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.
I agree that it’s “all about judgement, manners and common sense.”
Most bicyclists I run into in manhattan are delivery /messenger people and lack even a modicum of all three.
Dave, if that were true cops could set up in Times Square and literally fill the NY State budget gap in one afternoon.
I’ve NEVER seen a cop issue a ticket to a car blocking the box.
I am considerably more anti-cyclist since several tried to run down my kid at the street festival on Vanderbilt last weekend.
When the street is closed that means you too!!
Where do you stand on jaywalking? Of course cyclists should never do anything to endanger or inconvenience pedestrians (or drivers for that matter) but to think, for example, 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. It’s all about judgment, manners and common sense.
“Do you know the fine for a car blocking the box??? When they are in the crosswalk and/or the box, a car will most likely get ticketted.”
Absolutely not – i’ve seen traffic cops (on several occasions) ignore cars causing gridlock to write a ticket for that juicy double parked UPS truck!
Here you go Cyclists.
http://nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/bicyclerules_fy08_english.pdf
You’re subject to the same rules as motor vehicles. Now obey them. I do!
Do you know the fine for a car blocking the box??? When they are in the crosswalk and/or the box, a car will most likely get ticketted.
yea, cars NEVER stop in cross walks.
Hate to point out the obvious, but on this stretch you can clearly see in either direction and if there are no pedestrians in sight, you don’t really need to worry about blocking the intersection.
All of the anti-cyclist stuff lately is really disheartening. Given what’s going on in the Gulf right now, we should be thanking anyone who gets off their ass and rides a bike instead of using oil to get around.
The car is king mentality is outdated and frankly rather ignorant. You know…cause I never see cars block the box.