Rally for Verrazzano Summer Streets!

Join us as we get together and rally for bike and pedestrian access to the Verrazzano Bridge!

The MTA is stubborn! They’ve already poured cold water on the idea, expecting us to give up and go home. Let’s show them that it’s going to be different this time!

Verrazzano Summer Streets is opening access to a lane of the Verrazzano Bridge for pedestrians and cycling in the summer.

All across New York City, there is demand for non-automobile access to the major crossings, including the George Washington Bridge, which spans the Hudson River and is as far from Downtown/Midtown as the Verrazzano is. The MTA — the agency that inherited the Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority from the famously anti-pedestrian and anti-bike planner Robert Moses — controls the key crossings between outer boroughs, yet is an extreme outlier in the region for providing pedestrian and bike access.

This proposal recommends repurposing the right Staten Island-bound lane on the lower level, as it has the easiest access points on both sides of the bridge.