worsebetter

There are some things that I would have figured would be obvious truths to everyone despite political alignment or social ideals. Unfortunately time and time again I am forced to reexamine just how little people can agree on. For instance,lets say you don't like bikes. They get in your way when you are driving and that bugs you, you want them off the road. Answer? Bike lanes. They keep bikes out of your way, you can do your thing with minimal impeding by bicycles. Now lets say you love biking and want more solutions to making cycling safe in the city. Answer? Among other things, bike lanes. Soooo, bike lanes are a good option no matter how you look at it right? I guess not in New York where they are tearing them out because of people complaining.

“'He’s taking away my rights as a driver,' Leslie Sicklick, 45, said of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. Ms. Sicklick, a dog walker and substitute teacher, grew up driving with her father around the Lower East Side, where she still lives."

"The Republican nominee for governor of Colorado, Dan Maes, wondered during the primary whether bicycles were part of a nefarious plot to ruin the nation’s cities."

This stuff just gets my goat. How much worse can things get before they get better? Apparently a whole lot.

Again, you can read the whole New York Times article HERE.