Tonight, the 25th of January, 2010 there is a Lecture/Debate at Pete's Candy Store about bike lanes through a heavily hasidic area of Bedford Ave. in Brooklyn. I will say right now, there is no debate. If the hasidim don't want to look at people biking through 'their' neighborhood then don't. Look away. Board up the windows. Whatever. But don't remove bike lines, there should be more and NOT less bike lanes as it is. Point blank.
I feel a little dirty even giving this thing the time of day but apparently it's still somehow an issue. I really just got dumber for having to even justify how stupid they're being about the bike lanes.
And to their other argument that the bike lanes create traffic hazards, the school buses and trucks and mini-vans are the real actual traffic hazards. I used to drive through there almost everyday during my tour as an art trucker and it was ridiculous.
Common Folk staunchly supports bike lanes and taking them back if need be-
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and from the gothamist-
and this total slut-
