Personal Experience--Astor Place** High Noon 7/30/25

While crossing LaFayette St just past the moving sculpture N of the Public Theater- A man with grey hair-tee shirt-jeans just ahead of me. A man on a e-bike was running at the usual race time uptown. As the delivery agent approached he rang the bike bell. Immediately the man ahead of me turned-croached-and growled with a visceral antipathy that was as much menace as frustration. Right from the gut. 25 years of being victims in our own skin and streets. "This all started with Bloomberg." The bike had passed behind us. "You got that right." One gray head to another. While I'm at it-It was Bloomberg who responded to the irrational armtwisting of Charles Komanoff to withhold enforcement by the NYPD on rogue cyclists. Money Mike wanted to attract the digital industry. Mission accomplished. Great swaths of the westside were bought and developed by the teck oligarhs. Gorgo enforcement-the backbone of a responsible bike culture-to accommodate the preference of tech employees to cycle. Yes it did begin with the zealotry of TA and the complicity of Bloomberg As Jeenaette Sadik Khan said at the Rudin Center "It's good for real estate. How much of the west side might Bloomberg enterprises have owned? Bloomberg said he wanted to increase the density of the city to 12 illion residents. Want NYC to be a "luxury destination." Does that include the savaging of the quality of public safety and quality of life? When your self worth is focussed of making money and feeling important by giving it-stratically away-some thing are simply collateral damage.

WPIX** Senior Citizen cyclist Hit & Run driver 21

2nd Ave & 15th St. Lower East Side hit and run. 65 year old e-bike cyclist hit. Suffered traumatic head injury. Driver-21- caught in Brooklyn 2 hours later. Was cyclist wearing a helmet? Who was doing what when the encounter occurred? Not informative. At least it will be an accurate statistic involving an e-bike. https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/hit-run-leaves-bicyclist-critical-131730149.html

Zealot vs Zealot Youtube:Frieda Vizel(Bedford Ave Bike Lane Battle)

Cyclist Frieda Vizel has done a commendable job with a video presentation about the Hassidic uprising against the protected bike lane along Beford Aveneue.Succinctly:There was never an environmental impact study conducted for Vision Zero. Enforcement was actively opposed and imposed from the beginning. This undermined the NYPD. Enforcement is the backbone of a responsible bike culture. The arrogance of the founders of Transportation Alternatives subsequently transmitted to the members of TA and adopted by digital commerce has devasated public safety and blugeoned the quality of city life. Possible solution? Send Charles Komanoff and Mark Gorton-TA prinipals- for a Bar mitzvah refresher course and invite the Grand Rebbe to exit the Mitzvah tank and go for a cycling swarm on a midsummer night.********************https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd-tp9GrQyE

Brownstoner**Judge Approves dismantling of protected Bedford Ave bike lane

The Hasidim in Brooklyn succesfully took on Transportation Alternatives in court and prevailed. The usual subtrefuge, misinformation, inaccurate citation of statistics were of no avail against at least 12 incidents reliably reported of children being hit by cyclists. Whoops TA-looks like you're hoist on your own petard. Zealotry first and foremost. Zealotry above all. Screw public safety and common sense. Screw the advice of internationally recognized authorities. Charles Komanoff "the sophist" knows best. Mark Gorton-hedge fund operator-developer of Lime Wire-= music theft software-supporter of Robert "The Doc" Kennedy knows best. ZEALOTRY UBER ALLES*****************https://www.brownstoner.com/brooklyn-life/bedford-avenue-protected-bike-lane-bed-stuy-judge-decision/

Cyclists Frustrated by NYPD Crackdown on Rogue Riding ABC

https://mail.yahoo.com/n/folders/folders=1&listFilter=PRIORITY/messages/ACzk1P5H4iWoSFU13hOMLxdZVEw/ACzk1P5H4iWoSFU13hOMLxdZVEw:2?. NYPD Commissioner Tisch began enforcing the law firmly against rogue riding in April. Charlie Baker with Transportation Alternatives is quoted as belly aching about this advocacy of public safety. Deferring as usual to the cars and trucks defection. The issu in NYC is and always has been since 2000 that the cycling and microtransport community has been allowed to run wild. Due to the undue influence of the same Transportation Alternatives and the complicity of the mayoral administraations since 2000. Thus the NYPD has been undermined. The quality of public safety bludgeoned. So too the quyality of life. No amount of infrastructure can create public safety with a responsible cycling culture. Enforcement is the backbone of same. Transportation Alternatives leading the charge of zealotry is now hoist on its own petard. Unfortunately it has taken the public along for the unseemly ride. Causing needless deaths. Accidents. Unnumbered close calls. Its been irrational since TA mounted the podium We've all paid the price. Expert John Pucher told TA NOT TO DO IT-thwarting enforcment. TA knew better. The city paid the price. Thank you Commissioner Tisch.

Personal encounter Jack Brown

On Saturday walking back from the West Village I was crossing Seventh Ave-Headed Eastt. The light was with me. Approaching the east side at the bike lane there was a female cyclist-Citibike-stopped for the redlight. She engrossed in her cell phone. Left foot on the curb. Suddenly a male Citibike rider came at a potentially damageing clip. He was looking to his left with no apparent intention of stopping for the light. I saw him. He was close enough to have collided if I hadn't yelled "Hey!" He appeared impervious to his dangerous behavior. Merely glanced at me as if I was a fleeting curiosity and wheeled indifferently through the red light. Take nothing for granted as a pedestrian in The Big Apple. The life you save may be your own.

NYPost 11th St Betw 1st & A-bike squatter's rights

What was a discreet overnight spot-not far from a mosque-for 4 or 5 delivery bikes has expanded to about 50. An overnight guard included. The East Village is a ripe location for delivery work. Years of making it attractive for bridge & tunnel weekenders and a 24 hour frolic for residents has created a quality of life dilemma.Delivery agents and alcohol dispensaries. Ah the good life???********************************************https://nypost.com/2025/07/21/us-news/nyc-block-taken-over-by-migrant-workers-for-delivery-bike-parking-as-guard-keeps-overnight-watc

Two bike encounter 1 escaped canine July 12 9th St

Personal witness on Saturday July 12. Two bikes were on the sidewalk on 9th Street between Third Ave and Fourth. There appeared to be a collision. One of the riders-facing east had a dog with him. The dog wisely fled. Whether dog was dragging a leash or had been tagging along free lance is uncertain. The dog fled east on the downtown side of 9th The scofflaw owner yelled for someone to collar "my dog." Two wrongs don't make a right.

NY DN July 13 25 Teen E-bike mugging suspect nailed by unlicensed mob associate driver

An unnamed 15 year old mugging suspect fleeing police pursuit in Queens was fatally struck on an e-bike by a suspected Bonnano mob associate in his car. Police are now allowed to pursue fleeing bikers in cars if the crime is violent or felony. There had been a high percentage of accidents involving police vehicles in pursuit.Builds up the lawsuit settlements against the city you understand.Perhaps the mob can be contracted to do what has long needed to be done.************************* https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/07/13/queens-mugging-suspect-15-on-e-bike-fleeing-nypd-cops-fatally-struck-by-hit-run-lexus-driver/?lctg=04F

AM Linda Rosenthal**Response from Jack Brown

Linda Rosenthal has responded to the bike crisis 25 years in the metastazis. She has severa bills. Jack Brown responded to this dilatory response by recalling his overture to address the growing public safety issue around 2011. The undue influence of Transportation Alternatives upon mayoral administrations and the willingness of city and state politicians to accede to the armtwisting and rhetoric has allow the problem to become a crisis. Costing lives, livelihoods and untold numbers of accidents and close calls. Budgeoning the quality of life. There has been a reckless disregard for public safety and human life on the part of the city leaders for 25 years. Enough! Enough! Enough! ******************************************************************8 AM Rosenthall: Likely you do not recall our meeting around 2011-you were coming out of a meeting at the apartment of a man who subsequently ran-unsuccessfully for elected office. I approached you as a former proprietor of the Hi-Ho-Cyclery and spokesman for the Coalition Against Rogue Riding. The streets and sidewalks were already areas of jeopardy. Transportation Alternatives has applied undue influence to the Bloomberg administrations to withhold enforcement by the NYPD against the escalating rogue riding.. You were not responsive. Guilty perhaps but not proactive. Your welter of bills and passionate advocacy of various topical issues is all well and good. But pols like yourself and Sen. Liz Krueger who wasted a year of my and her staff's time are in part responsible for the decades of risk, danger and injury experienced by the public. There is NO SAFETY without A RESPONSIBLE BIKE CULTURE. ENFORCEMENT is the BACKBONE of same. The NYPD has been undermined. Quality of life bludgeoned. Pat yourselves on the back for that little dance of evasion of responsibility. Sincerely, Jack Brown Coalition Against Rogue Riding ************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** AM Rosenthal's office email Delivery Apps & E-Bike Safety Included as part of the City's $116-billion budget is the creation of the Department of Sustainable Delivery. The department, which will be housed under the city Department of Transportation, will be tasked with enforcement of laws against illegal e-bike and e-scooter riding, parking violations and enforcement of New York City’s laws regulating delivery apps. However, while that sounds like progress, there's a catch: the 45-member department will not be operational for another two and a half years. People are clamoring for relief now. We need streets and sidewalks that are safe for everyone. However, a missing piece from ongoing conversations about this matter is the role of delivery app platforms play. When drivers are rewarded for making fast deliveries and effectively punished for moving too slowly, it incentivizes dangerous behavior. I am proud to sponsor statewide legislation that would prohibit delivery app platforms from incentivizing dangerous behavior. Dangling bonuses or financial rewards to those who make the most or fastest deliveries contributes to the disorder we see on our streets. It also protects delivery workers from being locked out of their delivery apps for slow performance. Further, I am sponsoring legislation to require delivery app companies to provide drivers with liability insurance, ensuring that anyone injured has a form of recourse.

AM/PM NY "Armless Peace Officers(45) to police rogue riders

The current administration has responded to the 25 years long increasing crisis by establishing a division of the Dept of Tranportation to enforce the law against micro transport e-bikes. 45 officers to be trained and released. The department to be active-TENTATIVELY-in 2028. I guess the peace officers must be receiving highly specialized training. Self suturing? How to avoid expectoration and errant missiles? How to translate colorful language? Breathwork to slow one's pulse? The law needs to be enforced against the Citibike marauders. They are equally scoflaw and less skilled. Well citizens. Step lively and keep your wits about you. The Conservatives are commerce first. The Progressives are super environmentalists and against oppression. Where is the common good? It is said-When you're young if you aren't a liberal you don't have a heart. When you are older if you aren't conservative-you don't have a brain.*************https://www.amny.com/news/crack-down-reckless-e-bike-and-moped-riding-nyc/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=amny-a