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  Jack, Pls. see article below. MM -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: Ebenezer RecommendedDate: Sat, 2 Nov 2019 11:37:04 -0400From: Richard Lewis To: Myra CC: Smith, Ebenezer Please read the following article from the November 1st issue of the Brooklyn Eagle Newspaper: https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2019/11/01/seniors-take-over-crown-heights-bike-safety-forum/ =============================== Seniors take over Crown Heights bike safety forum November 1, 2019 Kelly Mena Claris Ferguson, 55, and Carey Tan, 34, speak about the street safety measure at a recent public hearing in Crown Heights. Eagle file photo by Kelly Mena A Crown Heights town hall aimed at expanding bike access for communities of color was quickly overtaken by seniors looking to shift the focus from bike safety to senior safety. State Sen. Zellnor Myrie, whose district covers Crown Heights and parts of Brownsville and Sunset Park, hosted a “Bike Equity” town hall on Wednesday night, which included a panel of women of color promoting bike access. But within half an hour, the conversation had shifted to senior mobility issues. The City Council passed a $1.7 billion bike safety initiative dubbed the Streets Master Plan on Wednesday. The plan, praised by cyclist advocates, is set to add 250 miles of protected bike lanes to city streets, alongside other major street design changes. Elderly residents of Central Brooklyn voiced their concerns on Wednesday over modifications that, they feared, would prioritize those on two wheels instead of those on two feet. “You guys are kind of young now, but I think if you wind up breaking your leg, or as you get older, you’re not going to feel so attached to that bike,” said local resident and car owner Janet, who refused to give her last name “So please, I am asking you to open up your mind and not think selfishly, but think about everybody in your community.”
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Mandatory Helmet Use-cycling
NTSB wants mandatory bike helmet laws. Bike advocates don’t. NTSB wants mandatory bike helmet laws. Bike advocates don’t. The National Transportation Safety Board also called for improvements to road design, lower speeds where bikes a... Josh- NY Daily News Did you see this? Finally some rationality is entering the arena. Please let me know if you will run It's Not East Being Green- and about when. The main reasons for the bike bedlam and all the repercussions are due to the fact that the bike advocates neglected to advocate for a responsible bike culture. They avoided participation in a cooperative effort to to same. They fought the use of helmets-all to -increase ridership- in their opinion. Is this rational? I think NOT. If as they assert the more riders the safer the streets-why then are cycling deaths increasing? Why are the sidewalks and streets unsafe for cyclists and pedestrians? The fault dear Josh lies with the zealotry that has build a remorseless house of cards- Irresponsible bike culture-congestion-congestion tax- a bludgeoning of the quality of life. Loss in city business due to congestion. Not a pretty picture. Best- Jack Brown Coalition Against Rogue Riding former bike shop owner


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https://nypost.com/2019/10/23/devine-eco-madness-may-be-reason-for-disastrous-boeing-737-max-safety-issues/ ( blurb at end of editorial) Cycle of folly Now the city wants to adjust traffic lights to suit cyclists and further slow cars and buses. It’s supposed to make cycling safer after a spate of deaths over the summer. But the inconvenience and economic damage will do nothing to address the real problem of lawless, entitled cyclists who run red lights, ride the wrong way down one-way streets and pose a lethal threat to pedestrians and themselves. Only 3 percent of New Yorkers use bikes as their primary mode of transportation, compared with 28 percent who walk and 40 percent who use cars or buses. It’s time to give the streets back to the majority and admit that Mayor Bill de Blasio’s bike revolution is a big fake flop.
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To all concerned. My name is Jack Brown. Former bike shop proprietor.The Hi Ho Cyclery 165 Ave A. As the Spokesman for the Coalition Against Rogue Riding I wish to make a brief statement. The self styled "visionaries" who have " moved fast and broken things" in Vision Zero have made a fatal flaw in their tactics. Transportation Alternatives has enabled a conflation of "going green"-being environmentally friendly with an out of control public safety problem. This was prevailing on then Mayor Bloomberg and continuing with current Mayor di Blasio to suppress enforcement of scofflaw cyclists.This undermined the authority of the NYPD and enabled a lawless bike culture which has generated an environment of jeopardy on the streets and sidewalks. The sense of entitlement on the part of many cyclists is aggressive.Pedestrians are treated like an obstacle course. The imposition of this practice was at best radical and by virtue of the increase in deaths, injuries and numberless close calls it is reasonable to characterize it as irrational. The motive for pushing for lack of helmets and lack of enforcement was to theoretically increased ridership. This diminished rider safety and likely pedestrian safety. I am not alone in calling this an exercise in zealotry. If a genuine collaborative effort to establish a responsible bike culture had been made-with enforcement as the backbone-New York City would assuredly be a safer bike and pedestrian and motorist friendly place. New York is last of the 100 largest cities in the USA as a place to drive a car. It is well out of the top 20 global cycling cities. Bike infrastructure set the table for world class congestion. Congestion caused a congestion tax. Congestion caused a loss in NYC business in tens of billions. The number of cyclists is about 1% of the commuters. How has all this dislocation and destruction been caused by so few? The quality of life in New York City has been bludgeoned. The zealots are pursuing what is manifestly a r


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Subject:	Seniors refocus Bike meeting to address safety-rather than more infrastructure.
Date:	Rationality prevailed over zealotry. This plus the FTSB proposing a Federal Law making helmet use mandatory for cycling demonstrates that the irrational approach
From:	employed by bike advocates (IE Zealots) suppressing enforcement to increase ridership-saying that more cyclists means safer streets-has been demonstrated to be a remorseless house of cards. The mayors-Bloomberg and De Blasio have enabled this sophistry of going green means subjecting the populace to bike bedlam. The pols have shown themselves willing to swallow the swill for campaign contributions and possible votes. Change gonna come.
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Seniors take over Crown Heights bike safety forum

November 1, 2019 Kelly Mena




Claris Ferguson, 55, and Carey Tan, 34, speak about the street safety measure at a recent public hearing in Crown Heights. Eagle file photo by Kelly Mena

A Crown Heights town hall aimed at expanding bike access for communities of color was quickly overtaken by seniors looking to shift the focus from bike safety to senior safety.

State Sen. Zellnor Myrie, whose district covers Crown Heights and parts of Brownsville and Sunset Park, hosted a “Bike Equity” town hall on Wednesday night, which included a panel of women of color promoting bike access. But within half an hour, the conversation had shifted to senior mobility issues.

The City Council passed a $1.7 billion bike safety initiative dubbed the Streets Master Plan on Wednesday. The plan, praised by cyclist advocates, is set to add 250 miles of protected bike lanes to city streets, alongside other major street design changes. Elderly residents of Central Brooklyn voiced their concerns on Wednesday over modifications that, they feared, would prioritize those on two wheels instead of those on two feet.

“You guys are kind of young now, but I think if you wind up breaking your leg, or as you get older, you’re not going to feel so attached to that bike,” said local resident and car owner Janet, who refused to give her last name “So please, I am asking you to open up your mind and not think selfishly, but think about everybody in your community.”

Protected bike lanes, which separate cyclists from vehicular traffic with physical barriers such as stanchions or parked cars, offer an extra layer of safety for cyclists. But some car drivers, like Community Board 17 Transportation Chairperson, Lee Burnett, say these lanes are now putting drivers in danger. The new design forces drivers to disembark their cars into oncoming bike traffic, she claimed.

“I almost got struck a couple of times by, because bikers just zip by. You don’t even see them coming,” Burnett said.

Wednesday’s City Council vote came less than three months after Mayor Bill de Blasio announced his “Green Wave” plan — a $58.4 million project to increase the pace of bike lane construction.

There have been 25 cyclist deaths citywide so far this year — 16 of them in Brooklyn alone. In 2018, 10 cyclists were killed citywide through t