To Liberalssuck: Anybody that thinks these " NYPD critical response vehicle surges" will actually work in a real emergency is very foolish. This action is a nuisance now and it is just a bunch of idiot cops getting a chance to have a little fun. In a real crisis, there will be caos.

These lanes are, alas, not working for many reasons. I bike daily in the city and it seems that isolating bikers from traffic instead of allowing us to be part of the normal flow of traffic won't work.

Pedestrians, cars, parked bikes(!) all have filled up the new paths even before completion. The old paths were clearly a travel lane, these just seem like an appealing place to hang out for EVERYBODY who lives down here. The pedestrian islands spill out onto the bike lanes in dangerous ways as well.

It's great to see an initiative designed with the goal of increasing bike commuting, perhaps a big push to educate the public is needed...

That area is a ghost town. I can't imagine those cars were there too long. I can't see where you would be going to drive or bike that way, other than to fish the East River (gross). That bike lane is not even finished, as far as I know.

very few stay in the lanes provided for them. does that mean we shouldn't have them?

Why is anyone surprised?

Have you ever seen a cop think they are anything except ABOVE the law?

This is just another example.

"It burns to have protected bike lanes and pedestrian plazas turned into carmageddon before they’re even completed."

Nah, what REALLY burns is watching your own president sellout this nation to Goldman Sachs.

Nah, what REALLY burns is accidentally touching the metal part of a skillet handle.

What's gotten into this blog lately? Lame bike lane stuff. Graffiti vandals lionized. What happened, someone Madoff with the trust fund money?

Complain Complain Complain. Ever wonder they maybe doing POLICE WORK like protecting ungrateful citizens of this city.

What a bunch of arrogant whiners. Unless this is near a precinct, the patrol cars are likely lined up for a surge drill or for some other exercise. Don't fret: you'll have your 100 ft of precious bike lane back soon.

Aw, the poor hipsters can't get to their HTML jobs with Whole Foods reusable bag in the basket of their bike bc cops are parked in their bike lane. BOO HOO!

This looks like Riverside Dr way uptown. There's hardly any traffic there anyway. Whine whine whine.

Yeah, dickhead it's a picture of Riverside Drive way uptown taken from the Manhattan Bridge. The part of Riverside Drive called Allen Street. Let me ask you a serious question, how are you able to write if you are not able to read?

"HTML jobs?"

Ha yeah. HTML jobs. Love. It.

The original post states it's Allen St., taken from the Manhattan Bridge.

I try to ride my bike as much as possible in the city, as it is one of the fastest modes of transportation around and it's cheap (not to mention a decent workout).

One thing I've noticed is that the majority of other bikers out there suck, plain and simple. They don't stop at red lights, they go down the street the wrong way, they don't have lights on at night (required by law). But because of my irresponsible peers, I am the target of rage sometimes, despite the fact that I do my best to follow all the laws of the road while on my bike.

I suppose what I'm trying to say is this: if a biker is blowing red lights and driving the wrong way down the road or has no lights on at night, go ahead and yell at them if it makes you feel better, but reserve judgment on those following the rules of the road until you see them do something illegal.

"One thing I've noticed is that the majority of other bikers out there suck"

Interestingly enough, I've noticed the same thing about other drivers when I'm behind the wheel. And also other pedestrians when I'm walking.

No matter what the mode of transportation, everyone else is arrogantly ignoring the rules and simple courtesy. Too wrapped up in their own worlds, their phones, their iPods, their conversations, their kids, their friends, whatever it is.

Walking, biking, driving, I'm always having to make an effort to stay out of the way of clueless idiots. It's as if I'm the only person in the world who knows how to get where I'm going quickly and directly and yet without inconveniencing anyone else. Yeah, other people suck.

CARMAGEDDON!

these bike lanes are a joke - all it means is that now bikers feel even more entitled to get in the way of cars driving on the road.

everytime i'm driving i come within inches of hitting some biker. they come out of no where. ride in your blind spot like the road belongs to them. and then get all self-righteous about their right to bike.

F*ck them

Yeah, expecting not to get plastered by 4-6000 lbs of steel and glass...how rude of them.