It is not a steady state.
Angry city cyclists call out lane violations on Hudson Yards horse-drawn carriage drivers heading into Central Park.
Cyclists complained that the cars blocked the newly widened bike lane on 10th Avenue between West 38th and West 52nd streets, forcing them to slow down or get off the path entirely.
“I don’t want to be kicked by a horse,” said cyclist Dhaval Powar, 34, of Hells Kitchen. “I use the bike lane on 10th Ave almost every day. It is useful and makes me feel safer but not if the horseman is there.”
After that, the bike lane narrows again and the carriage merges back into the normal car lane.
A Post reporter observed 15 carriages down the congested route Friday, with 10 of them using the expanded bike path and five remaining on the road.
Some cyclists had to leave their dedicated lanes to go around slow-moving cars.
Cyclists complain that horse-drawn carriage drivers are blocking the widened bike lanes at Hudson Yards. James Messerschmidt Cyclists say they have to leave the bike lane to go around cars. Carriage driver James Messerschmidt claims riders have room to get around them. James Messerschmidt
Carriage driver Alex Eden Uzun, 30, told The Post that he regularly hears angry riders telling him to get off the route.
Rider Dhaval Powar, 34, of Hells Kitchen said he uses the 10th Avenue bike lane every day.
“It definitely doesn’t feel safe,” said Powar, adding: “I don’t want to be kicked by a horse!”
But Udun said carriage drivers do not have a good choice along the route and are subject to even where they steer.
If they use the car lane, taxis yell at them to run somewhere else.
“Taxis don’t like us because we’re slow. We only go 5 mph. It makes more sense for us to share the lane with bicycles instead of cars,” he said.
Local politicians called on the NYPD to cite cab drivers who use the lane. James Messerschmidt
Udun said he would rather lodge a rider’s complaint than put his horse at risk.
“It’s good for the horses and good for traffic,” he said. “Some cyclists shout ‘get out of the bike lane’ but we don’t occupy the entire bike lane. Cyclists can pass us easily.”
In addition, Udun argued that carriages clog up car traffic to move around two-bay trucks, which makes bike lanes a more attractive option.
He also stated that care e-bikes that use special lanes pose a much greater risk than their animals.
“We have seen so many electric bikes collide with pedestrians, it happens once or twice a week, but you will never see a horse accident with a pedestrian,” he said.
A cyclist supported his opinion, insisting that bike lanes can accommodate both animals and bikes.
“Better horses around cyclists than pothole drivers,” said Chad Tucker, a daily user of the 10th Ave bike lane.
Cyclists and horse-drawn carriages jostle for space on the streets of NYC. James Messerschmidt
Tucker, who used to be a carriage driver in Charleston, South Carolina, added: “It’s safer for the horses. Horses should be protected. “
But city councilman Erik Bottcher ripped the carriage drivers for using the route and called for the NYPD to intervene if necessary.
“Horsecarriage drivers use our bike lane as their private express lane to the Park. We just installed a bike lane on 10th Avenue and we got a lot of calls and people sending pictures of horse drawn carriages in the bike lane,” Bottcher said in a statement. “It’s called a bike lane, not a horse lane.”
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