Why you should jaywalk
I couldn’t have said it better myself. Cristopher DeWolf tells it like it is. Jaywalk all you want. Just look for bikes first.
I couldn’t have said it better myself. Cristopher DeWolf tells it like it is. Jaywalk all you want. Just look for bikes first.
It’s easy to say bikes shouldn’t bike the wrong way down one-way streets, but what’s the guy going short distances supposed to do? You want your egg rolls hot and crunchy, right? Well the guy delivering on the bike has to get to your place. Let’s say he’s at 57 and 10th and you’re just…
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I slept on Sullivan’s piece and today read some of the anti-bike comments following his article. Admittedly Sullivan is better than most because he rides a bike and because his rules are really generally quite reasonable. But the comments point out a basic problem with the “bikes-should-follow-the-rules” position. These are some of my rules: Be…
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A very thought provoking piece in the New York Times by Robert Sullivan. I like his four rules (not that I always follow them): NO. 1: How about we stop at major intersections? Especially where there are school crossing guards, or disabled people crossing, or a lot of people during the morning or evening rush.…
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I kind of resolved to write fewer bitching and complaining posts a while back. I mean, it’s just too easy to whine about what’s wrong. It’s hard to make things better. Haven’t written too much since then, I can’t help but notice. Yesterday I had $46 burning a whole in my pocket for a ticket…
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