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Mamdani built his mayoralty on undoing Eric Adams. Three blocks of a Williamsburg bike lane are the exception, and cyclist injuries there are up 44 percent

Mayor Zohran Mamdani has yet to restore a protected bike lane on three blocks of Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, despite campaign promises; cyclist injuries rose 44% after its removal under Eric Adams.

Mamdani built his mayoralty on undoing Eric Adams. Three blocks of a Williamsburg bike lane are the exception, and cyclist injuries there are up 44 percent

Mayor Zohran Mamdani has yet to restore a protected bike lane on three blocks of Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, despite campaign promises; cyclist injuries rose 44% after its removal under Eric Adams.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani has spent nearly seven months unwinding Eric Adams’s decisions, but one three-block stretch of Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg keeps getting left out, and the city’s own numbers say cyclists are getting hurt because of it.

Asked at a press conference on Monday, July 13, why he still hasn’t followed through on his campaign pledge to restore the protected bike lane that Adams ripped out, Mamdani…

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Filed underBedford Avenue / Bike lane / Brooklyn / Cyclist Safety / eric adams / Williamsburg / Zohran Mamdani

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