NEW YORK—A narrow elevated pathway, reaching at most 16 feet wide, is currently split into four lanes for pedestrians and cyclists to cross the Brooklyn Bridge.
The lanes are “notoriously congested,” Councilwoman Margaret Chin said.
Council members Brad Lander, Margaret Chin, Stephen Levin, and transportation advocates, held a press conference in front of the bridge Tuesday. They announced an engineering and design competition, to expand the pedestrian-bike pathway by three times. The width of bridge’s elevated pathway is currently 8 to 16 feet.
Three-quarters of the expanded space would be for pedestrians, and one-quarter for cyclists. The expansion would not affect the car lanes below or close down the bridge.
