Comments on: Guerrilla Stripers Paint Back Bedford Avenue Bike Lane

By: Peter from Stuy Town

Peter from Stuy Town — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:49:46 +0000

Sara,

I agree with you completely. To all cyclists – remember the approach used by Gandhi & MLK.

By: henri_cervantes

henri_cervantes — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:06:08 +0000

Riding a bike on a street without a bike lane is not against the law. A bike has the right to take the ENTIRE LANE, regardless of whether it is a bike lane or a car lane. Read the law. Hasids have effectively put the bike riders back into the car lane. Whether that’s safer for everyone is an open question – but it will sure slow down car traffic. Bike riders will use bike lanes if they exist, but to get where one needs to go, will use “any means necessary.”

By: sara

sara — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:06:09 +0000

can the CM-ers do the rest of us NY cyclists a favor? can you try to obey at least some traffic laws and not make a total nuisance of yourselves, thereby giving all NY cyclists a bad rep? it’s about sharing the road, not owning it. acting like you are above the laws makes you just as bad as the a-hole drivers who make city cycling so difficult. thanks in advance.

By: Jym

Jym — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:09:47 +0000

=v= G.A.P. and the Brooklyn end of the Williamsburg Bridge are the two usual gathering spots for Brooklyn CM:

http://scorcher.org/bklyncm/

The latter really isn’t that far from the contested part of Bedford Ave.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:22:30 +0000

Mellow Yellow,

I love where your head’s at, but meeting at the Williamrbug Bridge would not facilitate a route which includes the controversial section of Bedford Ave.

I am (and have been) calling for a localized Critical Mass, meeting at Bedford Ave and Flushing Ave.

Meeting at this corner at 8 am would work the best with my commute, though i am flexible.

Contact me via my livable streets profile! Let’s take to the streets!!!

By: yehuda

yehuda — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:50:26 +0000

The ‘inside’ line was there this morning, as well as a few (2? 3?) bicycle symbols. Don’t know any more.

By: nattyb

nattyb — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:32:00 +0000

Hey mellow yellow,

Did u go to nov’s bk grand army plaza CM ride?

Do you know if the 78th was cracking down? I know they were in Oct.

I’m all about doin th w’burg CM this friday.

By: Peter Smith

Peter Smith — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:50:38 +0000

that deserves an arrest? nice.

By: Mellow Yellow

Mellow Yellow — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:28:58 +0000

Brooklyn Critical Mass THIS Friday the 11th!!

The perfect opportunity to assert our right to all streets, painted with lines and stencils or not. Let’s show them just how many of us there are. Lets show them the power of a community that is mobile, diverse, and transcends parcels of land that can be zoned, sold, or “represented” by elected officials. Oh yeah and its massive fun too!

Meet 7pm at Grand Army Plaza or at Williamsburg Bridge. The latter might be preferable, as the increasingly hostile 78th precinct has been showing up in force at the G.A.P. Bring lights and bells to avoid getting Nyp’d.

Love your BiKeLaYN!

By: Cap'n Transit

Cap'n Transit — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:17:52 +0000

Andy, that picture is dated November 30.

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:12:53 +0000

And apparently it’s gone again. http://twitpic.com/rl9uy

By: mr man

mr man — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:45:57 +0000

my guess is that the Hasidim got Bloomberg to remove the lanes because they dont like people in tight lyrca riding through their neighborhood.