Comments on: City to Unveil ‘Look’ Bike Safety Campaign http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/09/18/city-to-unveil-look-bike-safety-campaign/ 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: Lookout http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/09/18/city-to-unveil-look-bike-safety-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-37447 Lookout Mon, 24 Sep 2007 03:46:49 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/09/18/city-to-unveil-look-bike-safety-campaign/#comment-37447 The Central Park Precinct Community Council is holding "an important meeting to catch up on events in Central Park" this Tuesday, 9/25, 7-9 pm at the West Side YMCA, 5 West 63rd. Among other things, a precinct rep will report on police activity in the park "and answer your questions regarding police issues." The Central Park Precinct Community Council is holding “an important meeting to catch up on events in Central Park” this Tuesday, 9/25, 7-9 pm at the West Side YMCA, 5 West 63rd. Among other things, a precinct rep will report on police activity in the park “and answer your questions regarding police issues.”

]]> By: steve http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/09/18/city-to-unveil-look-bike-safety-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-37182 steve Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:21:44 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/09/18/city-to-unveil-look-bike-safety-campaign/#comment-37182 Project "Look" may include new programmatic law enforcement efforts targeting bicyclists. Each morning this week we were confronted by a Parks & Rec. Department law enforcement personnel operating checkpoints at different locations on the Central Park Loop. Today's checkpoint was different than the previous two. There were two serial checkpoints, with the officers at the first one (located midway up a downhill stretch) gathering information on the bicyclists passing them and radioing it down to a more formal checkpoint at the foot of the hill. Here's a photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/43954081@N00/1408109514/ We were actually waved through a red light by the officers up the hill, I think because they saw that we were going to stop in time for the red light and thus yield no useful information for the officer at the foot of the hill. The officer at the foot of the hill didn't seem to be giving our tickets, only warnings. However, we saw him grabbing and detaining bicyclists who attempted to evade him by riding in the traffic lane outside the cones, and giving them extra-long warnings. One of these counseling sessions was actually pretty intense, with the bicyclist attempting to wrench his arm free. Project “Look” may include new programmatic law enforcement efforts targeting bicyclists. Each morning this week we were confronted by a Parks & Rec. Department law enforcement personnel operating checkpoints at different locations on the Central Park Loop.

Today’s checkpoint was different than the previous two. There were two serial checkpoints, with the officers at the first one (located midway up a downhill stretch) gathering information on the bicyclists passing them and radioing it down to a more formal checkpoint at the foot of the hill. Here’s a photo:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/43954081@N00/1408109514/

We were actually waved through a red light by the officers up the hill, I think because they saw that we were going to stop in time for the red light and thus yield no useful information for the officer at the foot of the hill.

The officer at the foot of the hill didn’t seem to be giving our tickets, only warnings. However, we saw him grabbing and detaining bicyclists who attempted to evade him by riding in the traffic lane outside the cones, and giving them extra-long warnings. One of these counseling sessions was actually pretty intense, with the bicyclist attempting to wrench his arm free.

]]> By: gecko http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/09/18/city-to-unveil-look-bike-safety-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-37171 gecko Wed, 19 Sep 2007 10:40:58 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/09/18/city-to-unveil-look-bike-safety-campaign/#comment-37171 Yes! Towards zero deaths would also be nice. Yes!

Towards zero deaths would also be nice.

]]> By: ddartley http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/09/18/city-to-unveil-look-bike-safety-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-37153 ddartley Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:42:51 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/09/18/city-to-unveil-look-bike-safety-campaign/#comment-37153 I went; it was nice. Went up and spoke to Commissioner Sadik Khan, but unaccustomed as I am to speaking with high ranking public officials, I forgot to mention that she had chosen my question to answer in the NYTimes Q&A, and did not get her to say, "why yes, ddartley, I would love to sit down with you and discuss your ideas for a avenue-center bike lane." She was nice, though, did point me to one of her cycling deputies, with whom I intend to follow up a little more clearly. I went; it was nice. Went up and spoke to Commissioner Sadik Khan, but unaccustomed as I am to speaking with high ranking public officials, I forgot to mention that she had chosen my question to answer in the NYTimes Q&A, and did not get her to say, “why yes, ddartley, I would love to sit down with you and discuss your ideas for a avenue-center bike lane.” She was nice, though, did point me to one of her cycling deputies, with whom I intend to follow up a little more clearly.

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