When Janette Sadik-Khan was hired as chief transportation official for New York City in 2007, she took a page out of Denmark’s playbook and created America’s first parking-protected bike lane, right in the middle of downtown Manhattan.

A parking protected bike lane created a buffer between the traffic of cars, trucks and buses and cyclists. But it also eliminated parking spots.

The protected lanes didn’t just make the streets safer for those on bikes; they also improved traffic flow for vehicles and spurred increased retail sales for businesses nearby.

You can read more about the 9th avenue protected bike lane pilot program here:
https://nacto.org/case-study/ninth-av…

And you read a full study on all of the data used in this video here:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads…

Here is a full inventory of all implemented + planned protected cycle tracks in New York City:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads…