Opinion

New York has to take back its turf from the two-wheeled terrors

New York City’s entitled bicyclists regularly endanger pedestrians. So why does the city keep giving them more turf?

A new Hunter College study looked at Manhattan cyclists, and found that 24% blow through red lights, 30% use electronic devices while biking and 6.4% wheel the wrong way down the street.

That’s not just contempt for the law, it’s contempt for the people who have to scramble out of the way of these Lycra-clad menaces.

And while a bike may not be as deadly as a car, the cyclist is more likely to come up on you out of nowhere.

Plus, watching your phone while cycling is just nuts. “It’s difficult enough to navigate a city street on a bike in and of itself, but wearing an electronic device . . . could endanger other street users,” notes Hunter sociologist Peter Tuckel, who authored the study.





Sure, too many pedestrians also get distracted on their phones — but that doesn’t make them a menace to others.

But the cyclists somehow control ever more of the city, which now has over 1,200 miles of bike lanes, with more on the way. How does the loss of motor vehicle lanes not increase congestion?

Sooner or later, regular New Yorkers need to take back their streets.





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