Why protected bike lanes are more valuable than parking spaces
America’s first parking-protected bike lane came to New York City in 2007. Here’s what happened next.
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When Janette Sadik-Khan was hired as chief transportation official for New York City in 2007, she took a page out of Denmark’s playbook and created America’s first parking-protected bike lane, right in the middle of downtown Manhattan.
A parking protected bike lane created a buffer between the traffic of cars, trucks and buses and cyclists. But it also eliminated parking spots.
The protected lanes didn’t just make the streets safer for those on bikes; they also improved traffic flow for vehicles and spurred increased retail sales for businesses nearby.
You can read more about the 9th avenue protected bike lane pilot program here:
https://nacto.org/case-study/ninth-avenue-complete-street-new-york-city/
And you read a full study on all of the data used in this video here:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/cycling-in-the-city.pdf
Here is a full inventory of all implemented + planned protected cycle tracks in New York City:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/nyc-protected-bike-lanes.pdf
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@Pancito49
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 am
In Nevada when studying for your drivers license there are NO QUESTIONS about bicycles 🚲 and right aways. I livid in Latin America 30 years and they don’t like bicycles and don’t respect their rights in the streets and ridding around Las Vegas I can tell you , you take your life in your hands and the police always fault the bicyclist. You have no chance.
@EvaristeWK
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 am
Who’s here after Doug Ford proposed removing bike lanes in Toronto?
@robvegart
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 am
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@marcoferrao
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 am
If Paris can do it, than New York can do it as well. If New Your can do it, than any other big city in the world can do it as well. These cities are role models.
@samuelspace101
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 am
0:37 I can’t believe Portland, a city of 600k people is beating both Los Angeles and Chicago in bike commuters, in total.
Oregon do love there bikes.
(Portland also has the highest percentage of bikers for any city over 500k population, being 4th most biked city if you include city’s over 100k population.)
@saladman8745
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 am
six years ago but still so relevant
@JustinJamesJeep
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 am
Maybe an follow up to this video soon?
@badabing8884
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 am
This isn’t just an American city problem. This is a car centric way of thinking and Governments have no real incentive to prioritise cycling. It is just tacked on where it is convenient and cost effective . A painted line is treated as cycling infrastructure, wands instead of proper protection from traffic and shared paths with few rules of how to share – just dodge around and not know where pedestrians can walk – often with cans over their ears.
@thurstonrider
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 am
Just think, bike lanes would not be neccessary if it wasn't for increased motor vehicles on the roadways. Not to mention increased aggressive/reckless driving. No wonder many ppl in the 20th Century never got on a bicycle with the exceptions of the courageous few who did.
@coopaloopmex
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 am
Make New York, Amsterdam Again. and…well…yeah!
@thomasciarlariello
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 am
dystopian
@chiefbear7617
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 am
NYC is the best city in earth
@jazzfan7491
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 am
This person has a great outlook
@Liazon098
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 am
I click because I saw a Toyota Previa
@mavadoroaster
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 am
Agenda 21
@Rikimkigsck
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 am
I just hate seeing cars especially parked ones
@TrangNguyen-oi5vf
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 am
yes
@realityblooms
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 am
Bring this to Philly!
@KDemosh
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 am
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@GaryThomann-CoGC
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 am
women and children take up is the success kpi :}
@Square31
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 am
There has never been a good bike lane. Ever. Cause too many issues and cause too much traffic. Those that say otherwise are just liars.
@thewheelexplorer
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 am
Pure genius. Pure logic. Let’s hope Cities all over the world take notice
@rubidot
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 am
Everyone I knew who biked to work were hit by cars, some were hit multiple times.
@flightmasterr231
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 am
Moral of the story: don't bike on the sidewalk. You will get hit and you will deserve it
@peace-hu5pn
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 am
Amsterdam has Golden standard
@marcielynn4886
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 am
Wish we had this, not even one bikepath.
@LeviCoster
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 am
as a dutch i think why do you worrie so much we have biking lanes evrewhere
@raybon7939
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 am
If it were up to me luckily for cars it isn't.
Cuase I utterly despise cars.
If it were up to me tonight not even
Tommorow morning. Tonight
I'd kick all cars out of every down town in this Country.
@kayaguvendi
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 am
They should ban cars in all boroughs except emergency vehicles.
@turtle4llama
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 am
Cries in Californian
@sgemus
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 am
LOVE THIS VIDEO!
@yixnorb5971
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 am
First there were horses. Then there were bikes. Then there were cars. Enter bike lanes…….now bikes trump parking. Is that progress?
@leninmercedes6567
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 am
Now if only get cyclist to use the bike lane properly. Like riding with traffic. Not against. And stopping at red lights. As a cyclist…….. i follow all bike laws.
@mosinc7388
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 am
This doesn't work in any other city in the US except maybe Chicago.
@topphatt1312
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 am
"B-but MuH PaRkInG!?!"
@JustaGuy_Gaming
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 am
I think another factor people often ignore is E-Bikes. It really let a lot of people who were not physically fit enough ride a bike. Or even just let you ride a bike easily, and thus not arrive to work all sweaty.
@Skyfoogle
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 am
protected bike lanes and on-street parking go hand in hand. parked cars are a great barrier between cyclists and traffic.
@fedordegroot2599
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 am
Bicycle Dutch and Not Just Bikes are nice channels to find out more about the Dutch approach. (Not mine channels).
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