had worked diligently to establish a responsible bike culture many of these and previous
tragedies might have never occurred. In 2004 NACTO and The Rudin Center for Transportation of NYU conducted a joint study. The sole conclusion was in order to establish a responsible culture
it requires a cooperative effort. In their ZEAL to promote the bike build out and with the blessing
of Mayor Michael Bloomberg the NYC DOT under Janette Sadik Khan and with her "brain trust"
of Transportation Alternatives simply ignored other city agencies and refused to join a task force
in 2010 proposed by the office of the NY Boro President. Their stated aim was to increase bike ridership and build as much bike infrastructure as rapidly as possible and make it as difficult as possible to remove it. This manifested rarely seen hubris and a reckless indifference to human
life. Now we see the price that the public is paying. Breaking the car culture? Bike infrastructure set the table for congestion. In 2017 congestion cost NYC 35 billion dollars in lost business.Congestion
begat the congestion tax in 2019. About 85,000 cyclists commute.Weather permitting. About 3 1/2 million commuters use public transportation. Primarily young and healthy people cycle.This is not New York finest moment.By twisting the arm of Mayor Bloomberg to suppress enforcement by the NYPD against scofflaw bike riding and then clamoring for enforcement-primarily against motor vehicles-Transportation Alternatives perpetrated a massive hypocrisy. Further it removed any
legitimacy from the bike build out. The virtue of going green was simply a ruse for serial sophistry and what amounts to a swindling of the public.
R.I.P.
Towards a Better New York
Cyclist clinging to life after being struck by car in Queens
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The bicyclist was struck by this SUV on Woodhaven Blvd and Jamaica Avenue.
Seth Gottfried
A bicyclist is clinging to life after being struck by a car in Queens early Wednesday morning, cops said.
The unidentified cyclist was struck soon after 1 a.m. on Woodhaven Boulevard near the intersection of Jamaica Avenue in Woodhaven, police said.
The cyclist was rushed to Jamaica Hospital in critical condition, authorities said.
The driver of the car remained on scene, police said. No arrests were made on Tuesday night.
On Tuesday, two cyclists were killed in separate boroughs hours apart from one another, cops said.
A 58-year-old was killed when he was hit by a box truck while riding on the southbound side of McGuiness Avenue at 3:51 p.m. in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, authorities said.
Hours earlier, a 17-year-old was fatally struck by a tow truck while riding on Staten Island at about noon, police said.
The unidentified cyclist was struck soon after 1 a.m. on Woodhaven Boulevard near the intersection of Jamaica Avenue in Woodhaven, police said.
The cyclist was rushed to Jamaica Hospital in critical condition, authorities said.
The driver of the car remained on scene, police said. No arrests were made on Tuesday night.
On Tuesday, two cyclists were killed in separate boroughs hours apart from one another, cops said.
A 58-year-old was killed when he was hit by a box truck while riding on the southbound side of McGuiness Avenue at 3:51 p.m. in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, authorities said.
Hours earlier, a 17-year-old was fatally struck by a tow truck while riding on Staten Island at about noon, police said.
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