Bike Lane Blockers, Beware - Democratic Underground

steven johnson

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Sat Mar-20-10 07:06 PM
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Bike Lane Blockers, Beware

These guys aren't clowning around about keeping cars from parking in the bike lanes in New York City.

The Bureau of Organized Bikelane Safety, a provisional wing of the environmental advocacy group Time’s Up, which staged a street-theater action Friday afternoon to urge drivers to stop blocking the city’s more than 300 miles of bicycle lanes.

The six riders started at Madison Square Park before crawling up Avenue of the Americas to Bryant Park. While takeout deliverers and messengers zipped past vehicles blocking bicycle lanes, the bike-lane safety team, armed with crime-scene tape and fake parking summonses, set cones around the illegally parked vehicles and reenacted crash scenes.

It was another victory for the Bureau of Organized Bikelane Safety, a provisional wing of the environmental advocacy group Time’s Up, which staged a street-theater action Friday afternoon to urge drivers to stop blocking the city’s more than 300 miles of bicycle lanes.

The six riders started at Madison Square Park before crawling up Avenue of the Americas to Bryant Park. While takeout deliverers and messengers zipped past vehicles blocking bicycle lanes, the bike-lane safety team, armed with crime-scene tape and fake parking summonses, set cones around the illegally parked vehicles and reenacted crash scenes.

Bike Lane Blockers, Beware

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kestrel91316

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Sat Mar-20-10 07:12 PM
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1. I had to move onto the sidewalk twice today because of jackasses parking in the bike lane,

and I was only riding 1.5 miles. Couldn't dare risk moving left into a traffic lane. This is Los Angeles and people drive like they're on NASCAR.

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WorseBeforeBetter

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Sat Mar-20-10 07:30 PM
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2. 300 miles of bike lanes sounds like a dream to me.

Do what you gotta do, people.

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