There are lots of things the city is trying ot do. One proposal is to ban all private vehicle from Midtown and to restrict trucks to off-peak hours.
Large stretches of Broadway are now pedetrian mall, with tables and chair set up right in the middle of the street: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11070283 Dan On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> Daniel J. Matyola > > >> Yes, I do believe that if bikes cause safety problems, all bikes >> should be force to follow reasonable rules. >> >> I have been to London more than once. London may be a city, but it is >> in England, and the drivers and cyclists drive like Englishmen, not >> like New Yorkers. London taxis are driven by sane, courteous men and >> women. New York cab drivers think they are in a demolition derby. > > Sounds like the drivers are at least as much of a problem as the cyclists. > What do you propose to do about them? > > B > >> London Cyclists seem to value their own lives; some of the cyclists >> in New York appear to be daring someone to hit them with a car >> (preferably a limo). >> >> Amsterdam has the heaviest bike traffic I have ever seen. The bikes >> move fast, but they move together in large groups, and in a very >> orderly fashion. >> >> The bottom line is that different circumstances require different >> rules. >> >> Dan >> >> On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Er, London is a city too. Do you really believe that because some >> >> cyclists break the law all cyclists should be forced into unsafe >> >> behaviour? How about if all motorists were forced into unsafe >> behaviour >> >> because some of them break the law? > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
