Don’t ask about the details.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Friday morning that he wants to finish off four bus and bike lane projects that were stalled under the Adams administration, although his office was unable to provide how many miles they plan to add across the Big Apple.
“And in honor of Valentine’s Day, we will show our buses and bikes the love that they deserve as we stand on this bus not moving much faster than it would otherwise,” Mamdani said, noting that he plans for bus times to pick up by 20% due to the slated work.
While the mayor made the flashy announcement on a stalled MTA bus in the Fordham Road section of The Bronx, his press office took three hours to clarify that the work would ultimately add three miles of new or upgraded bus lanes there.
Details about the size and scope of the other three projects included in the plans weren’t readily available either. A City Hall spokesperson referred The Post’s inquiry to the city Department of Transportation, which has not respond to requests for clarification.
DOT is required to release and fulfill a master plan every five years that addresses everything from protected bike and bus lanes to redesigned intersections in New York City.
When both MTA head honcho Janno Lieber and Mamdani were asked a question about the mayor’s proposed free bus pilot running over the summer during the FIFA World Cup, the mayor spewed a word-salad response that lacked any details about the potential pilot program.
“I firmly believe in the importance of making our buses free. I’ve also always talked about the importance, alongside that, of making them fast,” Mamdani said.
The street changes, which are supposed to be implemented by springtime, include:
- Installing over 14 bike lanes across southern Brooklyn nabes like Flatbush, Ditmas Park and Midwood
- Installing bus lanes along Fordham Road between Sedgwick Avenue and Boston Road
- Completing the last block of a protected bike lane on Ashland Place in Fort Greene, converting a two-way street to a one-way street with a two-way protected bike lane
- Installing a new protected bike lane loop surrounding Wingate Park and bike lanes along the corridors from East New York Avenue to Wingate Park at Winthrop Street