Comments on: Other Cities’ Mayors on Bicycling http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/06/29/other-cities-mayors-on-bicycling/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tom Brice http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/06/29/other-cities-mayors-on-bicycling/comment-page-1/#comment-529 Tom Brice Fri, 30 Jun 2006 22:15:10 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/06/29/other-cities-mayors-on-bicycling/#comment-529 why doesnt Bloomberg ever say anything? why doesnt Bloomberg ever say anything?

]]> By: Different DOT guy http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/06/29/other-cities-mayors-on-bicycling/comment-page-1/#comment-523 Different DOT guy Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:07:57 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/06/29/other-cities-mayors-on-bicycling/#comment-523 Good question. Could be politics -- is our commissioner untouchable? Could be the culture - transportation issues are NOT at the forefront of the majority of average NYC'ers minds, for whatever reasons - historical accident? I dunno. Could be the entire civil service system - are New Yorkers just used to having uninspired bureaucrats at the upper levels of our city agencies who have no incentives to perform efficiently or innovatively and no disincentive to slack? Good question. Could be politics — is our commissioner untouchable?

Could be the culture – transportation issues are NOT at the forefront of the majority of average NYC’ers minds, for whatever reasons – historical accident? I dunno.

Could be the entire civil service system – are New Yorkers just used to having uninspired bureaucrats at the upper levels of our city agencies who have no incentives to perform efficiently or innovatively and no disincentive to slack?

]]> By: Aaron http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/06/29/other-cities-mayors-on-bicycling/comment-page-1/#comment-522 Aaron Thu, 29 Jun 2006 17:24:20 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/06/29/other-cities-mayors-on-bicycling/#comment-522 But DOT guy, leadership is so easy and inexpensive. To start, all Mayor Bloomberg has to do is SAY SOMETHING. Why, on this issue, do we not have leadership here in New York, you think? But DOT guy, leadership is so easy and inexpensive. To start, all Mayor Bloomberg has to do is SAY SOMETHING. Why, on this issue, do we not have leadership here in New York, you think?

]]> By: DOT Guy http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/06/29/other-cities-mayors-on-bicycling/comment-page-1/#comment-521 DOT Guy Thu, 29 Jun 2006 16:45:05 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/06/29/other-cities-mayors-on-bicycling/#comment-521 This is New York! Wake up! This is not London, Chicago, Paris, Bogota or a multitude of other cities with real transportation leadership. This is New York! Wake up! This is not London, Chicago, Paris, Bogota or a multitude of other cities with real transportation leadership.

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