Comments on: Great New Website: Get Outta MyBikeLane http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/09/great-new-website-get-out-of-my-bike-lane/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:31:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Bob99 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/09/great-new-website-get-out-of-my-bike-lane/comment-page-1/#comment-139561 Bob99 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:35:36 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/09/great-new-website-get-out-of-my-bike-lane/#comment-139561 Joe,These questions appear to be not dissimilar from your line on your Legacy incident. , Joe,These questions appear to be not dissimilar from your line on your Legacy incident. ,

]]> By: j http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/09/great-new-website-get-out-of-my-bike-lane/comment-page-1/#comment-5870 j Thu, 12 Oct 2006 11:47:59 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/09/great-new-website-get-out-of-my-bike-lane/#comment-5870 The other day I was rding home on the 10th Street bike path here in Manhattan. I rode across 1rst Ave and continued down 10th when this car drives into the bike path squeezing me between it and the parked cars on the side of the street. So I screemed at the driver that your driving in the bike lane and I continue. The car then drives parallel to me and there sat two undercover police officers. They ask me If I had a problem and then threatened that they'd break my neck. If only these kind of event could be documented for the record on put on a website. I think it be quite telling what the average cyclist has to contend with especially considering my respectful, law abiding, clean cut demeanor. The other day I was rding home on the 10th Street bike path here in Manhattan. I rode across 1rst Ave and continued down 10th when this car drives into the bike path squeezing me between it and the parked cars on the side of the street. So I screemed at the driver that your driving in the bike lane and I continue. The car then drives parallel to me and there sat two undercover police officers. They ask me If I had a problem and then threatened that they'd break my neck. If only these kind of event could be documented for the record on put on a website. I think it be quite telling what the average cyclist has to contend with especially considering my respectful, law abiding, clean cut demeanor.

]]> By: paola http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/09/great-new-website-get-out-of-my-bike-lane/comment-page-1/#comment-5705 paola Tue, 10 Oct 2006 16:45:00 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/09/great-new-website-get-out-of-my-bike-lane/#comment-5705 Maybe if Fed Ex and other businesses get enough complaints, they will get together and lobby to get the City to allocate curb space to them instead of to private vehicles. I'm sure at least Fed Ex and Fresh Direct and, god knows, Snapple, have a little more pull than the cycling community. It IS the City's problem, but they won't see it as such until businesses complain. Maybe if Fed Ex and other businesses get enough complaints, they will get together and lobby to get the City to allocate curb space to them instead of to private vehicles. I'm sure at least Fed Ex and Fresh Direct and, god knows, Snapple, have a little more pull than the cycling community.

It IS the City's problem, but they won't see it as such until businesses complain.

]]> By: Erik Feder http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/09/great-new-website-get-out-of-my-bike-lane/comment-page-1/#comment-5695 Erik Feder Tue, 10 Oct 2006 13:19:27 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/09/great-new-website-get-out-of-my-bike-lane/#comment-5695 That site is a great idea. The sad thing is, there places to street-park in Manhattan, if you know where to look. Taking up space in a bike lane isn't just rude, it's plain lazy. That site is a great idea. The sad thing is, there places to street-park in Manhattan, if you know where to look. Taking up space in a bike lane isn't just rude, it's plain lazy.

]]> By: anon http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/09/great-new-website-get-out-of-my-bike-lane/comment-page-1/#comment-5676 anon Tue, 10 Oct 2006 02:02:21 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/09/great-new-website-get-out-of-my-bike-lane/#comment-5676 I love the site too. But until the culture changes some lines on the road don't mean a thing. I think some people park there intentionally because it's for bikes, with their thinking that bikes are for idiots so it doesnt matter, what's the harm. They don't even know they are being rude. I love the site too. But until the culture changes some lines on the road don't mean a thing. I think some people park there intentionally because it's for bikes, with their thinking that bikes are for idiots so it doesnt matter, what's the harm. They don't even know they are being rude.

]]> By: Aaron http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/09/great-new-website-get-out-of-my-bike-lane/comment-page-1/#comment-5675 Aaron Tue, 10 Oct 2006 02:02:16 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/09/great-new-website-get-out-of-my-bike-lane/#comment-5675 I actually see this as more the city's problem than FedEx's. Trucks need to make deliveries in NYC. Lots of them. Delivery trucks should have priority over curbside street space ahead of private motor vehicles. More curbside space should be set aside in business areas for delivery trucks. One of the reasons why FedEx is sitting on top of the bike lane is because it has no other place to park and do deliveries during the day. This is because the city isn't managing and valuing curbside street space properly. We're just giving this space away at rates far below market and letting people store their private motor vehicles there. I actually see this as more the city's problem than FedEx's. Trucks need to make deliveries in NYC. Lots of them. Delivery trucks should have priority over curbside street space ahead of private motor vehicles. More curbside space should be set aside in business areas for delivery trucks. One of the reasons why FedEx is sitting on top of the bike lane is because it has no other place to park and do deliveries during the day. This is because the city isn't managing and valuing curbside street space properly. We're just giving this space away at rates far below market and letting people store their private motor vehicles there.

]]> By: naomi http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/09/great-new-website-get-out-of-my-bike-lane/comment-page-1/#comment-5674 naomi Tue, 10 Oct 2006 01:39:04 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/09/great-new-website-get-out-of-my-bike-lane/#comment-5674 I emailed Fed Ex a complaint with all the info about the trucks on the MyBikeLane site. About a week after my complaint, they phoned me to follow up. For others who want to complain, the number that showed up on my phone is 404-325-2479. They want license plate number, date, approx. time and intersection. Supposedly the manager for that district will be notified of the problem with that truck, but it's anybody's guess if that'll translate into changed behavior. If that isn't an actual number, you can also email https://www.fedex.com/cgi-bin/qrf2.cgi?link=4&first=y&formpage=general Or call 1-800-Go FedEx. I emailed Fed Ex a complaint with all the info about the trucks on the MyBikeLane site. About a week after my complaint, they phoned me to follow up.

For others who want to complain, the number that showed up on my phone is 404-325-2479. They want license plate number, date, approx. time and intersection. Supposedly the manager for that district will be notified of the problem with that truck, but it's anybody's guess if that'll translate into changed behavior.

If that isn't an actual number, you can also email https://www.fedex.com/cgi-bin/qrf2.cgi?link=4&first=y&formpage=general
Or call 1-800-Go FedEx.

]]> By: Jason http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/09/great-new-website-get-out-of-my-bike-lane/comment-page-1/#comment-5652 Jason Mon, 09 Oct 2006 16:39:39 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/09/great-new-website-get-out-of-my-bike-lane/#comment-5652 hey thats my photo! i love greg's site because it catalogs the offenders by license plate # and by location i can't even count how many times i see poople parked in a bike lane when there is an empty place on the other side of the road - clearly they are scared of getting a ticket for standing in a no standing zone... but isn't a bike lane a no standing zone? where are the cops on this one...i saw two delivery cans parked on the sidewalk in brooklyn (henry st.) on friday on the sidewalk! hey thats my photo! i love greg's site because it catalogs the offenders by license plate # and by location

i can't even count how many times i see poople parked in a bike lane when there is an empty place on the other side of the road - clearly they are scared of getting a ticket for standing in a no standing zone... but isn't a bike lane a no standing zone? where are the cops on this one...i saw two delivery cans parked on the sidewalk in brooklyn (henry st.) on friday

on the sidewalk!

]]> By: ianqui http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/09/great-new-website-get-out-of-my-bike-lane/comment-page-1/#comment-5651 ianqui Mon, 09 Oct 2006 15:40:56 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/09/great-new-website-get-out-of-my-bike-lane/#comment-5651 Just so y'all know, <a href="http://brooklynramblings.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Shield</a> has had a flickr group called <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/14274593@N00/" rel="nofollow">"Cars in Bike Lanes"</a> for a while. Same basic premise. Maybe they can combine forces for the greater good. Just so y'all know, Shield has had a flickr group called "Cars in Bike Lanes" for a while. Same basic premise. Maybe they can combine forces for the greater good.

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