Comments on: Today’s Headlines

By: ddartley

ddartley — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:22:07 +0000

Thanks, Brad.

But it turns out I was in the wrong flickr account (one that doesn’t have any other pics) for some reason when I posted.

Here’s a better place to see the bike box, which is, I would wager, Manhattan’s oldest:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10798592@N08/2180317899/ (and under that profile, you can also see my nobel prize-worthy bike-lane design…)

By: Brad Aaron

Brad Aaron — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:10:51 +0000

Thanks for the photo link, dd. I’ve added it to the headline.

By: ddartley

ddartley — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:49:24 +0000

Yes, Chris, this bike box at 57th and 8th Ave. in Manhattan has been there for, I think, about a year:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64635337@N00/2180926054/

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:39:44 +0000

Larry, thanks for the link. I wonder, how much research did the writer have to do to uncork such stunners like these:

The solutions to today’s commuting challenges are many and varied, and the result will be that commuting will no longer be the monolithic point-A-to-point-B solo drive in a car that it has been over the past half-century.

Where is Alex Marshall today? The Conscious Commuter could make real hay from this one.

By: ddartley

ddartley — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:31:43 +0000

The Portland Bike Box story:

“By April, Portland should be the first city in North America with “bike boxes” that let cyclists rest in front of cars during red lights at many busy intersections, city officials say.”

Um, wrong.

Hooray for NYC finally beating Portland to some bike-friendly measure.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:30:19 +0000

Bike boxes: We seems to have these being set up here in lower Manhattan (Reade St, Centre St.), if not elsewhere. Though cars, as usual, seem to ignore the stop line, and pull into the bike box and crosswalk.

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:27:16 +0000

But you didn’t drive too fast and hit an Arby’s (I’m assuming).

By: Larry Littlefield

Larry Littlefield — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:26:47 +0000

Desperate attempt underway to save gas while still having consumers avoid exercise and spend money.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22452906/

By: Angus Grieve-Smith

Angus Grieve-Smith — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:32:11 +0000

The U-Haul driver, Ioanis Kokoiasmenos, 24, was charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana. It was unclear if he was under the influence at the time of the crash.

[...]

The driver of a van from All Suffolk Glass Service said the U-Haul clipped him on the eastbound service road just before the crash.

“I got hit in the rear and the guy swerved into the building,” said the driver, Charlie Klingenberger.

I’ve also been in that situation – driving a rented van that I wasn’t really trained to use, and not being completely in control. It was scary: I clipped at least one car and crowded a couple others out of their lanes. And I hadn’t even been smoking pot.

By: Angus Grieve-Smith

Angus Grieve-Smith — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:23:37 +0000

I was just in that Arby’s a few months ago, sitting with my wife and son just a few seats away from where the Leungs were sitting on Tuesday. That’s just horrible.