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In nyc.transit Vasos Panagiotopoulos +1-917-287-8087 Bioengineer-Financier <vjp2@dorsai.org @smtp.dorsai.org> wrote:
: 	I just thought of something - in Manhattan, why not take a
: page from the street vendor rules and only allow cycling on side
: (east-west) streets and just plainly require EVERYBODY to dismount on
: the Avenues except for the really wide avenues.

What page is that??  There are hundreds of licensed vendors along Broadway
south of 8th Street and along 6th Avenue.

I think the point is being missed here: the vast majority of bicyclists
don't threaten pedestrians.  Sure, many run red lights but this doesn't
necessarily mean that a pedestrian will be frightened or inconvenienced in
the process.  I run red lights all the time and have never cut off a
pedestrian with the legal right of way.

As long as we're talking about bicyclists obeying the lights, show me even
_one_ non-tourist pedestrian in NYC who doesn't routinely cross against
the walk light or between crosswalks if they believe they can do so safely.
Likewise all the joggers (pedestrians) who run in reserved bicycle lanes
and, yes, even on crowded sidewalks.  This is NYC, for crying out loud.
Pedestrians are going to jaywalk, cars are going to honk their infernal
horns and cabs are going to drive like idiots.  We _should_ prosecute
the extreme cases but it's folly to assume that tougher laws will be
enforced against the true offenders with any more aggressiveness than
the existing ones.