DOT Redesign Delays — Canal Street East + W. 72nd Bike Lane Pushed Back After Pushback

Two Streetsblog reports (Aug 27, Sept 14) document Mamdani DOT delaying safety redesigns after opposition: W. 72nd Street bike lane pushed to 2027 amid lawsuit threat, then Canal Street East redesign kicked to 2027-or-later after car-focused pushback. Days after the Canal delay, a truck driver killed a 77-year-old man and critically injured his daughter at the Manhattan Bridge off-ramp — the exact stretch DOT declined to prioritize despite its own data (190 KSI east half vs 122 west half over 5 years). Cuts against campaign promise of faster, safer street redesigns.