Speaking of DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan [smile], I think I will send her my no-brainer proposal for Queensplaza. Click here for a higher-res image. It’s dangerous to bike against traffic heading back into Queens off the bridge. But we do, because we have to. The only legal alternative is a four block detour (two of…
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…but I think I’m in love with DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan. You can watch a video of her speaking on Streetsblog. She says all the right things [swoon].
I can’t believe she’s starting to sound like George Bush. The Times reports: Clinton Presses on Gas Tax HolidaySenator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s decision to take on members of Congress over her proposal for a federal gas tax holiday this summer -– “are they with us or against us” –- is tempting fate a bit, as…
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A friend of mine, well versed in debating the nuances of ethical matters, writes: Let air out of her tire! You’re my hero. I am going to visit you in the hospital every day. And bring cake. So says my heart. But my head says, no, I don’t think we get to disable the cars…
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Turns out the president of the Greater Astoria Historical Society is a doorman in Manhattan who bikes to work. There’s a story about him in the Times. Being a night-owl myself, I like his line that, “You’ve got to embrace the night.” Why do I mention this? Because it’s Astoria. And he bikes to work.
I was biking home tonight, approaching the Queensboro Bridge, and “noticed” an expensive car driving erratically: taking up two lanes, sliding between two lanes, and otherwise making me very nervous. At a red light, I pulled up to the car and confronted a young woman, not at all surprisingly, gabbing on her cell phone. Not…
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