Let it roll!
City lawyers have finally admitted in court that it is legal for cyclists to pass through a red light on a “Walk” signal — a long-overdue (and surprisingly difficult to wrest) statement that advocates hope will end the harassment of cops who continue to hand out tickets years after the move became legal.
Bike riders have been allowed to “go with the walk” signal since 2019, even if it switches on ahead of the traffic light, also known as a leading pedestrian interval, or LPI. But the NYPD has continued ticketing New Yorkers erroneously, as Streetsblog has documented. State Department of Motor Vehicle hearing officers have also upheld those wrongful violations, apparently unaware of the six-year-old law change…