tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3002171964909690430.post8108177188585665532..comments2024-03-18T23:52:31.939-04:00Comments on The Invisible Visible Man: Christmas Eve harassment, a sociopath in Greenwich Village - and how design can cut out honkingInvisible Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15942359504874275065noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3002171964909690430.post-29182396598568388332016-02-15T12:43:32.360-05:002016-02-15T12:43:32.360-05:00Steve,
Thanks for the comment.
I've looked a...Steve,<br /><br />Thanks for the comment.<br /><br />I've looked at Strong Towns from time to time but not systematically. I'll try to be more consistent, based on your recommendation.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />Invisible.Invisible Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15942359504874275065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3002171964909690430.post-3276734208250784272016-02-15T12:42:20.632-05:002016-02-15T12:42:20.632-05:00Kevin,
Thanks for your comment.
I guess the issu...Kevin,<br /><br />Thanks for your comment.<br /><br />I guess the issue in New York is that cycling is seen as a marginal activity for which it's essentially impossible to hold up drivers. The priorities in the Netherlands are (rightly, in my view) very different. The answer, as I argued in the blogpost I put up yesterday, is to bring to New York the determination to overcome resistance to change that planners in the Netherlands had in the 1970s.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />Invisible.Invisible Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15942359504874275065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3002171964909690430.post-7624886066121565722016-02-14T17:49:31.488-05:002016-02-14T17:49:31.488-05:00For reference, I think you'd really enjoy the ...For reference, I think you'd really enjoy the Strong Towns Blog if you haven't visited it before. It is at strongtowns dot org slash journal (keeping any robots from getting too eager!). They are very keen on how city and roadway design can make things much sweeter for those of us that don't feel compelled to drive out to our mailboxes to check the mail.Steve Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13650405341304401203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3002171964909690430.post-43236343597772950852016-02-11T03:31:30.174-05:002016-02-11T03:31:30.174-05:00I believe that you are missing three words from th...I believe that you are missing three words from the caption accompanying the photograph of the Broadway bike lane. It should read "Traffic engineers 'in New York' think this a model way to handle bike traffic."<br /><br />I suspect that traffic engineers in The Netherlands have a somewhat different opinion. The question is, how do we raise New York traffic engineers to the same level of competence and professionalism?Kevin Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13186428862833389619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3002171964909690430.post-88183940803781584012016-02-08T10:14:26.101-05:002016-02-08T10:14:26.101-05:00Paul,
Thanks for the comment. I share your pessim...Paul,<br /><br />Thanks for the comment. I share your pessimism about the NYPD, an appalling flawed police force. The problem is that the city needs some body to enforce the road rules and, absent the job's being handed to the Department of Transportation (which I don't expect), it's hard to see who else can do it.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />Invisible.Invisible Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15942359504874275065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3002171964909690430.post-85649646122888249882016-02-08T10:13:05.980-05:002016-02-08T10:13:05.980-05:00dr2chase,
Thanks for the comment. I didn't re...dr2chase,<br /><br />Thanks for the comment. I didn't realise it was flat-out illegal to honk under those circumstances and I imagine few drivers do. It could be fun to see what would happen if the NYPD started enforcing this rule. But, on balance, I'd prefer them to start enforcing, say, the speed limit and failure-to-yield rules. I'm confident that, if they started on those, honking might die off substantially as well.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />Invisible.Invisible Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15942359504874275065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3002171964909690430.post-27815205605554608772016-02-08T08:30:56.792-05:002016-02-08T08:30:56.792-05:00True but that is but one of the obvious, dangerous...True but that is but one of the obvious, dangerous, and common violations committed by drivers every day in NYC and almost none are enforced. I've become convinced that the NYPD should be ignored as a possibility for making cycling better--it's wasted effort to even consider their helpEthical Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02645911381874413329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3002171964909690430.post-59262750005794378752016-02-08T01:56:45.491-05:002016-02-08T01:56:45.491-05:00As I read it, horn honking merely because someone ...As I read it, horn honking merely because someone is going "too slow" is against the law in NYC. Impatience is not an emergency. (See http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/31/opinion/the-350-honk.html?_r=0 ).<br /><br />Drivers who honk are breaking the law, and the police aren't doing their job when they consistently fail to enforce this law. That they allow drivers to think that this is legal then results in rude and dangerous behavior by impatient drivers who think that slower traffic in front of them should be removed from the road, instead of politely endured.<br /><br />dr2chasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16320828055999939449noreply@blogger.com