Comments on: Quick Hits From Yesterday’s Bikes in Buildings Hearing http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/12/09/quick-hits-from-yesterdays-bikes-in-buildings-hearing/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:34:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Rhywun http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/12/09/quick-hits-from-yesterdays-bikes-in-buildings-hearing/comment-page-1/#comment-60207 Rhywun Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:16:35 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5101#comment-60207 Nice to see that citizen crackpottery is alive and well in the Big Apple :) Nice to see that citizen crackpottery is alive and well in the Big Apple :)

]]> By: Eric McClure http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/12/09/quick-hits-from-yesterdays-bikes-in-buildings-hearing/comment-page-1/#comment-60205 Eric McClure Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:05:45 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5101#comment-60205 Yeah, commerce would really take off if all those messengers jumped in their cars instead of onto their bikes. I can almost taste the end of the recession. Yeah, commerce would really take off if all those messengers jumped in their cars instead of onto their bikes. I can almost taste the end of the recession.

]]> By: Sabrina http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/12/09/quick-hits-from-yesterdays-bikes-in-buildings-hearing/comment-page-1/#comment-60192 Sabrina Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:58:52 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5101#comment-60192 No, that person still allowed bikes for a place for messengers and couriers... Yesterday's nutjob said she believed ALL bicycles, messengers and couriers, should be banned from the island of Manhattan, because they get in the way of commerce. She allowed a concession for recreational riders in Central Park only (clearly she doesn't walk in Central Park, since cyclists there are far from appreciated). The part I liked best was, despite absolutely zero acknowledgment from any of the councilmembers, she continued to answer questions posed to the REBNY representatives on her panel, with her default answer, "No bicycles in the City of Commerce!" No, that person still allowed bikes for a place for messengers and couriers...

Yesterday's nutjob said she believed ALL bicycles, messengers and couriers, should be banned from the island of Manhattan, because they get in the way of commerce. She allowed a concession for recreational riders in Central Park only (clearly she doesn't walk in Central Park, since cyclists there are far from appreciated).

The part I liked best was, despite absolutely zero acknowledgment from any of the councilmembers, she continued to answer questions posed to the REBNY representatives on her panel, with her default answer, "No bicycles in the City of Commerce!"

]]> By: Mark Walker http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/12/09/quick-hits-from-yesterdays-bikes-in-buildings-hearing/comment-page-1/#comment-60187 Mark Walker Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:18:34 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5101#comment-60187 If it is the same person, she seems to have it in for dogs as well: "...safe sidewalks free of bikes and dog leashes..." Cue Wicked Witch of the West: <i>And that goes for your little dog too!</i> If it is the same person, she seems to have it in for dogs as well: "...safe sidewalks free of bikes and dog leashes..." Cue Wicked Witch of the West: And that goes for your little dog too!

]]> By: Eric McClure http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/12/09/quick-hits-from-yesterdays-bikes-in-buildings-hearing/comment-page-1/#comment-60186 Eric McClure Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:14:04 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5101#comment-60186 Would that woman wanting to ban bicycles from Manhattan be <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/12/08/alan-gerson-wants-greater-review-of-dot-bike-safety-plans/#comment-60086" rel="nofollow">this person</a>? Would that woman wanting to ban bicycles from Manhattan be this person?

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