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  1. By southbrooklyn on June 16, 2010 9:35 AM

    “drivers have long controlled all the roadway real estate”

    I’m glad nobody told me, because I’ve been riding my bike all over the place for decades.

  2. A 20lb bike causes so much more distress to the streets vs a carbon spewing, 3,000lb SUV.

    When tolls are started on east river bridges and congestion pricing instituted we than can discuss the registration of bikes.

  3. “and in a city that is extremely well suited to biking as it is flat and enjoys a fairly mild climate”

    hahaha again.
    You’ve never cycled in Upper Manhattan; Inwood, Morningside Heights, Washington Heights, Hamilton Heights, Harlem, Spanish Harlem. Nothing flat about it.
    Or south Brooklyn as a matter of fact, lots of hills.

    And where in this city do you find fairly mild climate in late June, July, August and early Sept.? Just wondering cause I sweat like a horse.

  4. Exactly, ET. And they can’t carry much.

    And it seems like biking is more popular as a leisure activity rather than a serious form of transportation. I don’t doubt that some people use it as their main mode of transport, but it’s a small minority, and likely will remain so.

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