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?
also people who use a bike SHOULD Be forced to by accident insurance. how is it any different from a car? if you are using the road and on wheels you need to pay up. plus it would be great much needed revenue for the city. also you should also have to purchase a bike license (if you use the street that is)
*rob*
THL’s points are very good. There are bad drivers, bad bikers and bad pedestrians.
My problem with some of the bikers that post here is the sense of moral surperiority that they exhibit. Many seem to assume they are somehow improving the city simply by biking, whereas I just see it as their own personal preference.
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!
*rob*
nsr
i think as the bike becomes more prevalent bike regs will become more stringent and it will balance itself out…
you have to admit though, that pedestrians do stupid, dangerous sh$t too (which puts bikers at risk)…
dirty hipster — I completely agree that riding a bike in NYC is a dangerous activity.
“just walk to wear you have to go, that’s why we have legs you know! ”
Maybe we have legs so we can peddle?
I don’t ride a bike because the last time I did I got hit by a car (driven by fireman who had just gotten off of working a double shift).
I don’t understand why this is coming down like an all or nothing argument (or why anyone is even arguing about it in the first place).
Can bike riders ride in a very entitled and annoyingly agressive manner? Hell yes.
Can some stroller moms do the same with their strollers thereby giving the term stroller mom a negative connotation? Hell yes.
Do a good number of pedestrians do the same exact thing when they step out in traffic before the light changes green or after it’s gone red? Oh HELL to the yes.
You must chill peoples, there’s good and bad in everything.
The only thing I’m getting a chuckle at is the very overly involved approach Liviable Streets Initiative is taking. It’s just so way over the top in my humble opinion. Whatever though, live and let live.
I love these arguements, as they pop up in all the NYC blogs and it’s always the same BS.
Drivers, pedestrians and cyclists don’t follow every law that’s in place.
I can’t even express how many people cross against the light when there are no cars coming causing me to either slam on the breaks or swerve out of the way. Oh, and then there are people who throw open their car doors without even looking if someone is coming – getting “doored” is not very fun. I typically go out of my way in Manhattan to utilize the bike lanes that have been installed recently, but that’s no good as there are usually people double parked in them (Grand St anyone?)
“And since so many drivers have this preconceived “asshole scale” regarding bicyclists ”
I’m not a driver.
Like most people who have problems with cyclists in the city, I’m a pedestrian who takes the bus and subway and expects to be able to cross streets in crosswalks with the light without getting hit by 250 pounds of speeding bike and flesh by someone who has decided that he “not to follow traffic laws to a T”.
Frankly, if I were in a car, bikers doing stupid things wouldn’t bother me so much, because then *I* wouldn’t be the one in danger of getting hurt.
“Bikes are not the future. Bikes are for healthy energetic people.”
Of course, encouraging biking (as well as walking) creates healthy energetic people. Bicycle ridership has risen dramatically in NYC in recent years, while injuries to cyclists have fallen. Safety in numbers. Other cities in the USA and around the world have successfully dramatically increased the number of biking commuters as part of comprehensive transportation reform away from automobiles. There’s no reason NYC cannot do the same.
But the cranky shall remain cranky. Why not — it’s kind of fun to rant, isn’t it?