Updates for Manhattan Bridge Bicyclists
Workers have been, um, at work at the base of the Manhattan Bridge bike lane in Brooklyn for a while now. We stopped to talk to them over the weekend, and they said they are building a barrier wall for the bike lane, separating it from Sands Street as well as the grassy hill on…
Workers have been, um, at work at the base of the Manhattan Bridge bike lane in Brooklyn for a while now. We stopped to talk to them over the weekend, and they said they are building a barrier wall for the bike lane, separating it from Sands Street as well as the grassy hill on the north side. They also said they are making slight improvements to the lane itself. In other news, automobiles are still confusing the new elevated bike lane along Sands Street for parking:
Take notice of the type of person who is sitting in a Brooklyn bike lane. I have. It’s more often than not the owner of a shiny SUV, something like a Navigator or a Ford Explorer. The driver is usually quite obese or extremely obese and is also taking up part of the regular lane too. They are usually idling. Go ahead, take the survey, see if my statistics are valid.
I have all my food delivered by USPS workers who double park in the bike lane in front of my building = )
ENY, ok, perhaps I was reading between the lines too much.
“You’re forgetting Chinese food restaurants, of which there are 1,0000s in NYC. Are these bikers typically Latino? Because where I’m from they’re mostly Asian.”
My chinese delivery guys are latino – odd as it may seem.
“But I’m beginning to suspect that you’d take the position that you can’t associate any particular behavior with a particular culture, which IS ludicrous.”
Well I never said that, but if you want to believe that’s what I think, feel free.
I see you’re pretty wound up about this with all your psost in a row. I don’t agree that it is any one ethnicity that is guilty of contra-flow cycling. But I’m beginning to suspect that you’d take the position that you can’t associate any particular behavior with a particular culture, which IS ludicrous.
“So ENY, don’t be a dick”
You first.
“And did I ever say *all* latino guys?”
“More often than not it’s a latino delivery guy — this is an honest question… Is there some sort of cultural thing here? Like their (or their family’s) country of origin… mexico, peru, whatever… actually *requires* bike to ride the wrong way down the street?”
No, you didn’t say ALL Latino guys. Nor did you mention any other ethnicity.
“Are delivery guys typically latin american? YES”
You’re forgetting Chinese food restaurants, of which there are 1,0000s in NYC. Are these bikers typically Latino? Because where I’m from they’re mostly Asian.