Comments on: Hey, I'm Bikin' Here! http://blog.tstc.org/2009/05/15/hey-im-bikin-here/ News and opinion from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:36:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: NYS Assemblymember to Introduce Safe Passage Law for Cyclists | Mobilizing the Region http://blog.tstc.org/2009/05/15/hey-im-bikin-here/comment-page-1/#comment-2290 NYS Assemblymember to Introduce Safe Passage Law for Cyclists | Mobilizing the Region Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:04:10 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=4440#comment-2290 [...] laws have been passed in many states. As MTR wrote when discussing a similar New Jersey bill, safe passing laws are important because they provide [...] [...] laws have been passed in many states. As MTR wrote when discussing a similar New Jersey bill, safe passing laws are important because they provide [...]

]]> By: bb http://blog.tstc.org/2009/05/15/hey-im-bikin-here/comment-page-1/#comment-1217 bb Sun, 17 May 2009 03:57:27 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=4440#comment-1217 The could just ban on street parking? “Again, the roads are built for cars and for driving.” If roads are for driving. Get out of my bike lane! The could just ban on street parking?
“Again, the roads are built for cars and for driving.”

If roads are for driving. Get out of my bike lane!

]]> By: wny http://blog.tstc.org/2009/05/15/hey-im-bikin-here/comment-page-1/#comment-1220 wny Sun, 17 May 2009 00:41:33 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=4440#comment-1220 watch the cars go through the red lights on Broadway across 60th and you'll realize that nothing is safe. There seem to be no traffic laws in wet new york. I have seen left turn on red and go through the red light so often that I am afraid to stop at red or move on green. The only tickets are for parking on a street sweeping day. That is easy money for the commissioners and pasante. watch the cars go through the red lights on Broadway across 60th and you’ll realize that nothing is safe. There seem to be no traffic laws in wet new york. I have seen left turn on red and go through the red light so often that I am afraid to stop at red or move on green. The only tickets are for parking on a street sweeping day. That is easy money for the commissioners and pasante.

]]> By: Jacob http://blog.tstc.org/2009/05/15/hey-im-bikin-here/comment-page-1/#comment-1219 Jacob Fri, 15 May 2009 20:50:15 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=4440#comment-1219 Having biked on Bergenline Avenue multiple times, I think your picture and caption distract from the point of this law. I agree that this legislation is a good start. The law should require a safe amount of space to pass a cyclist. On highly congested and narrow roads like Bergenline Avenue, if there is not enough space to pass a cyclist, the law should make it illegal to do so. If cars must drive slower because a cyclist is on the road, so be it. Saving lives should take precedence over moving vehicles. The picture distracts from that point by quibbling over street widths. Having biked on Bergenline Avenue multiple times, I think your picture and caption distract from the point of this law. I agree that this legislation is a good start. The law should require a safe amount of space to pass a cyclist. On highly congested and narrow roads like Bergenline Avenue, if there is not enough space to pass a cyclist, the law should make it illegal to do so. If cars must drive slower because a cyclist is on the road, so be it. Saving lives should take precedence over moving vehicles. The picture distracts from that point by quibbling over street widths.

]]> By: anonymous http://blog.tstc.org/2009/05/15/hey-im-bikin-here/comment-page-1/#comment-1218 anonymous Fri, 15 May 2009 20:45:45 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=4440#comment-1218 Even with such legislation the likelihood of proper enforcement, not to mention people actually knowing about the law, is pretty low. The only real solution is to continue building segregated rights of way for bikes--either protected bike lanes or totally separated bike paths. Even with such legislation the likelihood of proper enforcement, not to mention people actually knowing about the law, is pretty low. The only real solution is to continue building segregated rights of way for bikes–either protected bike lanes or totally separated bike paths.

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