yet to be built, and the protected pathway stops short of the most deadly sections of Third Avenue.
Cyclists will have to wait at least two more years for a smooth, safe bike route along the nation's busiest bike path, despite the Parks Department's awareness that a long stretch of the Hudson River Greenway is dangerous.
The NYPD has a history of wrongly ticketing cyclists for made-up rules, misunderstanding vehicular laws, especially when it involves bikers, and even blaming them for their own deaths or injuries after crashes.