Comments on: Weiner Invokes Jane Jacobs, Endorses “Alternative Modes”

By: Ian Turner

Ian Turner — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:56:51 +0000

In a place where most people don't even have a car, how is it that walking, biking, and riding transit are considered "alternative modes"? The alternative mode in NYC is driving.

By: Eric McClure

Eric McClure — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:53:51 +0000

This is the same ~~wiener~~, er, Weiner, who thinks it's important to build a billion-dollar basketball arena on the backs of taxpayers while we're raising transit fares, cutting education funding, etc., etc. Schmuck.

By: Urbanis

Urbanis — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:16:29 +0000

Sorry, Weiner, you can't please God and the Devil at the same time.

By: Jeffrey Hymen

Jeffrey Hymen — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:25:01 +0000

Further on Weiner from today's NYT:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/nyregion/23weiner.html

By: Larry Littlefield

Larry Littlefield — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:17:03 +0000

"Integrated neighborhoods -- where individuals live, work and play in close proximity."

Will allow some parts of the city's economy to survive even as the transit system collapses, or so he will be left to hope if elected.

By: J

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:15:02 +0000

Weiner's words fall flat on my ears. How can you demand a safe an easy commute for transit riders and starve transit of funding at the same time. His rhetoric seems to hinge on the fact that somehow everyone will magically want to take transit and stop driving. Even then, transit will be woefully underfunded. Sorry Wiener, you can't make driving AND transit as convenient as possible. True leadership involves actually making the tough choices, such as supporting congestion pricing, to make transit a more convenient option than driving.

On another note, I'm glad he's supporting biking initiatives, but there needs to be either a drastic reallocation of space or a massive reduction in vehicles to make this city truly bike friendly. We shall see if Weiner has the leadership to support either of those notions.