Truck runs over biker on NYC's Upper East Side

Truck runs over biker on NYC's Upper East Side
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Carling Mott, 28, was riding a Citi Bike when she was killed by a semi-trailer truck on Tuesday morning
She was biking in between parked cars and the truck in the absence of a bike lane
In 2016, Woody Allen reportedly objected to a proposal to have a bike lane set up on 85th Street, where Mott was killed
He said he was against the proposal because bike lane would not be set up 'in a graceful way'
Other complaints involved slow traffic on the block, speeding traffic at other times, and the presence of residential buildings, clinics, and schools nearby

Film director Woody Allen and his neighbors living on Manhattan's Upper East Side are facing backlash for not voting in favor of setting up a bike lane in the area back in 2016 after a cyclist was fatally hit by a truck on East 85th Street on Tuesday.

Carling Mott, 28, and a resident living on 84th Street, was riding a Citi Bike at around 11 a.m. towards Madison Avenue between parked cars and a semi-trailer truck that had just started to move on a green signal when she was struck and killed.
In 2016, Allen reportedly objected to a proposal from New York City's Department of Transportation's to Community Board 8 to have six bike lanes across the Upper East Side that would go through East 84th and 85th Streets, as well as East 78th, 77th, 68th and 67th Streets, according to several local news outlets.

His reason for standing against the proposal was because bike lanes could not be set up 'in a graceful way.'

The bike lanes would have also gone through Lexington, Park and Madison Avenue, where Mott was killed, a diagram from New York City's Department of Transportation shows.

The single lanes would have also been color-coded in paint, similar to others in the city, but no barriers would have separated bikers from cars.

Residents, including Allen, however, expressed their concerns about putting bike lanes on 84th Street between Fifth and Madison, a block that they said has been restriped for the M86-SBS route, according to Patch.

There were also a number of people concerned about the block of 84th Street between Madison and Park Avenues, which was closed to vehicular traffic for part of the day at the time.