Downtown**NYC: Beloved educatior run down by cyclist**Chinatown **Ch 7

This is the second posting about this needless tragedy. One because its all too frequent. Two because there is a picture of the 1 year old toddler who was an innocent victim of fentanyl trafickers in the Bronx. Mayor Adams waxed long and plaintively about young Domenici who was cruelly snatched from a life of promise by despicable criminal hypocrites. However the lawless culture that has plagued the city for more than 2 decades has cost the lives of numerous innocent pedestrrians. The lack of reliable statistics about these events is one telling defect. But more the lack of enforcement-the backbone of a responsible bike culture-is a grievous negligent reckless disregard for public safety.***The buck stops with the mayors. Initially Bloomberg. Said to want to attract the Tech Industry. Many techies preferring to ries bikes. Next De Blasio succumbing to the clamor and supposed voting prowess of the "visionaries". Plus the campaign donations for which Dollar Bill was willing to comply with the wishes of many deep pockets. And finally Mayor Adams. A former NYPD Captain. A law and order campaigner. The buck stops with Mayor Adams. Direct the NYPD to enforce the law. That's their job. Their purpose. Allow them to activate a unit that puts cops on bikes. Use hot spot enforcement. Keep authentic statistics. Enough is enough. The public -NYC-EVSA-The Electirc Vehicle Safety Alliance and Pedestrians for Bike Safety are organized and motivated. It's damn sure time that the city administrations stop dancing to the Trump like sociopathic delusion of the self styled bike visionaries. The public is at the turning point--and there is no turning back. Safer Saner Streets and Sidewalks must be achieved. https://abc7ny.com/chinatown-woman-killed-priscilla-loke-hit-and-run/13797247/

Local*** Another hit and run bike fatality. Senior victim.

This time Murray Hill and Second Ave. 69 year old female,May have connection to United Nations. Wrong way e-bike rider. Of course the bike visionary/zealots persist in calling for NO ENFORCEMENT. Mayor Adams is irate about Fentanyl killing toddlers. What about rogue bike riders killing seniors??? Mayor Adams. What about it? https://thevillagesun.com/danger-on-the-streets-woman-critically-injured-by-wrong-way-e-bike-in-e-30s

Boston Globe: Building Bike Lanes isn't Enough

This piece cites the indication that bike ridership is NOT growing as fast as the bike build out anticipated. It cites the old arguement about being environmentally beneficial and human health friendly. However in addition to the opposition by various groups this piece neglects to state that the European cities ie Amsterdam that now has a robust cycling polpulation worked diligently to establish a responsible biking culture. enforcement being the backbone of same. Cyclists appreciate the privilege of cycling to work and for pleasure. They discipline one another and motorists. Further in cities like New York the logisitics of population density and street width are very different. The opposition by bike "visionaries" to enforcement is neither consistent with responsible biking culture nor rational. More bikes on the streets is only safer with safe-responsible riding.***Building bike lanes is definitely NOT enough. A safer saner environment is dependent on a responsible, rational approach. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/09/18/opinion/bike-lanes-boston-cyclist-education/

NYC Downtown:::2 elderly women from Chinatown fatally struck

One by cyclist-who fled-one by a van. https://thevillagesun.com/two-older-chinatown-women-killed-one-by-a-cyclist-one-by-an-access-a-ride-van

Citi bike Karen:: A teachable cancel culture moment? Red Banyan

https://redbanyan.com/citi-bike-karen-confrontation-shows-grave-danger-of-the-cancel-culture-curse/

Queens** Teen Riding e-scooter fatally struck by MTA bus** Gothamist 8/8/23

https://gothamist.com/news/teen-riding-electric-scooter-fatally-struck-by-mta-bus-in-queens Run a red light run a risk. Anyone who expects riders to discipline themselves is flirting with delusion. A responsible bike culture was avoided 23 years ago. The result is the present chaos and danger The Emperor wears no clothes. And since the pandemic he's been dining outdoors in the Wintertime. Enforcement is the backbone of successful biking programs in Europe where the logistics are quite different. A responsible approach require rational thinking and a cooperative effort. Sometimes visionaires are zealots.

WNYC B Lehrer Show e-bike trouble-NYC-EVSA Janet Schroder*****

From minute 18-27 Janet Schroder makes important points on behalf of NYC-EVSA (electric vehicle safety alliance). The reason that at this date the city is dealing with a screaming crisis is that there was an irrational move by the bike advocates/zealots at the early Bloomberg administration to withhold enforcement by the NYPD. A neat double. Undermine the NYPD and allow the riders to go rogue without accountability. Rational? I think not. Then there was no effort to establish a responsible bike culture. In Europe that was done diligently and with different logistics in population density and street width. But New York visionaries know better. Reality says police enforcement is the backbone of any responsible bike culture. The New York backbone was undermined.No environmental impact study. Bike visionaries know better. From being good for climate change we get the worst congestion in the nation. From congestion we get congestion tax. Bike zealots know better. https://www.wnyc.org/story/what-happens-when-speedy-mopeds-crowd-bike-lanes/