Comments on: Today’s Headlines http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/09/21/todays-headlines-737/ 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: Chevelle http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/09/21/todays-headlines-737/comment-page-1/#comment-124051 Chevelle Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:28:26 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=51861#comment-124051 big fun. http://www.tienmao.com/archives/002985.html#entries big fun.
http://www.tienmao.com/archives/002985.html#entries

]]> By: Ian Turner http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/09/21/todays-headlines-737/comment-page-1/#comment-121691 Ian Turner Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:46:12 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=51861#comment-121691 Capn, if you go all the way to the end of the PDF in the link you'll see the kind of posters I'm talking about. They are way more graphic and hard to ignore than the "bill of rights", and consequently more effective. I'm aware that it's not easy, but the effect of these stickers is to lower the social cost of speaking up. Capn, if you go all the way to the end of the PDF in the link you’ll see the kind of posters I’m talking about. They are way more graphic and hard to ignore than the “bill of rights”, and consequently more effective. I’m aware that it’s not easy, but the effect of these stickers is to lower the social cost of speaking up.

]]> By: Cap'n Transit http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/09/21/todays-headlines-737/comment-page-1/#comment-121181 Cap'n Transit Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:46:48 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=51861#comment-121181 They're there, Ian. Saw them on Friday. Livery passenger's bill of rights (<a href="http://nyc.gov/html/tlc/downloads/pdf/livery_rider_rights.pdf" rel="nofollow">PDF</a>). Still, how many times have any of you told someone to get off their cell phone? It's not easy, is it? They’re there, Ian. Saw them on Friday. Livery passenger’s bill of rights (PDF).

Still, how many times have any of you told someone to get off their cell phone? It’s not easy, is it?

]]> By: Kaja http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/09/21/todays-headlines-737/comment-page-1/#comment-121161 Kaja Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:27:05 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=51861#comment-121161 At 11.20 coming over the Manhattan Bridge I saw a man being gurneyed down to a waiting ambulance on the Manhattan side. He was in rough shape, eyes closed, face bloodied. I didn't see his bike or anyone else involved. Here's hoping duder is ok. At 11.20 coming over the Manhattan Bridge I saw a man being gurneyed down to a waiting ambulance on the Manhattan side. He was in rough shape, eyes closed, face bloodied. I didn’t see his bike or anyone else involved.

Here’s hoping duder is ok.

]]> By: Glenn http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/09/21/todays-headlines-737/comment-page-1/#comment-121101 Glenn Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:46:40 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=51861#comment-121101 Not sure where would be best to place this comment, but I was reading another one of those stupid articles about how pedestrians think cyclists are dangerous and don't deserve bike lanes followed by the ubiquitously quoted transportation alternatives (in this case Wiley) as the counterpoint... ...can I ask why when car accidents happen that reporters don't go to the AAA or the DMV or NYPD or whatever to explain why motorists are so dangerous? why they deserve all the streetspace they get? why they get grade separated highways? Why does TA have to defend every cyclist when the AAA or DMV isn't even questioned? Not sure where would be best to place this comment, but I was reading another one of those stupid articles about how pedestrians think cyclists are dangerous and don’t deserve bike lanes followed by the ubiquitously quoted transportation alternatives (in this case Wiley) as the counterpoint…

…can I ask why when car accidents happen that reporters don’t go to the AAA or the DMV or NYPD or whatever to explain why motorists are so dangerous? why they deserve all the streetspace they get? why they get grade separated highways? Why does TA have to defend every cyclist when the AAA or DMV isn’t even questioned?

]]> By: Ian Turner http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/09/21/todays-headlines-737/comment-page-1/#comment-121091 Ian Turner Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:43:20 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=51861#comment-121091 There was an interesting study done in Kenya earlier this year where the researchers placed stickers in public vans encouraging passengers to complain about unsafe driving. The intervention seems to have made a huge difference; perhaps we need something comparable in all TLC-regulated vehicles? Full text here: http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/wgj/papers/Habyarimana-Jack-March-6-09.pdf There was an interesting study done in Kenya earlier this year where the researchers placed stickers in public vans encouraging passengers to complain about unsafe driving. The intervention seems to have made a huge difference; perhaps we need something comparable in all TLC-regulated vehicles?

Full text here:
http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/wgj/papers/Habyarimana-Jack-March-6-09.pdf

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