Comments on: Today’s Headlines

By: J. Mork

J. Mork — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:54:28 +0000

Good to know “conservative” still means something.

By: Charles Siegel

Charles Siegel — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:04:12 +0000

There is a great quote in David Brooks’ column in today’s New York Times, explaining why he admires McCain’s conservative approach:

“The high point of his campaign, so far, has been his energy policy, which is comprehensive and bold, but does not try to turn us into a nation of bicyclists. It does not view America’s energy-intense economy as a sign of sinfulness.”

Apparently, conservatives support freeways and nuclear power but consider bicycles a threat to our heritage.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/18/opinion/18brooks.html?_r=1&ref=opinion&oref=slogin

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:27:46 +0000

By the way, I don’t mean to excuse the bus driver for being rude, of course. I’m just saying that our fares are pretty cheap considering the size of the system, the free transfers, the flat fare, the 24/7 service, etc., and that you get what you pay for.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:26:33 +0000

Re. the blogger’s comments about the rude bus driver in the Best of Trendy post titled “NYPD Cars Clog Columbus Circle Bus Lane”:

“Get with recertifying and retraining your bus drivers and subway drivers, they desperately need it.

We pay $2 to ride that rotten vegetable heap. Give me a break, this post is definitely tagged New York City Pathetic, NYCCRUD.”

I think people need to get over the idea that $2 is a lot of money to pay for a transit fare. Have you SEEN how much transit costs in London (which I think is the only system that’s comparable to ours)?

By: Shemp

Shemp — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:58:46 +0000

The hysterical reaction on the Greenpoint blog was pre-figured by a bunch of moronic blather here a couple of days ago…

By: ddartley

ddartley — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:21:12 +0000

The cops in the bus lane at Columbus Circle–that’s been happening very routinely for at least a year. I work near there and regularly see upwards of 12 cop cars sitting there. Guess whether a lot of them have their engines iding.

By: Doc Barnett

Doc Barnett — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:18:16 +0000

MSNBC sez, “Use the same hand signals as motorists.” Sorry but, I’m far too polite for that.

By: Larry Littlefield

Larry Littlefield — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:51:40 +0000

Perhaps the Thruway could get out of the financial hole by selling the innermost lanes to a railroad.

By: m-o

m-o — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:34:34 +0000

“Hysterical reactions to bike lanes” is unfair – read that blog post again. The author isn’t anti-bike; she just thinks that the bike lane will provide a false sense of security at a very dangerous intersection, and calls for increased/additional traffic calming measures.

She just doesn’t do it with the vocabulary that livable streets advocates are entrenched in.