If you can't be bothered to make some personal observation about the story why should you expect anyone else to be bothered enough to jump through logistical hoops to do so? I haven't lived in NYC in about 10 years. At that time it was possible to commute with some dispatch from outer bourghs into the City Center. I don't hold out much hope for new protected bike infrastructure to be intelligently deployed. It's been tried before. And the lanes had to be destroyed after they proved to be an absolute disaster for all concerned. NYC is an old city. Built when automobiles were not yet a thing. It really is time for the City to just say no to non-essential vehicle traffic during dawn to dusk operations. That may not work in other cities, even smaller ones than NYC but such a plane could work there.