Study Shows Manhattan Bike Lanes Benefit Business, Safety
A new article talks about how the implementation of bike lanes in Manhattan has been beneficial to both the safety of cyclists and to those businesses near the lanes. The report was compiled by the New York’s Transportation Department, who looked into the receipts of businesses that operate in the vicinity of bike lanes. And because both bicycle lanes and pedestrian medians make drivers slow down a bit, crash rates have also tended to go down.
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