2016/09 – Bike Bridge comparison

Addendum (in progress)

Tappan Zee
NYS Throughway Authority, 2018
Current bike-ped path use – N/A
Current bike-ped path width – NA
Projected peak use – 473 cyclists-peds per hour (2018)
Projected width – 12’
Estimated cost – $400 million
% of total project cost – 10%

r12Nyack demands action on TZB, LoHud News –http://tinyurl.com/zaoatmq


Tilikum Crossing
TriMet, Portland, 2015
Bike-ped path width – 2 x 14’
Traffic Count:
Cost: $135 million
bike bed paths % of total project cost – 40%

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Brooklyn Bridge
New York City DOT, 2024 (est.)
Current peak use: 358 cyclists + 1511 peds per hour
Current bike-ped path width: 10-17’
Projected bike path peak use: 700 cyclists/ 35 peds per hour (2024)
Projected bike path width – 14’
Projected cost: “costly and complex”
% of total cost – 33%

BB-NYCDOTBrooklyn Bridge May Get An Expansion, NYT – http://tinyurl.com/jv8bxfn


Bayonne Bridge
PANYNJ, 2018
Current peak bike-ped traffic – 200 users per day
Current width – 6’
Projected bike/ped traffic – 200 per day (2015)
Projected width – 12’
Length – 1.1 miles
Projected cost of bike-ped path – $135 million
% of total cost – 8.8%
Major construction work SI PA bridges, SI Advance – http://tinyurl.com/j225dhh
Bayonne Bridge Closed To Pedestrians And Cyclists, WGBO – http://tinyurl.com/j6uajym


Goethals Bridge
PANYNJ, 2018
Current bike-ped traffic – N/A
Current bike-ped width: N/A
Projected bike/ped traffic (2018) – ??
Projected width – 10’
Projected cost of path – $135 million
% of total cost – 7.6%

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$1.5B Goethals will provide bike paths to NJ – NY Daily News http://tinyurl.com/jm7f5at


Kosciuszko Bridge
(Brooklyn-Queens) – NY State DOT
Current bike ped use – N/A
Current bike ped width – N/A
Projected bike-ped use – ??
Projected bike-ped width – 20’ wide
Projected cost of path – $55.5 million
% of total project cost – 10%

Kosciuszko.NYSDOTNYS DOT presentation to NYCTCC, 7/28/2016 – http://tinyurl.com/hroqxhs


San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge, Eastern Span
2013
Peak bike-ped traffic – XXX cyclists and XX peds-runners per hour
Path width – 15.5’
Path length – 2.2 miles
Cost of path (PA) – $XX million
% of total project cost – X.X%

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George Washington Bridge
PANYNJ, 2024
Current peak bike-ped traffic – 538 cyclists and 95 peds-runners per hour
Current path width – 6.75’
Projected peak bike/ped traffic (2024) – 1143 cyclists + 60 peds-runners per hour
Projected path width – 6.75’
Path length – 1.1 miles
Projected cost of path (PA) – $10-20 million (excluding anti-suicide barrier)
% of total project cost – 1.3%

CAB178 - AMMAN & WHITNEYThroughput, Complete George – http://tinyurl.com/z56kruy

Williamsburge Bridge

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