PPW Bike Lane Kerfuffle: Volume MCDVI (Apx)
There’s a feature about the city’s bike wars in the latest New York mag entitled “Not Quite Copenhagen,” and the Prospect Park West imbroglio plays a very prominent role. What’s learned? Bike-lane foe Louise Hainline has “an expensive spy camera” to document the bike lane traffic because she’s intent on debunking city stats about how…
There’s a feature about the city’s bike wars in the latest New York mag entitled “Not Quite Copenhagen,” and the Prospect Park West imbroglio plays a very prominent role. What’s learned? Bike-lane foe Louise Hainline has “an expensive spy camera” to document the bike lane traffic because she’s intent on debunking city stats about how much usage it gets and says the characterization of her and others who oppose the lane—”that we’re a bunch of old, crotchety rich people that don’t understand that they deserve to have a bike lane on our street”—is incorrect. Then there’s Aaron Naparstek, creator of Streetsblog and co-founder of Park Slope Neighbors, who says this about the firm working pro bono on the suit against the lane: “It’s crazy. Gibson Dunn is the law firm that represented George W. Bush in Bush v. Gore in 2000. Now they’re working to get rid of a bike lane. Think about that.” Meanwhile, former transportation commissioner Iris Weinshall’s support opposition to the lane is also called questioned: “‘Clearly, if the lawsuit was to succeed, [Weinshall] could say, ‘See, I was reasonable after all,’ says Andrew Vesselinovitch, who served as the New York City ‘bike czar’ under Weinshall before leaving the DOT in protest in 2006. To Weinshall’s critics, she is waging a personal vendetta” against current commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan. Following the publication of the article, the city defended its bike lane program and said the majority of New Yorkers support the lanes.
Not Quite Copenhagen [NY Mag]
Morralkan — The facts are NOT THERE!!! You can be as condescending as you want to be… but you’re not and have not proven that anything I’ve said is incorrect. Look at your own posts. Click on your user name and scan away.
Just provide me with a date and time of a couple facts you’ve posted. Just a couple.
By the way, I didn’t point out anything in particular regarding mistakes… There are plenty of typos, misspellings and dropped letters throughout your posts. The same horrific mistakes you charge me with!
Well, that 5:03 comment is DEFINITELY “a well-reasoned argument with actual facts”. Uh-huh.
Go back to your post, tybur6; you missed several mistakes. I guess your special ed teachers didn’t want to tax your brain with too much grammar. The “mistake” you pointed out in my posting is not an error; a question of style, but definitely not an error. As to the facts, they are there in my various postings, but you seem unable to locate them, That’s why I suggested some remedial reading classes for you. I really don’t have the time to waste going through all my old postings here for you, but you apparently have nothing but time on your hands. Go for it!
You and zinka are the brownstoner bullies around here. Your idea of witty repartee is to call someone a douchebag. In the battle of wits, you two are totally unarmed.
“Tell me, in addition to being mommy’s little snowflake, were you also the school bully? ”
No, but you’re sure as hell being the Brownstoner bully on this thread. Enough with the personal attacks already. You’re just embarrassing yourself.
Oh, of course you’ll take this as an example of my “deficiencies” — I should have written, “Also, you should not be pointING fingers about proofreading!” (present continuous) or perhaps “Also, you should not point fingers about proofreading!” (present indicative).
Sorry about that. I know it makes all the difference.
I don’t want you to be cowed. I just want you to present a well-reasoned argument with actual facts or at least a suggestion of why your position isn’t exactly how I stated. My 9:50am summary is quite accurate.
Also, you should NOT be point fingers about proofreading! HAHAHAHA! Are you dismissing my entire 11:12pm post based on the word omission in my 3rd sentence? If so, I would think your powerful hermeneutical skills could fill in the blank there…
Morralkan — you still haven’t provided any examples of where you have presented FACTS. Nor have you shown how my characterization of you is flawed.
Nice try, though, with your continuation of the ad hominem attacks you enjoy so much.
Come off it, zinka, you’re just a nasty, self-absorbed, foul-mouthed whiner. I can’t remember any comment you’ve ever posted that did much besides personally attack anyone who disagreed with you. I could be wrong, but trying to find such a posting would entail having to read through too much of your drivel.
As for you, tybur6, with your 9:50AM “summary” you’ve demonstrated once again your obvious reading comprehension deficiency. Maybe you could find a reading class at a community college to help you with this weakness. Your 11:12PM comments would have been clearer if you had been able to proofread your copy. Of course, they would have not been any more correct or factual. You seem to think that by constantly attacking me that I will be cowed. Tell me, in addition to being mommy’s little snowflake, were you also the school bully? Or perhaps the one the school bully constantly beat up?
OK… I might as well. Let’s review your “facts: —
** The city government never shares accurate data about anything. It’s always “cooked” and distorted.
** No one else can provide any data either, because they are similarly self-serving liars.
** Everything about the city is fine because you’ve been doing just fine for 50+ years.
** Every change is based on a bunch of “slowflake” whiners that should move back to their cul-de-sac because they obviously can’t handle NYC.
** It’s inappropriate and ridiculous to compare New York City to ANY other city in the world because this city is unique and special and those things won’t work here. (This isn’t Copenhagem, Boston, London, Paris, Beijing, Vancouver, Berlin, Amsterdam, or any other world class city. Why would we want to emulate anything they do? They’re not New York!)
Did I get your “facts” right?