Last Updated on November 30, 2014 by Lawrence Berezin

A NYC street has become a maze of bike lanes, bus lanes, and travel lanes

Bike lanes and bus lanes are permanent fixtures on the roadways of New York City, and the Evil Empire has put them to work to raise money for our fair city. Parking rules and operating rules differ between bus lanes and bike lanes. For example, you cannot enter a bike lane to stop temporarily and drop off your Aunt Tilly. However, you can enter a bus lane to quickly drop off a passenger.

Here are some common mistakes we all make trying to navigate these lanes.

You don’t execute the first right hand turn after entering a bus lane

You are required to make the first right hand turn after entering a bus lane. If you continue through the first intersection you come upon, it’s a one way ticket to

You stand or park in a bus lane during hours of operation

This bad behavior will cost you a NYC parking ticket ranging from $115 to $150. Remember, bus lanes are enforced by increased police surveillance and bus lane cameras. Darth Vader is watching.

You don’t know the difference between “curbside” and “floating” bus lanes

A picture is worth…Well, you know.

 

Standing or parking at the curb are not allowed during hours of operation in a curbside bus lane.

You don’t know the purpose of a “mixing” zone in a bike lane

The picture thing again…

 

A “mixing” zone is a designated area between a normal travel lane and bike lane where you are permitted to make a turn across a bike lane.

You don’t know the purpose of a “floating” lane in a bike lane

Guess what’s coming?

A “floating” bike lane separates moving cars from bicyclists. These lanes are to be used for parking your chariot.

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All stakeholders in the streets of NYC must learn how to live together, safely.

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