http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/09/29/todays-headlines-742/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/09/29/todays-headlines-742/comment-page-1/#comment-125351 Geck Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:50:46 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=56921#comment-125351 I am not crazy about giving up the elevated deck on the Brooklyn Bridge (to ride bellow with traffic). And the elevated path is totally adequate for all users during the morning commute. I am not crazy about giving up the elevated deck on the Brooklyn Bridge (to ride bellow with traffic). And the elevated path is totally adequate for all users during the morning commute.

]]> http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/09/29/todays-headlines-742/comment-page-1/#comment-125301 Josh Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:37:58 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=56921#comment-125301 The cover story of today's AM New York is about bus lanes. The big headline is "LANE PAIN" and the smaller front page caption reads "Some say city's bus paths create more problems than they solve." This doesn't really reflect the actual contents of the article, which mainly seems to say that bus lanes have resulted in a decrease in travel time by up to 20%, but are less effective than they should be because of lack of enforcement (e.g., traffic agents can't write tickets for driving in bus lanes, cameras are only used sparingly for bus lane enforcement). There is, of course, a token quote from a livery cab driver who objects to having some of his street space taken away. The cover story of today’s AM New York is about bus lanes. The big headline is “LANE PAIN” and the smaller front page caption reads “Some say city’s bus paths create more problems than they solve.” This doesn’t really reflect the actual contents of the article, which mainly seems to say that bus lanes have resulted in a decrease in travel time by up to 20%, but are less effective than they should be because of lack of enforcement (e.g., traffic agents can’t write tickets for driving in bus lanes, cameras are only used sparingly for bus lane enforcement). There is, of course, a token quote from a livery cab driver who objects to having some of his street space taken away.

]]> http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/09/29/todays-headlines-742/comment-page-1/#comment-125281 ddartley Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:23:37 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=56921#comment-125281 The placard cop: here's some placard fun I spotted last week: http://www.flickr.com/photos/10798592@N08/3966365400/ The placard cop: here’s some placard fun I spotted last week:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10798592@N08/3966365400/

]]> http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/09/29/todays-headlines-742/comment-page-1/#comment-125271 neil Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:16:30 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=56921#comment-125271 what did you do/say? what did you do/say?

]]> http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/09/29/todays-headlines-742/comment-page-1/#comment-125261 a cyclist Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:07:10 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=56921#comment-125261 Yesterday I saw peds walking 3 across in the bike lane. it was rush hour for the sidewalk but it did not look that full. to my discredit, i'm a biker on a bike going w/ traffic who wants to use the bike lane to prolong my own life. Yesterday I saw peds walking 3 across in the bike lane. it was rush hour for the sidewalk but it did not look that full. to my discredit, i’m a biker on a bike going w/ traffic who wants to use the bike lane to prolong my own life.

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