Rush Hour in Brooklyn
This was a first for us: En route to the office this morning we encountered actual congestion in the bike lane along Navy Street, though the strikingly homogeneous group of riders remained quite civil as they pulled up to the intersection and waited, law-abidingly, for the light to turn green. As we approached Sands Street,…
This was a first for us: En route to the office this morning we encountered actual congestion in the bike lane along Navy Street, though the strikingly homogeneous group of riders remained quite civil as they pulled up to the intersection and waited, law-abidingly, for the light to turn green. As we approached Sands Street, everyone else made a left towards the Manhattan Bridge as we continued on towards Dumbo.
Strollers should have a stand for Mom/Dad and be motorized.
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“Just get a vespa. No one seems to give a rats ass about motorcycles. ”
You totlally missed the motorcyclists-are-aksing-for-it discussion last week where Wasder got mugged.
WOW, I go out to get a chocolate bar and the post count doubles from 45 to 95.
You people really need to get a life.
And the ranting about the GOM oil spill and car driving is really the kind of crazy talk that no one is interested in hearing.
Full disclosure: I have 4 cars.
You’re right Biff. But we’re not angry with “non-stroller mums” who juggle or balance on their shoulders two toddlers in order to appease the stroller-haters.
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Streetlife is the one thing that separates NYC from every other city in the U.S., Gem.
LMFAO
*rob*
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Why is that funny, *rob*? It’s actually true — and consistent with what you said about why it makes no sense to drive in New York.
I was hit by a car when I was 15, it was my fault. In college a driver began moving into the intersection as I was crossing, and I jumped onto their hood.
You can’t hear a bike coming up so there’s no reaction time of either party. A car you can hear. It makes me feel safer.
“but this city (as it grows) needs to be more accommodating to bikers, pedestrians etc.”
Absolutely! And everyone needs to follow the rules.
dittoburg,
I’ll defer to your experience. But from the year I spent there in 01–biking to and from work every day–I found the general attitude was that bicycles had no place on the road and drivers were angry that you even dared. In NYC it was more of a I’ll run you over ’cause I’ll run anyone over–the madnenss was less bicycle specific.
But what did blow me away was moving back to the UK between 06 and 08 and the near total change in driver attitude. I certainly still had issues with angry cabbies, etc, but overall bikes were suddenly accepted and given space and it was all honkey dorey. I have to assume the bike lanes all over the place had something to do with it but whatever it was it was incredible and should be replicated.
The city needs more tourist lanes:
http://gawker.com/5558737/brilliant-new-york-tourist-lane-was-improv-everywhere-prank