“Floating Parking” & Bike-Buffer Zones in Separated Cycletracks
While we were out videotaping for another Streetfilm, Gary Toth the Director of Transportation Initiatives with Project for Public Spaces (his resume includes 34 years of management experience at NJDOT) took a moment to give a short explanation on what “floating parking” is, why using it is a very smart budgetary decision by the NYC DOT, and why a buffer-zone exists between exiting drivers and cyclists.
We hope this Streetfilm is a great resource that will help ally many fears this new concept (in the U.S. anyway) is experiencing in some cities. It shows after a very brief adjustment period that drivers do grasp it. Along the way you’ll see ample, helpful footage of some of the many configurations of the NYC’s new complete streets in Brooklyn and Manhattan.
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