Comments on: Today’s Headlines http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/01/07/todays-headlines-558/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:31:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Larry Littlefield http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/01/07/todays-headlines-558/comment-page-1/#comment-61357 Larry Littlefield Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:31:44 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5214#comment-61357 Today is the second day this winter I chose to take the subway rather than ride a bicycle due to the weather. The first day was due to a windchill less than zero and icy bridges. Today was due to heavy, steady rain in the AM commute (no problem in the PM, or if I can avoid it by varying my commute time slightly). Given that weather is a reason commonly cited for the impracticality of bike commuting, perhaps this should be kept track of. Today is the second day this winter I chose to take the subway rather than ride a bicycle due to the weather.

The first day was due to a windchill less than zero and icy bridges. Today was due to heavy, steady rain in the AM commute (no problem in the PM, or if I can avoid it by varying my commute time slightly).

Given that weather is a reason commonly cited for the impracticality of bike commuting, perhaps this should be kept track of.

]]> By: Komanoff http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/01/07/todays-headlines-558/comment-page-1/#comment-61356 Komanoff Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:23:37 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5214#comment-61356 Re Ex-MTA Board Member Clings to Rescinded Parking Placard (<a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/01/07/2009-01-07_exmta_board_member_parking_76g_jag_illeg-2.html" rel="nofollow">News</a>): If memory serves, the self-entitled ex-board member, Alan Friedberg, 20 years ago snarkiliy presided over an Upper East Side community forum ostensibly dedicated to pedestrian safety but actually targeted against "killer-bicyclists." (This was before "Killed By Automobile" and other activism had fully documented the extent of pedestrian car-nage in NYC.) Our audience contingent of cyclists made our points with Q&A and some good-humored heckling, but Friedberg's closed-mindedness toward cars' and drivers' endangerment of pedestrians rankles me to this day. Re Ex-MTA Board Member Clings to Rescinded Parking Placard (News):

If memory serves, the self-entitled ex-board member, Alan Friedberg, 20 years ago snarkiliy presided over an Upper East Side community forum ostensibly dedicated to pedestrian safety but actually targeted against "killer-bicyclists." (This was before "Killed By Automobile" and other activism had fully documented the extent of pedestrian car-nage in NYC.) Our audience contingent of cyclists made our points with Q&A and some good-humored heckling, but Friedberg's closed-mindedness toward cars' and drivers' endangerment of pedestrians rankles me to this day.

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