CitiBike riders will be able to access the $12 pass by using the code GRIDLOCK19 on the CitiBike app.Ĭlick here for more information about gridlock alert days, or here for more on the street closures.Though there's been no direct threats made against the event, the security worries are so broad that the New York Police Department has considered how it would stop assassins armed with poison or killer drones, according to the Associated Press. CitiBike will offer a 50% discount on its 3-day pass from Sept.As in past years, the existing protected bike lane on the east side of Second Avenue will be kept clear by NYPD, maintained as a travel lane to accommodate emergency vehicles and dignitary motorcades. Traffic and signage will delineate and direct cyclists to the temporary bikeway.
Along southbound Second Avenue, a temporary bike lane will be created between East 57th Street and East 41st Street, adjacent to the existing protected bike lane using both the travel lane and parking lane.No exit is available between East 40th and East 49th Streets. Cyclists are advised that the temporary bike lane is a tunnel thruway with no turns: ie. Barrels, signage, and tape will delineate the space for the temporary bikeway and direct cyclists where to travel.
Cyclists will be directed to use one northbound travel lane through the 1st Avenue tunnel where a temporary bikeway will then transition back to the existing protected bike lane at East 49th Street.