Hard barriers like bollards, jerseys, or torontos would maintain the integrity of this bike lane and create safer road conditions for all users. A hard separated bike/bus lane would be a major improvement and increase transportation efficiency for everyone.

@ Ohthatkyle "Everyone" really? I have a photo of a gentleman riding his wheelchair in a bike lane, in the road, because, so far, the city has violated Federal law and made no accessibility improvements, leaving the streets that have new bike lanes impassable to people in wheelchairs. Me, me, me, me , me isn't "everyone."

Hi David, those aren’t my words, the federal highway administration “proven safety countermeasures” document and multiple road use studies have factually stated that protected bike lanes create safer road conditions (and alleviate traffic congestion) for all road users. Protected bike lanes create buffer zones at intersections that increase visibility and keep drivers from blocking curb cuts. I emphasize with your position and genuinely want to partner with you on creating inclusive systems that improve transportation quality in New Haven. Fewer personally owned vehicles making fewer trips in and through our city at lower speeds would make life better for all New Haveners.

Second this. Even when using bike lanes drivers (including the city bus drivers) give us hate, honk and yell. A lot more needs to be done to educate people on respecting bike lanes. Also when I ride my e-scooter, the yelling doubles, as people are not aware that it should be treated the same as bikes in traffic, but they yell I shuold be on the sidewalk (which is prohibited)

Maybe people hate bicyclist because you think the roads belong to you.

"F the worthless old cripples. Who cares if they get hit by a car, Give Me Me Me More More More."

My comment does not negate that accessibility should also be improved, but I guess I am so selfish for using a bike lane and wanting not to get run over

Not at all. You're selfish for not giving a damn about the guy riding his wheelchair in the contraflow bike lane...You can drop your bike or hop the curb. He will die..........and you bicyclists keep yelling ME, ME, ME give ME, ME, ME MORE, MORE, MORE.

All of these streets have violations of Federal laws that protect people who have disabilities from being discriminsted against by people who are...ABLE to ride bicycles.

They were were ignored in favor of new bike lanes...for people who are ABLE to ride bicycles.

That discrimination was apparently not enough?

College St. - Impassable to wheelchairs (violation of Federal law) / Hazardous to pedestrians / New Bike Lane / Bicyclists complaining about parked cars.

Trumbull St. - Impassable to wheelchairs (violation of Federal law) / Hazardous to pedestrians / New Bike Lane / Bicyclists demanding delineators

Chapel St. - Inaccessible Bus Stops (violation of Federal law) / Hazardous to pedestrians / New Bike Lane / Bicyclists complaining about parked cars.

Edgewood Ave. - Impassable to wheelchairs (violation of Federal law) / Hazardous to pedestrians / New Bike Lane / Bicyclists complaining about cars hitting delineators

Crescent St. - Alongside a Public School / Impassable to wheelchairs (violation of multiple Federal laws) / Hazardous to pedestrians / New Bike Lane / Bicyclists complaining about cars hitting delineators

This can't be serious. There is so much waste of money in other areas in this town, you're simply fighting the wrong enemy. Actually, not a real enemy, but an enemy you're making up yourself. And yes, accessibility needs a lot of work, I support that too. And sidewalks are terrible as well.

Gabe, it's not worth fighting this dude. He's on here 24/7 trying to get someone to argue with him like a keyboard warrior.

No. I'm trying to get the City of New Haven to respect the rights of people who have disabilities.

I'm only here when proviledged ABLE people who benefit from this discrimination against people who are not like you come here to whine about not being privileged enough, about the discrimination not being enough,

You never will respect the tights of people who are not like you. You will continue to pretend that your wants serves other people's needs and continue to demand more, more, more for me, me,me,.

revolutionizetransportation, yeah I noticed that, 10 minutes of reading other issue reports in this website and I found all 380 of his hateful comments. Safety for bike/scooter riders means increasing discrimination? Anti-bike dude be talking lunacy

When your entitlement kills someone riding a wheelchair in a street that has one of your bike lanes, be sure to ride by the church that the funeral is in and flip the bird at the family.

"Mommy, someone parked in my bike lane and I don't feel special anymore" is getting exactly the response it deserves.

§ 35.130 General prohibitions against discrimination.

(a) No qualified individual with a disability shall, on the basis of disability, be excluded from participation in or be denied the benefits of the services, programs, or activities of a public entity, or be subjected to discrimination by any public entity.

Hi all there is a great New Haven Independent article about David when he was the Republican candidate for alder ward 7. Worth the read for context on some of his commentary. I think we can all agree that a multi-modal New Haven that prioritizes public transit, walking and biking improves the city for everyone. Our little city has a long way to go toward improving our public spaces like sidewalks and streets but every improvement that reduces personally owned vehicles and the speeds they travel benefits all. David, I fully empathize with your position but I agree with my neighbors here that you’ve identified the wrong enemy. We are all here trying to highlight issues to our city government for repair or upgrade. Our mobility limited, differently abled, visually impaired neighbors are often most negatively impacted by sole reliance on privately owned cars. A pedestrianized city is better for all people moving; by wheelchair, bicycle or scooter.

I encountered that article yesterday, where you can read this quote by David ​“I have periods when I’m batshit crazy”. Very enlightening.
But I think I can anticipate his response: Everyone??! No, you mean Me Me Me.
Did I get that right?

Yeah. A bicycle-riding reporter took a piece of satire out of context. Of course, I'm not hiding behind a fake screen name.

The photo of the guy riding his wheelchair in the road with the obvious ADA violation that was illegally left in place when the road was paved in the foreground should tell you that the theory that providing bicyclists with more convenient travel serves the need of anyone else is bovine feces.

Ironically, the satire was about one of the streets where a bike lane was later installed for the benefit of the bike riding Alder is this photo. No safety improvements were made and the city violated Federal law by spending 0 on accessibility. It is one block from two Public Schools. Multiple injuries were reported at an obvious ADA violation near the corner that was then ignored for two years - but a bike lane was installed, just a bike lane.

Here I am trying to use a wheelchair on the street (and bicyclists are demanding delineators).

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uu6cA_tkBSjS_kfPqdJFL7wXwdQww238/view?usp=drive_link

The original planners of the Safe Routes for All plan assigned tasks to and requested information from the Commission on Disabilities. Two of the Commissioners gave up trying to participate. One is on record "They weren't interested in accessibility. It was all about bike lanes." That's intentional discrimination. The final plan mentions "bike" or "bicycle" 563 times. "Wheelchair" is mentioned 3 times.

Multiple injuries were reported at another obvious violation of the ADA one a block away from one those public schools that was then ignored for more than three years, That's on a proposed route for a new bike lane.

They are, so far, the only schools in majority-White neighborhoods that have hazardous violations of federal law within a block of them. The same is not true for schools in neighborhoods that have different ethnic demographics. There was a safe Routes to School plan that would have fixed the hazards at all public schools but was, as a result of intense lobbying by bicyclists, put on a shelf in favor of the More Convenient Travel for Bicyclists Plan.

The Safe Routes for All plan used crash data, # of intersections w/o crosswalks, etc. to prioritize neighborhoods that have been underserved. They are, of course, all minority-White neighborhoods. As far as I know, none of those projects has been implemented. What the city did was install bike lanes on College, Wall, Trumbull, Chapel and State, all in majority-White neighborhoods. It is not only more discrimination on the basis of ethnicity. Bicyclists are demanding more discrimination on the basis of ethnicity.

College, Wall and Trumbull are impassable to anyone in a wheelchair. Members of the protected class that is specifically protected against this form of discrimination (by and for people who are able to ride bicycles) were completely denied access to, for example, College St. Music Hall, which is fully accessible because the DOJ sued it and bicyclists are whining because people park in the bike lane.

Finally, here are the "priority neighborhoods" defined in the Safe Route for All plan with the ethnic demographics from DataHaven and the locations of this and the other bike lanes projects with those neighborhoods' ethic demographics,

New Haven's bicyclists are not only demanding more discrimination on the basis of ability. They are demanding more discriminations on the basis of ethnicity, Probably not intentional but this is what happens when White people only care about themselves and pretend that their wants serve other peoples' needs.

I suffered some damage to the part of the brain that governs impulse control. when was almost killed by a woman who was texting while driving. At least I'm not a racist.

Does that make the City of New Haven's violations of Federal law to serve you, you you, you you, s something other than violations of Federal law?

Does that make the city's decision to ignore hazards in minority White neighborhoods in favor of bike lane in majority White neighborhoods something other than racist?

I suffered some damage to the part of the brain that governs impulse control. when was almost killed by a woman who was texting while driving.

Does that make the City of New Haven's violations of Federal law to serve you, you you, you you, s something other than violations of Federal law?

Does that make the city's decision to ignore hazards in minority White neighborhoods in favor of bike lane in majority White neighborhoods something other than what it is?

I suffered some damage to the part of the brain that governs impulse control. when I was hit by a woman who was texting while driving.

Does that make the City of New Haven's violations of Federal law to serve you, you you, you you, s something other than violations of Federal law?

Does that make the city's decision to ignore hazards in minority White neighborhoods in favor of bike lane in majority White neighborhoods something other ethnic discrimination?