Comments on: Bicycles (Sort of) Banned From the Democratic Convention http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/08/08/bikes-banned-from-dnc/ 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: dori http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/08/08/bikes-banned-from-dnc/comment-page-1/#comment-54815 dori Sat, 09 Aug 2008 03:22:20 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/08/08/bikes-banned-from-dnc/#comment-54815 i was THERE at the 2004 RNC crackdown - what a crock that was... granted, there were FIVE THOUSAND people on bikes - biggest critical mass nyc had ever seen, i think, but i definitely watched a lot of people get manhandled... little did i know that later on that week i'd join many of them in jail (i was held illegally for days, still have a class action lawsuit)... i was THERE at the 2004 RNC crackdown – what a crock that was…

granted, there were FIVE THOUSAND people on bikes – biggest critical mass nyc had ever seen, i think, but i definitely watched a lot of people get manhandled… little did i know that later on that week i’d join many of them in jail (i was held illegally for days, still have a class action lawsuit)…

]]> By: Dave H. http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/08/08/bikes-banned-from-dnc/comment-page-1/#comment-54810 Dave H. Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:34:45 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/08/08/bikes-banned-from-dnc/#comment-54810 This seems like much less of a scandal to me than the headline suggests. You can't bring bikes inside? Oh well, but do you really need to? This seems like much less of a scandal to me than the headline suggests. You can’t bring bikes inside? Oh well, but do you really need to?

]]> By: Hoog http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/08/08/bikes-banned-from-dnc/comment-page-1/#comment-54808 Hoog Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:36:23 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/08/08/bikes-banned-from-dnc/#comment-54808 Bikes not Bombs. Bikes are Bombs. hahaha I need get drunk tonight. Bikes not Bombs.

Bikes are Bombs.

hahaha

I need get drunk tonight.

]]> By: Damien Newton http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/08/08/bikes-banned-from-dnc/comment-page-1/#comment-54807 Damien Newton Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:27:28 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/08/08/bikes-banned-from-dnc/#comment-54807 There are four bike parking areas on Pepsi Center grounds that are open all year except when the DNC is in town. That sounds like a ban to me. There are four bike parking areas on Pepsi Center grounds that are open all year except when the DNC is in town. That sounds like a ban to me.

]]> By: JK http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/08/08/bikes-banned-from-dnc/comment-page-1/#comment-54806 JK Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:12:52 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/08/08/bikes-banned-from-dnc/#comment-54806 This headline is misleading. Bikes are not banned. The Secret Service is being prudent. Bikes have been used as bombs in India, Iraq, Northern Ireland and lots of other places. It would be one thing if they allowed cars up close and not bikes. That's not what's going on here. This headline is misleading. Bikes are not banned. The Secret Service is being prudent. Bikes have been used as bombs in India, Iraq, Northern Ireland and lots of other places. It would be one thing if they allowed cars up close and not bikes. That’s not what’s going on here.

]]> By: Damien Newton http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/08/08/bikes-banned-from-dnc/comment-page-1/#comment-54801 Damien Newton Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:17:09 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/08/08/bikes-banned-from-dnc/#comment-54801 Maybe it doesn't seem like the biggest deal, and maybe it's out of the hands of the DNC, but the quote from the DNC staffer seemed awfully dismissive of bicyclists to me. Also, if all the bike parking that is available is across the street at the local Metro stop, how many of the attendees are going to make use of the 1,000 bikes that Bikes Belong are bringing to the city will be used? Maybe it doesn’t seem like the biggest deal, and maybe it’s out of the hands of the DNC, but the quote from the DNC staffer seemed awfully dismissive of bicyclists to me. Also, if all the bike parking that is available is across the street at the local Metro stop, how many of the attendees are going to make use of the 1,000 bikes that Bikes Belong are bringing to the city will be used?

]]> By: Jonathan Maus / BikePortland.org http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/08/08/bikes-banned-from-dnc/comment-page-1/#comment-54797 Jonathan Maus / BikePortland.org Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:49:30 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/08/08/bikes-banned-from-dnc/#comment-54797 I spoke with a staffer from Congressman Earl Blumenauer's office about this. She said it's really not a big deal and that <em>all vehicles</em> including cars and bikes are not allowed within a specific perimeter around the buildings for security purposes. I spoke with a staffer from Congressman Earl Blumenauer’s office about this. She said it’s really not a big deal and that all vehicles including cars and bikes are not allowed within a specific perimeter around the buildings for security purposes.

]]> By: LAAA http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/08/08/bikes-banned-from-dnc/comment-page-1/#comment-54793 LAAA Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:13:48 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/08/08/bikes-banned-from-dnc/#comment-54793 Their were mass arrests of cyclists at the 2000 DNC in LA. They led to lawsuits by the cyclists and a pay-out by LA to settle the case. Some prominent bike advocates from other cities were among those arrested and litigating. Their were mass arrests of cyclists at the 2000 DNC in LA. They led to lawsuits by the cyclists and a pay-out by LA to settle the case. Some prominent bike advocates from other cities were among those arrested and litigating.

]]> By: Damien Newton http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/08/08/bikes-banned-from-dnc/comment-page-1/#comment-54792 Damien Newton Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:08:54 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/08/08/bikes-banned-from-dnc/#comment-54792 I'm pretty sure that all vehicles are banned from the grounds, but haven't been able to find out for sure. Oddly, the Secret Service hasn't returned my phone call. I’m pretty sure that all vehicles are banned from the grounds, but haven’t been able to find out for sure. Oddly, the Secret Service hasn’t returned my phone call.

]]> By: James http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/08/08/bikes-banned-from-dnc/comment-page-1/#comment-54790 James Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:55:15 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/08/08/bikes-banned-from-dnc/#comment-54790 This is nuts. So, say I were to decide to ride a scooter or a skateboard into the convention, I'd be good to go? This is nuts. So, say I were to decide to ride a scooter or a skateboard into the convention, I’d be good to go?

]]> By: Susan Donovan http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/08/08/bikes-banned-from-dnc/comment-page-1/#comment-54787 Susan Donovan Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:35:38 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/08/08/bikes-banned-from-dnc/#comment-54787 Can you post a link to the policy? Can you post a link to the policy?

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