NYC’s plan for 500 unsightly bike lockers leaves locals wheelie confused as cost could be $26M
The Big Apple’s plan to install 500 bike lockers all over the five boroughs could cost $26 million — as locals are wheelie annoyed at the latest assault on city streets that could gobble up hundreds of parking spaces. The Department of Transportation has been asking New Yorkers where to put the lockers, which each hold six bikes and cost an estimated $52,000 a piece, but many Manhattanites told The Post they’d had enough of reckless delivery drivers and e-bikes turning the borough into a no-holds-barred boulevard.
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The Big Apple’s plan to install 500 bike lockers all over the five boroughs could cost $26 million — as locals are wheelie annoyed at the latest assault on city streets that could gobble up hundreds of parking spaces. The Department of Transportation has been asking New Yorkers where to put the lockers, which each hold six bikes and cost an estimated $52,000 a piece, but many Manhattanites told The Post they’d had enough of reckless delivery drivers and e-bikes turning the borough into a no-holds-barred boulevard. Maybe in Brooklyn?” Upper West Side resident Susan Lennon said when The Post asked her where the lockers should be placed. “Over there is a problem with delivery bikes,” Lennon said, pointing to the McDonald’s at the intersection of Broadway and Tenth Avenue.
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- The Big Apple’s plan to install 500 bike lockers all over the five boroughs could cost $26 million — as locals are wheelie annoyed at the latest assault on city streets that could gobble up hundreds of parking spaces. The Department of Transportation has been asking New Yorkers where to put the lockers, which each hold six bikes and cost an estimated $52,000 a piece, but many Manhattanites told The Post they’d had enough of reckless delivery drivers and e-bikes turning the borough into a no-holds-barred boulevard.
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