A block-long section of a protected bike lane on Ashland Place was left out of the street’s 2023 redesign by the prior administration.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/52458410

The block was removed from the 2023 redesign by former Mayor Eric Adams’ administration, reportedly at the behest of a local real estate developer. The firm got the ear of Adams’ former chief adviser Ingrid Lewis-Martin, who had been indicted for allegedly being involved in a pay-to-play scheme to kill a similar bike lane project along Greenpoint’s McGuinness Boulevard.

“pay-to-play scheme to kill a similar bike lane project” – stay frosty everyone