Comments on: The Week in Review http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/12/the-week-in-review-2/ 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: gecko http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/12/the-week-in-review-2/comment-page-1/#comment-38427 gecko Sun, 14 Oct 2007 15:14:17 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/12/the-week-in-review-2/#comment-38427 If Bloomy wants bicycles to fly in this town -- pun intended, in the spirit of Paul Macready and his Gossamer Condor now in the Smithsonian -- the streets have to be really safe. Probably a lot more than what he's doing with his highly commendable safe routes to school initiative. Safe enough for young kids, old doddering grandmas, and the severely disabled. And, safe enough for super low-to-the-ground recumbent cycles that can provide cycling for quite literally just about everyone; especially with small electric assist. An argument against safety is an argument for convenience and killing people. An argument against safety is an argument for some really bad habits and killing people. An argument against safety is an argument for some people saving or getting a little more money and killing people and a lot more money being spent in the end. An argument against safety is immoral, stupid, is destroying the environment, and denying the future of life on this planet as we know it. And, kind of different than the piddling arguments against congestion pricing. If Bloomy wants bicycles to fly in this town — pun intended, in the spirit of Paul Macready and his Gossamer Condor now in the Smithsonian — the streets have to be really safe. Probably a lot more than what he’s doing with his highly commendable safe routes to school initiative.

Safe enough for young kids, old doddering grandmas, and the severely disabled. And, safe enough for super low-to-the-ground recumbent cycles that can provide cycling for quite literally just about everyone; especially with small electric assist.

An argument against safety is an argument for convenience and killing people.

An argument against safety is an argument for some really bad habits and killing people.

An argument against safety is an argument for some people saving or getting a little more money and killing people and a lot more money being spent in the end.

An argument against safety is immoral, stupid, is destroying the environment, and denying the future of life on this planet as we know it.

And, kind of different than the piddling arguments against congestion pricing.

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