Comments on: Rally for Houston Street Buffered Bike Lanes http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/08/25/rally-for-houston-street-buffered-bike-lanes/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:48:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: PHOBIADDICT » Blog Archive » Misery Index - Weekend Edition http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/08/25/rally-for-houston-street-buffered-bike-lanes/comment-page-1/#comment-2251 PHOBIADDICT » Blog Archive » Misery Index - Weekend Edition Mon, 28 Aug 2006 15:29:39 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/08/25/rally-for-houston-street-buffered-bike-lanes/#comment-2251 [...] “Boulevard of Death” rally planned [StreetsBlog] [...] [...] “Boulevard of Death” rally planned [StreetsBlog] [...]

]]> By: Glenn http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/08/25/rally-for-houston-street-buffered-bike-lanes/comment-page-1/#comment-2146 Glenn Sat, 26 Aug 2006 22:10:33 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/08/25/rally-for-houston-street-buffered-bike-lanes/#comment-2146 Frank - While I mostly agree with you assessment, I have seen much improvement just over the last year and there are significant differences across the city based on local interest, political input and community board requests. So don't think it's impossible - you can have an impact on specific requests if you do the hard work necessary with your local community boards and neighborhood / block associations. But you are right that it's unfortunate that we have to go block by block, neighborhood by neighborhood to accomplish basic goals like increased safety. Frank - While I mostly agree with you assessment, I have seen much improvement just over the last year and there are significant differences across the city based on local interest, political input and community board requests. So don't think it's impossible - you can have an impact on specific requests if you do the hard work necessary with your local community boards and neighborhood / block associations.

But you are right that it's unfortunate that we have to go block by block, neighborhood by neighborhood to accomplish basic goals like increased safety.

]]> By: Frank http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/08/25/rally-for-houston-street-buffered-bike-lanes/comment-page-1/#comment-2116 Frank Sat, 26 Aug 2006 02:32:12 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/08/25/rally-for-houston-street-buffered-bike-lanes/#comment-2116 It's too bad that all we can do is "ask the DOT" to make these changes. It's too bad that this is the only lever we have to move this big, fat, lethargic, ass-covering, bureaucracy. The DOT has monopolistic control over the city's streets. Like any monopoly, DOT has no incentive to innovate or move quickly. It has no competition. Nothing pushing it that it can't readily ignore. The main driving force within DOT is to protect itself against law suits and complaints. Maybe we need a bunch of little DOT's competing with each other to make the best and most functional streets, rather than this one gigantic, non-moving, useless, monopolistic behemoth. It's too bad that all we can do is "ask the DOT" to make these changes. It's too bad that this is the only lever we have to move this big, fat, lethargic, ass-covering, bureaucracy. The DOT has monopolistic control over the city's streets. Like any monopoly, DOT has no incentive to innovate or move quickly. It has no competition. Nothing pushing it that it can't readily ignore. The main driving force within DOT is to protect itself against law suits and complaints. Maybe we need a bunch of little DOT's competing with each other to make the best and most functional streets, rather than this one gigantic, non-moving, useless, monopolistic behemoth.

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