While we know what the NYC DOT actually means with this sign in the East Village, it is still giving off a mixed message to the many ignorant drivers of motor vehicles of pass through New York City.
The sign is meant to tell bicyclists that they are in fact going in the wrong direction, much the same way that there are signs on the exits of highways that say “wrong way.” However, those highway signs don’t say, “cars/trucks wrong way.”
So if you hop, skip and jump with me here, due to the this sign having a bike on it, this sign can also be misread by drivers as saying that bicycling is indeed the wrong way to get about town — when in fact, bicycling is a great way to get around town, once you get a seat that doesn’t hurt your bottom.
