Toward a Better New York-July 5 Collision betw NYPD car & Ci Bike Ave A

               Toward a Better New York

To various elected public officials. Re Mayor De Blasio's directing the NYPD

to enforce the law against rogue cyclists. "

To:  EPO above  ARE YOU IN SUPPORT OF ENFORCING THE LAWS RE CYCLING?

The NYPD has long been suppressed by the mayor's office. This at the behest of

Transportation Alternatives. Why? Enforcement would reduce bike ridership. This

displayed a reckless indifference to human life. As a result NYC  enabled a wildly

irresponsible bike culture.. Resulting in a massive public safety issue. NO ONE benefits

from an out of control cycling community. Pedestrians.Motorists. Fellow cyclists.

The Coalition Against Rogue Riding is gratified to see that Mayor De Blasio has

given the order to Commissioner O Neill to do the NYPD job. This needs to be sustained

and effective. The NYPD has been undermined for the better part of 2 decades.

This will not be a quick or easy cultural rehabilitation.

New York did NOT make a list of the top 20 cycling cities in the world. Vancouver

and Montreal are 2 N American cities that did. Where is it written that going green-

being environmentally conscious means enabling cycling lawlessness.? The misguided

policy has resulted in needless deaths. Numerous injuries. Too many harrowing close

calls to estimate    .New York City is better than this.

It is time that a cooperative approach is employed to educate cyclists and enforce

the law applying to cyclists. This for the BENEFIT OF ALL..

Looking forward to a better New York. Thankyou.

Jack  Brown

Coalition Against Rogue Riding

CARRNYC.blogspot.com

Sent: Monday, July 8, 2019, 11:49:52 PM EDT

Subject: Re: NYPD protecting the public-scofflaw CiBike rider ends in collision

Better coverage from Abc news tonight than others reporting " cop rammed cyclist".

https://abc7ny.com/collision-between-nypd-vehicle-and-citi-bike-sparks-controversy/5384847/

NYPD pursuit of scofflaw Ci Bike rider ends in collision in EV

July 6,2019   In the NInth Pct a NYPD squad car observing a Ci Bike rider violating the law multiple times pursued the rider from First Ave to Ave A by Tompkins Square Park. A collision resulted. The bike wedged between the squad car and a parked vehicle. The officer explains in the video why the rider was pursued. The rider ignored the NYPD's direction to stop. This resulted in a less than elegant stop. However it is illustrative of a number of things. A**the sense of impunity on the part of the rider. The irresponsible bike culture that has been enabled over decades from a lack of a cooperative effort and significantly-ENFORCEMENT- is here being manifest and addressed. We note the rider appears to NOT have been wearing a helmet. Perhaps wearing a helmet would both provide protection for the rider and make a rider more mindful that there is a two way responsibility on the road. There is NO regulation requiring helmet use on Ci Bikes.An oversight? No this was strenuously opposed by bike advocates because it would decrease ridership. Well now patriots-who needs riders like this scofflaw on the road? As the officer states the rider was being stopped for his own protection-and not incidentally that of pedestrians and motorists. GOOD WORK NYPD. We commend the officer and CO of the Ninth Pct John McConnell.  

Coalition Against Rogue Riding

To: Jack Brown

Sent: Sunday, July 7, 2019, 6:41:41 AM EDT

Subject: Excellent!

https://nypost.com/2019/07/06/cop-chase-of-reckless-citibike-rider-ends-in-collision/

Scooter Crash-Man Clinging to Life. UES

Manhattan man clinging to life after fall from electric scooter

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Exchange between Correspondence Unit Offc Spkr Corey Johnson & CARR ***"Time to do right by the People"

                          

Dear Correspondence Unit: I would further strongly recommend that an Independent Study be conducted. Possibly through the Charter Commission to analyze objectively what the authentic needs of the cycling community are. Versus what has been done and at what cost. This should be fundamental to any further  exacerbation of the public safety/congestion crisis. In 2017 the loss in business to the city due to congestion is figured at nearly 35 billion dollars. The number of cyclists who commute said to be about 85,000-weather permitting. The number of commuters by public trans well in excess of 3 million. Not only have considerable resources been expended on the bike build out but this has caused a choking of vehicular flow, longer response time for EMS,and with the ride share resulted in world class congestion. Finally a congestion tax on the public for what is essentially 85,000 young and healthy cyclists. Elitist-to say the least est. Tail wagging the dog anyone? It is time to restore reason and balance to the public safety menace. Under the guise of going green-being environmentally friendly a collossal hit to the NYC quality of life has been perpetrated.Bike zealots would claim that the quality of the air has improved.I checked with the EPA-the quality of the gasoline would have made a difference. However the congestion obviates that. The time for a reality check has come. Too many deaths. Too many injuries.Far too many harrowing close calls for pedestrians-and fellow cyclists-by rogue bike riders.Time to reckon with the lobbyists, the serial sophists and vote seeking contribution soliciting pols.Time to stop conflating going green with lawlessness. Time to do right by the people.

Sincerely-

Jack Brown

Coalition Against Rogue Riding

Former proprietor of the Hi Ho Cyclery

165 Ave A

NYC 10003

On Wednesday, June 26, 2019, 9:07:06 AM EDT, NYC Council Speaker Referral (imailagent) <correspondence@council.nyc.ny.us> wrote:

Dear Mr. Brown:

Thank you for your recent message to Speaker Johnson regarding the City’s bicycle infrastructure.

Our office is responsible for processing the mail that the Speaker receives as the head of the  New York City Council .

Speaker Johnson and his staff were saddened to learn of the tragic death of the young cyclist in his district.   The Speaker is a proponent of cycling and believes that the safety of all New Yorkers is paramount, whether they are walking, driving, or biking.

We’ll be sure to share copies of your email with the appropriate people here at the Council, including the Speaker’s district office staff and the staff of the Council’s Transportation Committee.

Thanks again for sharing your concerns with the Speaker.    We appreciate your input. 

Sincerely, 

Correspondence Unit    
Community Engagement Division    
Office of New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson            
NYC Council  

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Mark Gorton*** principle funder of Transportation Alternatives.** Music pirate**-legal history NYT 5-12-11

Major Record Labels Settle Suit With LimeWire

BY BEN SISARIO

 MAY 12, 2011 6:20 PMMay 12, 2011 6:20 pm

8:15 p.m. | Updated 
Ending a five-year court battle over music piracy, the major record companies on Thursday settled a copyright infringement lawsuit with LimeWire, a popular file-sharing network, for $105 million, the Recording Industry Association of America announced.

In the suit, filed in 2006, the labels and the R.I.A.A., their trade group, accused LimeWire of running a Web service “devoted essentially” to piracy by allowing users to upload and download songs without permission. LimeWire began in 2000, and the labels contend that Mark Gorton, 44, the site’s creator and a defendant in the case, continued to operate it even after the Supreme Court ruled in 2005 that a similar service, Grokster, could be held liable for infringement.

Although the $105 million settlement is far from the $1.4 billion the labels had sought as a maximum penalty, the companies are hoping that the case will act as a deterrent to further piracy since Mr. Gorton, a former Wall Street trader with millions in personal assets, will also face liability.

“We are pleased to have reached a large monetary settlement following the court’s finding that both LimeWire and its founder Mark Gorton personally liable for copyright infringement,” Mitch Bainwol, the R.I.A.A.’s chairman, said in a statement. “As the court heard during the last two weeks, LimeWire wreaked enormous damage on the music community, helping contribute to thousands of lost jobs and fewer opportunities for aspiring artists.”

Five years ago, Kazaa, another peer-to-peer file-sharing system, settled a suit with the major record companies for $115 million.

In the suit, the labels identified more than 9,000 recordings made since 1972 that had been traded on LimeWire without permission and sought damages of up to $150,000 for each song. Judge Kimba M. Wood of United States District Court in Manhattan ruled a year ago that LimeWire had violated copyright, and when the settlement was reached, the case was in trial to set damages.

In October, Judge Wood ordered that most of the service’s functions be disabled, and the company said it was shutting down on Dec. 31.

LimeWire had argued that illegal file-sharing was not solely responsible for the music industry’s woes, pointing to CD counterfeiting, bankruptcies of music retailers and other problems.

“The record companies know and have known that their problems started well before LimeWire,” Joseph Baio, LimeWire’s lawyer, told the jury in his opening statement at the damages trial.

On Wall Street, Mr. Gorton co-founded a hedge fund that in 2007 had a reported $117 million in assets.

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Voicer & NYT Blogger Gary Taustine July 6,2019 Tell us how you really feel Gary. Time to get bikes off the road.

                   

Time to get bikes off the road

Manhattan: It’s not safe for cyclists in this city, and it never will be. A thousand miles of protected bike lanes wouldn’t have prevented the tragic death of Devra Freelander. She was hit going through an intersection.

The city has narrowed our already attenuated streets and slowed traffic to a crawl to accommodate cycling and it hasn’t made pedestrians, drivers or cyclists any safer. Traffic fatalities are on the rise again and accidents resulting in injuries have skyrocketed.

Cars are more dangerous than bikes, but adding bicyclists to the mix, many of whom refuse to obey traffic laws, has compounded the hazard with new and unpredictable threats.

The bike experiment has failed. It’s high time we cut our losses, remove the lanes, and throw Citi Bike in the dustbin of history where it belongs. Gary Taustine

J.David Goodman NYT Sept 2010 Column & commentary cyclist-pedestrian-wars SOS

https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/18/spokes-the-cyclist-pedestrian-wars/