Hard to take away perks of the job

and this, like Melville has visited Penn Station: "As passengers ascend to the concourse, they are confronted with a low-ceilinged maze of subterranean corridors into which no natural light has ever shone."

Lines I wish I had written: "Penn Station is a layer cake of inadequacy..." @nytpatrick.bsky.social

Old enough to remember DiBlasio being chauffeured daily to his gym 11 miles from Gracie Mansion: nyc.streetsblog.org/2019/09/24/e...

The Car Overlords have 11 of them... So why not give us a few, and a lane on the West Side Highway to boot.

Note Reingold just made Oliver's show: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT....

See the DOT Vision Zero Data here showing worthy reductions in such fatalities, but clearly showing that cars remain the greatest threat. www.nyc.gov/html/dot/htm....

I believe in Vision Zero so any death involving bicycles and MOre ImpoRTanTLY cars is one too many. And, when compared to deaths involving motor vehicles, one can only wonder why we don't have speed controls on ALL CARS in and out of our city. @nyc.streetsblog.org @streetspac.org

The referenced article goes on to say: "the rate of cyclist fatalities and serious injuries as a share of all bike trips has been trending downward for many years, suggesting that riding a bicycle in New York City has become safer over the long term." A pretty important bit of context for readers.

According to the article the speed limit for e-bikes is a "reasonable move" because... E-bikes have been responsible for an increase in cyclist deaths in recent years." The writer then links to another NYT article that shows DOT data for cycling fatalities. www.nytimes.com/2024/03/05/n...