Village Sun** Professional "activist" offers excuse for dangerous cycling

Activist Bill Di Paola known for the West Side Highway makeover and Times UP and Critical Mass bike mess making excuses the rampant lawlessness by e-bikes as similar to the mess extant 20 years ago made by self propelled bikes. A spirited exchange ensues. The comments are the most interesting. Especially Sandy from Brooklyn. Eloquent and insightful. Basically its more hubris from the Transportation Alternatives version of Mein Kampf. Make a mess. Congestion. Clamor for Congestion Pricing. Push for privatization of public space. Then while the hubris is still pungent suggest that its the fault of the city. The reckless disregard for public safety should be criminal on the part of both Trans Alt and 3 administrations that have subjected the public to abject disregard for the law and common sense, sanity, and decency. If you want a taste of what another Trump administration would be like THIS IS IT.**** https://thevillagesun.com/cycling-advocate-offers-his-spin-on-the-e-bike-dilemma

Fox News continued from previous Fox News

Here is quote from article about congregant delivery agents creating hazard-not only while working-lawlessly-but while congregating between deliveries. The first proclamation is allegedly by Councilmember Carlina Rivera. It is probable propaganda from the Mein Kampf of Transportation Alternatives. "Deliveristas are not the problem. The problem that our city is experiencing is infrastructure, the lack of labor protections and a comprehensive plan that allows everybody to work and live with safety and dignity," Rivera says. Worker's Justice Project a group focused on empowering low-wage immigrant workers in the workplace, says they agree. This isn't a dynamic that's unique to 14th Street though. FOX 5 has reported on the same issue in neighborhoods across the city, including on the Upper West Side and in Harlem. City Hall had proposed charging hubs where workers could charge their bikes and rest up, but the idea has been rejected by local community boards.

Fox News Ch 5-e-bikes glut blocks

Fox News cites a number of blocks where e-bikes-deliveristas congregate between work. This is a hazard. The cause is the dependence of consumers on having things delivered. They could walk to pick up food-if the journey was not fraught with lawless delivery agents and bikes blocking the sidewalk.*** https://www.fox5ny.com/news/14th-street-sidewalk-crowded-bikes

Moped rider assaults 2 pedestrians

Moped rider jumps into an altercation. Assaults 2 men. Escapes on moped. He was wearing a helmet. Safety first perp.***********https://www.yahoo.com/news/moped-rider-allegedly-punched-2-145034447.html

NY Post-e-bike and scooter*** ALARMING STATS***

The growth in e-bike and scooter accidents is alarming. Lack of helmets and motovating under the influence are cited as causes of damage. I remark ad nauseaum that a lack of a responsible bike culture armtwisted by Transportation Alternatives since the first Bloomberg administration is a primary cause for the lawless riding and the danger resulting for all. Like the recent change in the Democratic candidate for President a major shift is needed to rectify what has been a wild exercise in hubris and sophistry on the part of Charles Komanoff and Mark Gorton of TA. Dump Trump and do away with the delusion of TA.************* https://nypost.com/2024/07/23/lifestyle/e-bike-and-e-scooter-injuries-are-soaring-in-us-heres-why/

Village Sun Op Ed ::Dining Sheds & Emergency response times.

Op Ed examining the increase in response times due to the expansion of street obstruction caused by the dining favelas. Also the conflicts exhibited by the DOT-Restaurant & entertainment Assoc in the City of Yes. ******https://thevillagesun.com/opinion-d-o-t-puts-dining-sheds-over-our-safety

Streetsblog Theater District Eighth Ave Reconfiguration

Mayor Adams has responded to vigorous complaints from theater goers and theater owners about the difficulty in travel. Inparticular Eighth Ave has been shrunk to accomodate Vision Zero. The mayor is faced with cleaning up-in one small if profit making area the mess caused by the pell mell approach of dispersing the architecture of V 0. Then Commisshioner Sadik Khan brazenly stated at an Eighth St BID meeting that her and Transportation Alternatives' intention was to push through as much of V0 as fast as possible and make it as difficult for any future administration to remove. It was full speed ahead-Damn the torpedos. Chickens are coming home to roost.********https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/07/08/mayor-adams-once-praised-eighth-ave-sidewalk-expansions-he-now-wants-to-relook-at?ref=hellgatenyc.com