Daily News Editorial Board Member, Alexander Nazaryan; entitled young transplant from Connecticut, 2002 Dartmouth alum, and therefore “Fake New Yorker”; is completely obsessed with bike lane opposition, despite the abundance of other things in the city/world to think and write about. His bike lane fixation exceeds even my own perverse drive to repeatedly call him out as a complete fraud on the internets.”
— Dueling Bike Lane Polls: What’s The Point If Everyone’s Ignorant?: Gothamist (via n8han)
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stay classy, NY.
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Streetsblog reader Mark Davis has put together a map showing how greenway-bound cyclists are funneled through the West 29th Street tunnel where Marilyn Dershowitz was killed on Saturday.”
— Dershowitz Death Illuminates Dangers Faced By Greenway-Bound Cyclists (via n8han)
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Myrtle Avenue E: photographs from the personal collection of Patrick Cullinan »
I lived in Fort Greene, Brooklyn at the corner of Vanderbilt and Myrtle Avenue for nearly two years but it was only when searching for old images of subway maps for this poster that I learned about the Myrtle Ave El.
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz sings a song of his own composition about the scourge of bike lanes in his beloved borough. See if you don’t recognize the tune.
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Cyclist Fatally Doored in Harlem »
October 22, 2010:
An unidentified 27-year-old cyclist was killed in East Harlem around 8 a.m. today when a driver opened the door of his Honda and knocked him into the path of a box truck. The cyclist was in the bike lane on East 120th Street about 20 feet from the intersection with 3rd Avenue when he got doored, NBC NY reports. The driver of the Honda was issued a summons for “unsafe exiting a vehicle” and the truck driver got five summonses for equipment violations. An investigation is ongoing but no criminality is alleged; we’ll update once more details emerge.
First of all, these people aren’t “New Yorkers,” These are spoiled, post-college, suburban brats that have transplanted to NYC and are spouting some kind of image in order to convince their friends and family back home(but more so themselves)that they are now trendy city folk. Since none of them have friends or a social network, these bike protests, war protests, and any other protest is done as an alternative to singles bars or Starbucks. It also allows them to act out their ex-hippie drug college instructor’s brain-washing them into thinking that they can “change the world.”
— by hartman18 in NYU School of Medicine study shows drunk cyclists getting injured on the road - NYPOST.com -> My comment, “I FRACKING LOVE THE POST’S COMMENT SECTION. IT’S THE WASTEBASKET OF THE INTERNET!” (via noneck)
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I have heard many times how important the ghost bikes are to the families and friends of those who have died. Serving as a memorial and reminder that can be easily accessed within city limits, these ghost bikes are practically sacred to many,” Lentol said. ““I believe that the ghost bikes not only memorialize lives, they save lives too.”
Uphill Battle for Westchester Cyclists »
The second annual Westchester Bicycle Summit focused on ways to bring bike/pedestrian advocacy to the community.
NYC, April 10th: Memorial and Ghost Bike Dedication for Meg Charlop »
from Transportation Alternatives newsroom:
Bicyclists ride in remembrance of a Bronx mother, advocate and mentor
Bike Ride Details
When: Saturday, April 10, 1 pm
What: Bicyclists riding from Norwood to the site of Meg’s crash in East Tremont.
Where: Valentine-Varian House, 3266 Bainbridge Avenue between East 208th Street and Van Cortlandt Avenue East, Norwood, the BronxGhost Bike Dedication Details
When: Saturday, April 10, 1:45 pm
What: Friends and colleagues speak in Meg’s memory, lay flowers and dedicate the white-painted Ghost Bike in her honor.
Where: Intersection of Crotona Avenue and East Tremont Avenue, East Tremont, the BronxThis Saturday, Transportation Alternatives will join residents of the Bronx to honor Meg Felice Charlop. Meg was killed on March 17th while riding her bicycle to work in East Tremont in the Bronx. According to media reports, she was avoiding a car door opened in her path when she was struck and killed by a bus.
Meg devoted her entire life to helping New Yorkers fight for health, dignity and a better future. She improved her community at every scale from individuals she mentored, to home improvements on abandoned houses, to advocating for better infrastructure. As the Director of the Community Health Division at the Montefiore School Health Program, Megan worked tirelessly to encourage more active, healthy living in neighborhoods with few open spaces or amenities.
Friends, coworkers and colleagues will ride from Norwood to East Tremont, where they will dedicate a Ghost Bike in her honor.
Meg Charlop was a beloved member of her community, and an amazing woman who was a strong activist for the betterment of her community and fellow human beings.
You can learn a little about her life and work from this 1981 NY Times article:
“She Heals Ailing Neighborhoods”
Meg is remembered and loved by many people and organizations she has worked and lived with over the years in the Bronx:
NY Daily News: Bronx ‘Mother Teresa’ Megan Charlop, biker killed by city bus, ‘sought to do good’
NY Times City Room: For Bronx Community Organizer, Work and Life Were One
Bronx News Network mourns public health advocate
Statement from Transportation Alternatives
personal post from scienceblogs.com: Remembering Megan
personal post from fellow tumblr my life as dunford
It should be noted that, while initial reports indicated Meg swerved to avoid an opening car door, NY1 later corrected their original report to reflect that Meg was actually struck by the opening door and was knocked into the bus as a result.
“Cyclist Dies After Striking City Bus”
Saturday’s memorial ride follows Meg’s daily commute route, ending at the site of the incident where a ghost bike will be installed in her memory. View the route on Google maps.
