Bike Lane Wars Abound
The Brooklyn Paper is chock full of stories about bike lane conflict today. First up is more drama surrounding the new lanes on Prospect Park West. As you may recall, DOT’s decision to axe one lane of car traffic to make way for a two-way bike lane was done despite opposition by Marty Markowitz and…
The Brooklyn Paper is chock full of stories about bike lane conflict today. First up is more drama surrounding the new lanes on Prospect Park West. As you may recall, DOT’s decision to axe one lane of car traffic to make way for a two-way bike lane was done despite opposition by Marty Markowitz and many others in the driver camp. Now, it turns out, some pedestrians who are used to only having to look one way before crossing are up in arms. Meanwhile, down in Bay Ridge, Community Board 10 voted earlier this week against two new proposed bike lanes. “The city is bent on taking away driving lanes for cars,” said Allen Bortnick, a member of Community Board 10. “We are not going to be able to live with this comfortably.”
Pistachio ice cream is delicious.
I’m all for higher fees for SUVS too!
licensing, by having consequences to your right to cycle etc., allows you to enforce rules (of course you have to get the NYPD to do it, they don’t with cars yet as you point out).
i think everyone who lives and drives a car in NYC should actually be registered in NYC. Waaaay too many out of state plates
ditto, betcha insurance companies are drooling (& probably lobbying) at that prospect – ie License = Insured. that would make it less likely for me to end up in jail on the next car vs bike incident
What would licensing bikes do? (Other than create a barrier for people that want to try riding a bike)
I’m serious. What would licensing do?
LLslope, yeah, that’s the stretch I’m talking about. I drive thru that area on way to work from seattle to Kirkland. I saw a few Armstrong wannabe’s fail miserablely climbing the one right next to that AT&T wireless bldg (near highway entrance)
“but in this country “greens” is pistacio ice cream.”
Drool
I think SUVs should be charged higher tolls and higher registration fees and more for parking.