Comments on: Another Critical Mass Report from July http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/08/10/another-critical-mass-report-from-july/ 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: ddartley http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/08/10/another-critical-mass-report-from-july/comment-page-1/#comment-1086 ddartley Thu, 10 Aug 2006 14:44:53 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/08/10/another-critical-mass-report-from-july/#comment-1086 The video of the July CM that's posted on Bike Blog seems to show a lot of cops who are not thrilled about being made to follow illegitimate orders (i.e. to bust as many cyclists as possible, even if the charges don't hold up to even the slightest scrutiny). I like to take that as a sign of hope that the culture is improving among their troops. For our part, I wish we would blame the higher-ups more than the cops out there following terrible orders. I think that's PART of the picture. On a separate issue, about scooters, I can't resist repeating the comment I made on Bike Blog: How much energy, money,* greenhouse pollution, and thermal pollution would the City have saved if it had bought BIKES for all those cops instead of scooters (and cars)? * For buying the scooters in the first place, fueling them, and maintaining them, each of which is cheaper for bikes The video of the July CM that’s posted on Bike Blog seems to show a lot of cops who are not thrilled about being made to follow illegitimate orders (i.e. to bust as many cyclists as possible, even if the charges don’t hold up to even the slightest scrutiny). I like to take that as a sign of hope that the culture is improving among their troops. For our part, I wish we would blame the higher-ups more than the cops out there following terrible orders. I think that’s PART of the picture.

On a separate issue, about scooters, I can’t resist repeating the comment I made on Bike Blog:

How much energy, money,* greenhouse pollution, and thermal pollution would the City have saved if it had bought BIKES for all those cops instead of scooters (and cars)?

* For buying the scooters in the first place, fueling them, and maintaining them, each of which is cheaper for bikes

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