Advocates push for bike-pedestrian lane on Verrazano Bridge
Bicyclists and pedestrians should be able cross the Verrazano Bridge just like motorists do, according to a group of advocates pushing for a special lane to be installed on the Brooklyn-Staten Island span.
The Harbor Ring Committee will hold a rally for supporters of a Verrazano Bridge bicycle and pedestrian pathway on Saturday, Oct. 18 on the grounds of Alice Austen House on Staten Island, starting at 11 a.m.
The committee’s goal is to convince the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which supervises the bridge, to put funding for a walkway on each side of the bridge into its 2015-2019 Capital Budget Plan.