City streets are more bike friendly these days, thanks to new lanes — but many would-be two-wheel commuters complain there are too few safe places to park during work hours. Now the City Council wants to make building owners open their doors to bicycles.
Residents along Pennsylvania Ave. in East New York have long contended with speeding vehicles and damage to parked cars that lose sideview mirrors, thanks to reckless drivers.
Now the city wants to reduce parking on the strip. But that’s infuriated local car owners who have proposed their own solution: adding bike lanes.
“The trickster, the jester, there’s a long history of getting the attention of the king with the wise fool,” 38-year-old Ben Sheppard said.
He was leading the group just south of Houston Street through mid-morning traffic on Feb. 15: about half a dozen red-nosed fellow cycling enthusiasts dressed in colorful costumes, complete with curly wigs and tiny traffic cones atop their heads.
“Clowns instead of earnest politicians,” Sheppard declared enthusiastically while he waited for the light to go green again.
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