A state appellate judge blocked the removal of a protected bike lane on Bedford Avenue, preventing removal crews from beginning work. This is the second ruling halting the city's plans. Judge Carolyn Walker-Diallo previously ordered a pause on the removal until a court hearing. The city argued local feedback led to the removal decision, citing safety concerns from residents. The bike lane was installed to enhance safety in an area with high pedestrian fatalities, prompting a lawsuit from street safety advocates against the city's actions.
Walker-Diallo ruled the Bedford bike lane removal didn't qualify as a major transportation project.
The Adams administration is going to have to spend their night preparing their legal case, not ripping out a critical safety project and central Brooklyn's only protected bike lane.
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