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Someone commenting on Streetsblog wrote this:

I wonder if the new Brooklyn protected lane Jane Brody is referring to is 4th Av going north from 9th St. Speeding drivers making both right and left turns eastbound have no idea there’s a bike lane in there, and you have to assume they won’t see you and yield if you don’t want to die. Bicyclists’ ability to see out past the parked cars is also terrible. In the morning, the sidewalk is indeed full of “inattentive“ pedestrians, often staggering in the bike lane staring at their phones with headphones on (kids on the way to school from the subway), which is just as dangerous as the cars given the especially narrow bike lane. I agree this protected lane is not worth using, and prefer nearby avenues for their visibility despite double parking.