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.
11217, I’m not arguing AGAINST cyclists. I’m arguing that they need to obey traffic rules!
I’m so ‘backward thinking’ that I want safety for all including cyclists and the other vehicles and pedestrians they affect when on they’re on the road.
This is a contentious subject.
“Anyone can get off their ass and ride a bike, since when did we need to spend $$$$$ on painting designated lanes for bikes. There are bigger issues to spend this dough on in NYC.”
I’d rather them spend money on a bucket of green paint than repaving the streets of Park Slope every 2 years as they seem to do.
People arguing against cyclists are like those who argue against gay marriage. We aren’t trying to take things away from you…we are trying to INCLUDE MORE PEOPLE in the mix. Such backwards thinking.
“that a person on a bicycle at a red light on a quiet street in the outer boroughs with no oncoming traffic in sight is going to wait for a green light is, regardless of the law, both unrealistic and delusional.”
Oh good grief.
Can we substitute the word bicycle with car??? I don’t think so.
Geez, that statement Mr. B sounds like Entitlement at its best!
You want lanes, you want special traffic bike lights, but you don’t want to obey the rules….yep, entitlement.
Nothing like a good bike thread to bring me out!
UGH! – more and more the city is being littered with bad manner bikers
every day along 5th avenue down here around 1st there is ALWAYS a biker going the wrong direction!
Sorry kids – but I find them to be an nuisance much more than cars and do not GET ME STARTED on how much of a friggin mess PPW has become
SO ridiculous!
“Dave, if that were true cops could set up in Times Square and literally fill the NY State budget gap in one afternoon. ”
They could also set up shop on the corners of Spring and Bowery and write a ticket every time the light changes.
“Most bicyclists I run into in manhattan are delivery /messenger people and lack even a modicum of all three.”
I thought you enjoyed ‘running into’ delivery people?
bustamove
Thanks for pointing that out 11217. So when I come upon this intersection I’ll pull my car into the intersection cause there’s no pedestrians and wait. And if one happens to come by, oh well, they’ll just have to go around me.
“we should be thanking anyone who gets off their ass and rides a bike instead of using oil to get around.”
Anyone can get off their ass and ride a bike, since when did we need to spend $$$$$ on painting designated lanes for bikes. There are bigger issues to spend this dough on in NYC.
while it’s great that there are some bike lanes now- it’s also true that bike lanes are few and far between – they are often there – and then disappear- and people love to use them for double parking. Yesterday while biking down Lee in Willy B (no bike lane- but accessed by driggs- which had one)- I was nearly killed twice in two minutes- once by a Hasidic bus that decided to swing around a stopped garbage truck and almost pinned me into a van.- and then nearly got doored- when someone flung one open with out looking.
Bikes are in constant danger from cars- and the same is simply not true in reverse. If there were dedicated bike lanes- and if bike riders were given the full benefit and protection of the traffic laws instead of being treated as 3/5 of a traveler- they might be much more inclined to follow the laws.