Smell ya later, Terminal 3. Smell ya later forever. No, really, you smell. (at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK))
But Goodyear is beyond clueless, she’s malicious in her attempt to conflate street danger with rule obedience. Cyclists having it both ways on street danger would be to advocate that motorists be prosecuted for killing people while cyclists should not be. In fact, it’s motorists like Goodyear who already do have it both ways in this respect. When motorists kill someone (which is often) the city falls over itself to exonerate them. Perhaps they had their first-ever diabetic fit and couldn’t help careening onto the sidewalk and crashing into a building and killing a woman in between? No criminality! But when a cyclist kills someone (which is exceedingly rare) the cyclist is subject to all available legal scrutiny. What cyclists want is for motorists to be subject to exactly the same scrutiny.
As Leland says, I must be getting over my cold because I’m writing long angry blog comments again.
I struggle with this debate. New York, and other American cities where cycling is on the ride, are cities in transition right now. Neither side here is completely right: following the letter of the law isn’t going to gain us any more respect, because anti-cycling bias is far deeper than that. But breaking the law because it should be legal isn’t particularly productive, either. And even worse, the political climate in New York is such that an Idaho stop law or two-way bike infrastructure on one-way streets is untenable.
Quite simply, I don’t know where I fall on this, except that I don’t care what you think should be legal if you’re salmoning toward me in a three-foot wide bike lane; you’re still an asshole.
Rotisserie-Grilled Alaskan Reindeer Sausage & Seared Alaskan Sockeye Salmon over garlic mashed potatoes, Blistered Asparagus, crispy parsnips & IPA Au Jus, paired with 2013 Big Woody Barleywine
The entree in Glacier Brewhouse’s $60 prix-fixe American Craft Beer Week beer dinner menu.
Yeah, that is DEFINITELY happening.
At left, the Alaska ABC affiliate’s extended forecast for Anchorage, which calls for a wintry mix and a high of 34 on Saturday.
At right, the Alaska CBS affiliate’s extended forecast for Anchorage, which calls for breaks of sun and a high of 51 on Saturday.
No big deal. It’s not like I’m trying to plan outdoor activities for Saturday or anything.
(My favorite is the fact that the forecast low for Friday night on the CBS forecast is higher than the forecast high for Saturday on the ABC forecast.)
Hey, cool. Thanks for choosing someone who knows absolutely nothing about sports to work with me on a project that practically requires a vast knowledge of sports and sports on TV.
We filed a freedom of information request for NJ Transit’s hurricane plan. This is what we got.
Absolutely awful. It’s simply amazing that nobody has been fired - or even disciplined - for NJ Transit’s lack of preparation for Sandy. Good on WNYC for their coverage of this.
Wonder what they’ll call this after he drops all that weight. (at The HAT Tavern)
Things that happen to me on a Saturday: I walk around with no plan and end up pouring at a beer festival. (at Alewife NYC)
Today at Smorgasburg (clockwise from top left): hand-rolled pumpernickel everything bagel, Kugel “Double Down” with fried chicken skin and ramp sauce, Spicy Tuna Taco, and spicy pigs in a blanket with housemade catsup and mustard. (at Smorgasburg Williamsburg)
No, really, the opponents of Bikeshare are worse than the Tea Party.
Aw, shucks. You shouldn’t have!
From the inbox:
Dear Christopher,
We’d like to thank you for being one of the very first members of Citi Bike. Your long wait for bike share is nearly over.
Annual members like you will get your key shortly, which will allow you to start riding Citi Bikes on the very first day they are available, Monday, May 27th.
As an extra special thank you just for our very first members, we’d also like to offer you a stylish, limited edition Citi Bike Founding Members t-shirt.
Can I march up and down Bank Street with a big smirk on my face while I wear it?
AB: I agree with you but… I think for 100$ you can buy someone a pretty decent bike, helmets should be mandatory and wish it wasn’t run by citi. Anyway, they tore out a ton of free bike racks for this project and that sucks too.
Minor fact-check: they did NOT tear out “a ton of free bike racks” for Citibike. In fact, I can only think of one documented instance of this, and it was a bike rack on private property in Battery Park City. There may be a couple more, but with the exception of about a couple dozen locations in the first roll-out, the vast majority of the 333 stations are in plazas, parks, or in the street in parking areas or no-parking areas - not on the sidewalk.
Not to mention that if people leave their own bike at home in favor of Citibike, it’ll actually increase the number of available spaces at free bike racks.
Also - just for clarification, it’s not being run by Citi. It’s being run by Alta Bike Share, with the revenue split between Alta and the City of New York. Citi paid for the naming rights, and yeah, the logo is kind of garish, but they otherwise have no involvement in the system.
And what Alex said about helmets. There are only two bike share systems in the world that require helmets - Brisbane and Melbourne - and they have both been utter failures by global standards.
This rain is killing me.
Seriously. I stepped outside to grab lunch and it was barely even drizzling. Before I could even get halfway down the block, the sky opened up, and an hour later I’m still damp from head-to-toe.
In something that should surprise almost no one who follows the shoddy journalistic practices of the New York Post, an article in the tabloid yesterday incorrectly accused Blind Tiger Ale House (281 Bleecker St., at Jones St., Greenwich Village) of underpouring beers.
