Comments on: Today’s Headlines http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/12/todays-headlines-301/ 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: Hi, I'm Rags http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/12/todays-headlines-301/comment-page-1/#comment-41593 Hi, I'm Rags Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:18:13 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/12/todays-headlines-301/#comment-41593 Regarding the congestion pricing coverage, when did the Sun (with its ultra conservative Editorial pages) become the voice of reason in reporting in New York? Regarding the congestion pricing coverage, when did the Sun (with its ultra conservative Editorial pages) become the voice of reason in reporting in New York?

]]> By: Glenn McAnanama http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/12/todays-headlines-301/comment-page-1/#comment-41587 Glenn McAnanama Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:23:57 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/12/todays-headlines-301/#comment-41587 Facts: There would be about 260 Congestion pricing days, even if we included all holidays. The max one passenger car could be changed is $8/day, which equals $2,080/year and that would involved driving into the congestion zone every single day. A truck would be $21/day and that would only add up to $5,460/year, again assuming you drove a truck into the congestion zone every single possible day. And that's the max if they have no offsetting tolls. Facts: There would be about 260 Congestion pricing days, even if we included all holidays.

The max one passenger car could be changed is $8/day, which equals $2,080/year and that would involved driving into the congestion zone every single day.

A truck would be $21/day and that would only add up to $5,460/year, again assuming you drove a truck into the congestion zone every single possible day.

And that’s the max if they have no offsetting tolls.

]]> By: momos http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/12/todays-headlines-301/comment-page-1/#comment-41583 momos Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:53:51 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/12/todays-headlines-301/#comment-41583 The hit and run story is so outrageous. Even more outrageous, it's totally unsurprising. The cyclist himself says it best: "I can't give you an example where the police have helped the situation in any cycling incident I know of." He also says he hesitated to call the police, something else I relate to. Bike stolen? Hit and run? Doored by an SUV? Cars parked in the bike lane? In every case the NYPD not only doesn't protect vulnerable cyclists, it actually punishes them with tickets about bells and such. This discourages cyclists from involving the police, which ultimately is bad for public safety. The NYPD has got to be one of the most hidebound, conservative, old-school bureaucracies in the city. The hit and run story is so outrageous. Even more outrageous, it’s totally unsurprising. The cyclist himself says it best: “I can’t give you an example where the police have helped the situation in any cycling incident I know of.”

He also says he hesitated to call the police, something else I relate to. Bike stolen? Hit and run? Doored by an SUV? Cars parked in the bike lane? In every case the NYPD not only doesn’t protect vulnerable cyclists, it actually punishes them with tickets about bells and such. This discourages cyclists from involving the police, which ultimately is bad for public safety.

The NYPD has got to be one of the most hidebound, conservative, old-school bureaucracies in the city.

]]> By: Mark http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/12/todays-headlines-301/comment-page-1/#comment-41581 Mark Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:48:57 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/12/todays-headlines-301/#comment-41581 Surprised to see the NYCLU buying the anti-CP assertion that CP cameras are "surveillance." A street is a public place, and paid for by the public, last time I heard. If you don't want your picture taken, stay home. Surprised to see the NYCLU buying the anti-CP assertion that CP cameras are “surveillance.” A street is a public place, and paid for by the public, last time I heard. If you don’t want your picture taken, stay home.

]]> By: drose http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/12/todays-headlines-301/comment-page-1/#comment-41579 drose Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:35:27 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/12/todays-headlines-301/#comment-41579 Re Post article on IBO study: Somebody needs to teach McCaffrey basic 1st grade math. 250 days of driving x $8 = $2,000 a year, only if you take the free bridges. He keeps pulling this $5000 tax number out of his #&? and continually repeating it. Re Post article on IBO study:
Somebody needs to teach McCaffrey basic 1st grade math. 250 days of driving x $8 = $2,000 a year, only if you take the free bridges. He keeps pulling this $5000 tax number out of his #&? and continually repeating it.

]]> By: brent http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/12/todays-headlines-301/comment-page-1/#comment-41575 brent Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:14:24 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/12/todays-headlines-301/#comment-41575 Gotta love it: ticket for not having a bell= $20. Ticket for going 50 in a 25 mph zone, blowing through a red light, and mowing down 2 pedestrians; then staying at the scene= about $100. In NY, vehicular homicide is a real bargain. Gotta love it: ticket for not having a bell= $20.
Ticket for going 50 in a 25 mph zone, blowing through a red light, and mowing down 2 pedestrians; then staying at the scene= about $100. In NY, vehicular homicide is a real bargain.

]]> By: mike http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/12/todays-headlines-301/comment-page-1/#comment-41573 mike Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:44:37 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/12/todays-headlines-301/#comment-41573 Larry, There are all sorts of situations like that. In the fight to ban audible car alarms a few years back, for example, we had the same situation. Car alarms that were illegal for use in NYC were still legal for sale, which we eventually changed. Different sections of law, different Council Committees, etc. Larry,

There are all sorts of situations like that. In the fight to ban audible car alarms a few years back, for example, we had the same situation. Car alarms that were illegal for use in NYC were still legal for sale, which we eventually changed. Different sections of law, different Council Committees, etc.

]]> By: Larry Littlefield http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/12/todays-headlines-301/comment-page-1/#comment-41572 Larry Littlefield Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:24:18 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/12/todays-headlines-301/#comment-41572 If it illegal to ride a bike in NYC without a bell, why is it legal to sell a bike in NYC without a bell? If it illegal to ride a bike in NYC without a bell, why is it legal to sell a bike in NYC without a bell?

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