NYT online-comment Jack Brown 7-31-19

Another insight into the exercise in zealotry brought to NYC by Transportation Alternatives.         
                                           "New York is better than this."

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Jack Brown | New York City
Transportation Alternatives is hoist on its own hypocritical petard-and taken the public with it. They made no effort to establish a responsible bike culture. Fearing that obeying the law would diminish ridership. Claiming that the more riders the safer the street-and SIDEWALK? TA controlled the Dept of Transportation under Janette Sadik Kahn. Refused to cooperate with NYC agencies. Then Mayor Bloomberg told JSK "Do whatever you want just don't screw up." TA and DOT operate on an "Ends justify the means" assault. Bloomberg also had his arm twisted and agreed to suppress enforcement by the NYPD. Again TA didn't want to depress ridership!! Where is it written that going green and promoting bike riding requires enabling bike bedlam, blowing up a public safety crisis and bludgeoning the New York quality of life? New York is Better Than This. New York is conspicuously missing from the list of the top 20 cycling global cities. From jump importing bike programs from Europe was misguided. Logistics of street width and vehicular and population density are vastly different. This was a narcissistic fantasy.Trying to put a square peg in a round hole.Pandering politicians have been bought. The public euchered The authority of the NYPD has been undermined-while the bike zealots clamor for enforcement. No one benefits from an irresponsible bike culture.NO ONE. Education and enforcement-coming from behind-are the bottom line. Here's to a Better New York.