Comments on: This Week in Livable Streets Events http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/09/14/this-week-in-livable-streets-events-17/ 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: Kaja http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/09/14/this-week-in-livable-streets-events-17/comment-page-1/#comment-118011 Kaja Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:52:10 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=46151#comment-118011 Clown brigade chaps my hide. Always hated clowns. Clown brigade chaps my hide. Always hated clowns.

]]> By: Moser http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/09/14/this-week-in-livable-streets-events-17/comment-page-1/#comment-117941 Moser Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:28:30 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=46151#comment-117941 Yet more discussion of Kent Ave. at Brooklyn's CB1 on Weds night at the transportation committee. Supporters should show up. Yet more discussion of Kent Ave. at Brooklyn’s CB1 on Weds night at the transportation committee. Supporters should show up.

]]> By: Glenn http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/09/14/this-week-in-livable-streets-events-17/comment-page-1/#comment-117861 Glenn Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:26:39 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=46151#comment-117861 Call the candidates offices in your district today and ask whoever picks up the phone pointed questions about traffic safety, bike lanes and say that's what your vote is about this year. Many of the issues candidates promote themselves on are issues that they will have little to no control over. Use of street space, improving street safety and funding for mass transit are all in local or state control. If they don't hear your voices now, then they will listen to the narrow interests of complaining motorists instead. Call the candidates offices in your district today and ask whoever picks up the phone pointed questions about traffic safety, bike lanes and say that’s what your vote is about this year.

Many of the issues candidates promote themselves on are issues that they will have little to no control over. Use of street space, improving street safety and funding for mass transit are all in local or state control. If they don’t hear your voices now, then they will listen to the narrow interests of complaining motorists instead.

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