Comments for Love in the Bike Lane: NYC Cyclists Stand Their Ground at http://www.carectomy.com , comment 0 to 3 out of 3 comments http://www.carectomy.com Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:49:23 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.carectomy.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=437&Itemid=9#pc_593 When they said they were solving it with spray paint, I thought they meant tagging the vehicles parked in the bike lanes. That would surely get attention! - Nick Thu, 08 May 2008 17:13:37 +0100 http://www.carectomy.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=437&Itemid=9#pc_587 My husband and I were cycling around Manhattan this weekend. The highlight was the Five Boros ride (42 miles closed to traffic) but we were up and down some busy streets and didn't feel at all threatened by the drivers. The Parkway was better, though, and this was a weekend day with plenty of light and dry roads. I wouldn't want to ride without a bike lane at night or in the rain, for sure. - Katherine Wed, 07 May 2008 23:38:30 +0100 http://www.carectomy.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=437&Itemid=9#pc_586 In Austin about 10yrs ago there was a bad problem of non handicapped people parking in handicap reserved spaces. There weren't enough police to battle the problem. So guess what they did? They deputized citizens that passed a background test, trained them and allowed them to give out tickets for violations of ADA parking laws. That is all they were allowed to do. So you never knew if Joe Blow shopper was going to write you a ticket for illegally parking in a ADA parking space. Cities should do this for cyclists. Deputize them for Cycling related parking violations. But then again I guess they would deputize drivers to give cyclist tickets for running stop signs like some frequently do. but I guess that would be all that bad either. - MarkR Wed, 07 May 2008 23:00:42 +0100