Queens judge puts hold on plan for new Long Island City bike plans

It's unclear if the city Department of Transportation could install the bike lanes this year, after the judge said it needs an environmental review.

A state judge has put a project to add bike lanes through an industrial section of Long Island City on pause after businesses along the stretch claimed the process to redesign the roads went through illegally.

It’s part of the department’s bigger “Green Wave” initiative, which seeks to build 30 miles of protected bike lanes every year and improve street safety in all five boroughs. In Justice Kevin J. Kerrigan’s decision to issue a temporary restraining order on Friday, he said the transportation department violated the city environmental review process.

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