the city by bicycle. as jonathan bloom explains the city wants to make that safer.nd polk street and you might have stories to tell. . >> i was hit by a car in a month. . >> i had to have ears sewn back together. >> in a hearing, they told stories to the mta, putting a face on a sobering statistic. >> why engineers worked up a plan to make it safer on bike and on foot. >> we know we can make a difference. >> we're concerned that people from outside of the neighborhood are going to make change that's affect the neighborhood. >> one coalitionsed worries it will take away something else. >> it's already in a critical level. >> more tow away would make it worse. makes it almost impossible to live in the neighborhood. >> people need to sit down with deputy sheriffs. >> if you try to please everyone, you might please no one. >> i don't think this plan goes far enough to protect vulnerable diseases of the and you'll need to go into the drawing board. until next month. and a casino bus has been pulled over because there has been smoke seen billowing out of the back of the b

the city by bicycle. as jonathan bloom explains the city wants to make that safer.ike around polk street and you might have stories to tell. . >> i was hit by a car in a month. . >> i had to have ears sewn back together. >> in a hearing, they told stories to the mta, putting a face on a sobering statistic. >> why engineers worked up a plan to make it safer on bike and on foot. >> we know we can make a difference. >> we're concerned that people from outside of the neighborhood are going to make change that's affect the neighborhood. >> one coalitionsed worries it will take away something else. >> it's already in a critical level. >> more tow away would make it worse. makes it almost impossible to live in the neighborhood. >> people need to sit down with deputy sheriffs. >> if you try to please everyone, you might please no one. >> i don't think this plan goes far enough to protect vulnerable diseases of the and you'll need to go into the drawing board. until next month. and a casino bus has been pulled over because there has been smoke seen billowing out of the back

the city by bicycle. as nbc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom explains the city wants to make that process safer. >> reportermight come away with stories to tell. >> two weeks ago i was hit on my bike. i was hit four times by a car in one month. >> i had to have my ear sewn back together. my jaw was broken in three places. >> reporter: cyclists told those stories to mta putting a face on a sobering stat inging statistic. engineers have worked up a plan to make polk street safer. green lanes like the one that's already at the end of polk street would keep bikes separate from cars. they would even have their own traffic lights. >> we know we can make a difference with the safety improvements we're proposing. >> we're concerned that people from outside of the neighborhood are going to make drastic changes that affect the neighborhood negatively. >> a coalition called save polk street worries adding bike lanes will take away too much of something else. >> street parking is hard to come by in our neighborhood. it's already at a critical level. >> reporter: the current plan would take away 110 parking spaces. that

the city by bicycle. as abc7 news reporter jonathan bloom explains, the city wants to make the paths a whole lot safer. >>reet and you might come away with some stories to tell. >> two weeks ago i was hit on my bike. >> i was hit four times by a car in one month. >> i had to have my ear sewn back together. >> my jaw was broken in three places. >> at a public hearing cyclists told those stories to the mta, putting a face on a sobering statistic. >> polk street is one of the 6% of city streets that account for 60% of the collisions. >> it's why engineers have worked up a plan to make polk street safer on bike and foot. >> there's a plan to make it safer on bike and on foot. >> this will be green. >> green lanes, like the one that's already at the end of polk street, would keep bikes separate from cars and they would have their own traffic lights. >> we know we can make improvements with the safety improvements we are proposing. >> but not everyone agrees. >> we are concerned people from outside of the neighborhood will make drastic decisions that will affect the neighborhood negatively. >> a coalition calle

the city by bicycle. as abc7 news reporter jonathan bloom explains, the city wants to make the paths a whole lot safer. >> and you might come away with some stories to tell. >> two weeks ago i was hit on my bike. i was hit four times by a car in one month. >> my jaw was broken in three places. >> at a public hearing cyclists told those stories in the mta putting a face on a sobering statistic. >> polk street is one of the 6% of city streets that account for 60% of the collisions. >> there's a plan to make it safer on bike and on foot. >> this will be green. >> green lanes like the one that's already at the end of polk street would keep bikes separate from cars and they would have their own traffic lights. >> we know we can make improvements with the safety improvements we are proposing. >> but not everyone agrees. >> we are concerned people from outside of the neighborhood will make drastic be neighborhood that will affect the neighborhood negatively. >> they are worried adding bike lanes will take away too much of something else. >> the street parking is very hard to come by in our neighborhood. it's alr