Time Limit to Bike Parking?
Does anyone know if there’s a limit to how long a person is allowed to keep his bike locked up to a public bike rack? It’s an admittedly small gripe in the grand scheme of things, but someone locked up this Ross in our preferred parking spot in Dumbo a few weeks ago and has…
Does anyone know if there’s a limit to how long a person is allowed to keep his bike locked up to a public bike rack? It’s an admittedly small gripe in the grand scheme of things, but someone locked up this Ross in our preferred parking spot in Dumbo a few weeks ago and has yet to return for it. Bike parking’s at a premium around our office building and at a certain point this violates the social contract, no?
When a car breaks the law, it kills. When a bike breaks the law, it hurts. When a pedestrian breaks the law, he/she blames everybody else.
Barf. Burp. etc. . .
yrs trully, the enviously unvirile non parent.
“Arguably supporting public transport through higher ridership driving higher revenues is better for the city.”
Maybe in a normal situation – but in this bizzaro-universe that is the MTA, higher ridership = bad = higher fares.
“When a person opts to ride a bike INSTEAD of driving an automobile they are improving the city”
But the vast majority of cyclists seem to be biking as an alternative to public transport rather than private cars. Arguably supporting public transport through higher ridership driving higher revenues is better for the city.
“When a person opts to ride a bike INSTEAD of driving an automobile, they are improving the city,”
I actually bike in order to eff the MTA.
> rob’s mentality is one of the biggest problems.
Additionally “rob’s mentality” is one of the biggest oxymorons.
“Many seem to assume they are somehow improving the city simply by biking, whereas I just see it as their own personal preference.”
When a person opts to ride a bike INSTEAD of driving an automobile, they are improving the city, because they’re preventing additional air pollution. But that doesn’t give them the right to break traffic laws. However, as THL says, bikers, drivers and pedestrians ALL routinely break the law.
I walk, own and ride a bike, and own and drive a car. Bottom line, there is no “better” or “worse” among the groups. We’re all in this together. Safety on the streets is the primary goal, and that takes everyone working together, not pointing fingers. It’s not going to happen any other way.
“pedestrians have the RIGHT of way to walk where they want. that is how i feel. that is how we were made. to walk with our feet. not to ride around on wheels with attitude. and yes when im walking around, i will walk right in front of a bike im NOT moving out of the way for you. same with cars. they get the finger when they dont like im crossing when it’s green. boo hoo wheel people!”
and rob’s mentality is one of the biggest problems.
“that is how we were made”
Uh oh, are you now invoking the creator? Better watch out with that one. He/she made you without clothes as well did he/she not?
Oh, I agree. Biker, pedestrians, and drivers all do stupid dangerous shit all over the city.
Car drivers are the worst, by far, primarily because they are more of a danger to others and there are more of them. Some of the things drivers do on Flatbush should be classified as attempted murder.
But there is no one proselytizing car driving, and the growing number of bikes on the street makes them the leading cause of new problems. And in their enthusiasm, many of bicycling’s supporters either don’t see or refuse to acknowledge some of the problems of increasing bikes on the streets without revamping regulations and infrastructure (and the latter would likely need serious funding).