SIMILAR SITUATION ON CHRYSTIE @ DELANCEY

Now that it is illegal to turn left unto Delancey Street (which primarily serves the Brooklyn-bound Williamsburgh Bridge) from both southbound Allen and Essex Streets, there is ever increasing congestion on the turning lanes of Bowery and Chrystie Streets instead. Each of them has only one and the green arrow for them is extremely short lived. The wait is then made excruciatingly long by motorists who aren't alert or familiar with the traffic pattern. You need both hands to count the number of light cycles typically wasted on this essential turn for vehicles heading over the bridge, and it spills into the right lane, causing delays for vehicles heading straight through the intersection. 

Since nobody understands the expression "TIME IS MONEY" more than a cabbie, we are often the ones that are caught in cop traps like the following one, which has become an ALL DAY, EVERYDAY pastime for one particular patrol car. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TURN LEFT FROM THE RIGHT LANE when approaching DELANCEY from southbound CHRYSTIE STREET. They hang out just beyond the intersection and WILL KNOCK OUT your livelihood for the day, not to mention the points! If you are in a rush to get on the bridge, a simple little secret could potentially work out. I'm talking about a smaller vertical southbound street: Ludlow! Try it out by getting on it at Houston Street and see how smooth the left turn unto Delancey becomes. There really aren't any other little streets which allow for this. Any closer to the bridge and the median is closed. Any further away and you encounter thicker traffic, though you may wanna try your luck on Mott Street, which provides access from Houston Street to Kenmare Street (which becomes Delancey past the Bowery).