I thought they were supposed to be mellow in the Pacific Northwest. Here are two stories I read on Streetsblog. Driver arrested after alleged road-rage incident against cyclist. Police identify suspect in fatal attack at traffic circle.
And not one of those vehicles was a bicycle.Here’s the Post’s account. And the Daily News. I didn’t just do this just to prove my point about the comparative harmlessness of bikes. You gotta believe me! Why do we let cars do this? I wonder what’s going to happen to that car menace now that…
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The NYPD has implemented an innovative, some would even say brilliant, approach to keep motorized traffic from driving in bike lanes. It’s called Operation Barrier. And since the NYPD’s trial run on Fulton Street in Brooklyn, reported incidences of cars illegal driving in the bike lane have dropped to zero. Outstanding! Keep up the good…
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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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“I need a car,” a friend of mine declared a few days ago. I hate hearing this shit. If you live in New York City, you don’t “need” a car. I’m not a live-off-the-land kind of guy. I like living in urban civilization and paying taxes to support quality of life. I think we need…
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… but Ivan Morales is alive and for that we’re all thankful.
Another biker killed by a vehicle on a bike path. Not a bike lane mind you. But a bike path. You know, where cars aren’t supposed to be. The New York Times link http://bikeblog.blogspot.com/
The New Yorker piece on bikes has this crazy guy in the article who was all into the importance of everybody obeying the law—especially bikes. Even though this freak had no problem littering his cigarette butts while ranting about other people (say in German accent:) not following the rules! [I have to give some props…
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It always pisses me off when people complain about bikes running red lights and not obeying traffic laws. Traffic laws are there for cars. Cars kill people. Not bikes. We wouldn’t need red lights if it weren’t for cars. Running a red light on a bike is akin to jaywalking: nominally illegal but something we…
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Last day of the transit strike. It doesn’t really affect me too much, since I bike everywhere. But it’s kind of a pain when, say, you have to get your wife to the hospital. There wasn’t really any problem in Manhattan. There were plenty of cabs. But getting to and from the City was close…
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