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Opponents of the Prospect Park West bike lane are appealing a judge’s ruling last summer about the path, once again arguing that the lane was installed on a temporary basis. A judge dismissed the earlier lawsuit on the grounds that it wasn’t filed soon enough after the lane had been installed. Georgia Winston, the attorney representing the lane’s opponents, had the following to say in a press release that’s quoted in the Observer: “We filed our suit well within the appropriate time frame. The lawsuit clock started running only after the Department of Transportation made a final decision to permanently install the lane, in January 2011. Before that—throughout the summer and fall of 2011—the lane was repeatedly described as a ‘trial,’ including by the lane’s most fervent supporters.” The city maintains that it will be victorious in the latest legal challenge against the lane, and a spokesman for Transportation Alternatives says the timing of the appeal exploits the slow mid-winter news cycle, just as the original filing did last winter: “It’s like complaining about the cost of a school cafeteria in July. It’s clearly a well-oiled publicity machine they’ve got going on, but it’s become a sad joke at this point.”
Bike Lane Opponents Appeal Prospect Park West Ruling [BK Paper]
Neighbors for Better Bike Lanes Appeal PPW Suit [NY Observer]


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  1. whatever, let it go. as far as PPW – traffic has been calmed, bikes are off the sidewalks, and people will get used to looking both ways. i still think its kind of a waste of money where bikes are not used in large numbers for a good part of the winter months, but i admit its a pet project that is an attempt at the greater good, and not some typical nyc politician that is looking to line their own pockets.

    time will tell – but despite being vocally against it originally, i would like to see it implemented on PPSW which is another notorious reckless speeder’s delight.

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