A new bike lane connecting Inwood to the Hudson River Greenway requires cyclists to cross a highway on-ramp and carry their bikes up and down stairs — because some locals criticized a more direct, stair-free plan that would have repurposed 40 parking spots.
Mayor Mamdani’s Department of Transportation installed the two-way protected bike lane on Riverside Drive earlier this year, more than a year after the local community board rejected an earlier plan to run the bike lane on nearby Dyckman Street instead.
“We can’t willy-nilly — without having some very angry people, probably with great justification — just take away 40 parking spots,” one Manhattan Community Board 12 member said at a Dec. 2, 2024 meeting where the panel declined to support the initial redesign concept…