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MY Last Critical Mass NYC?

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Friday, January 28th 7pm Union Square North Bikes or not here we come. Cyclists, pedestrians and others demanding safer streets and freedom in public spaces will gather with love, creativity, resolve and solidarity. We will beat back the hate and ignorance behind the backlash, beat back the automobile and corporate interests, we will speak to the NYPD with our words and with our actions. We will show how safe we can ride, and how the streets will be in the future! We will reveal "Operation Safe Cycle" for what it is: a farce. Don't let fear keep you from having community. Don't let fear silence the vote of your presence. I challenge to NYPD to ride bikes. Why are they afraid? I challenge City Council Members, Neighbors for Better Bike Lanes, and Borough Presidents to show up to Union Square North this Friday at 7pm. I challenge those who fear, those who believe the lies, those who have slandered us, those who are tools of the corporate media to be there, to see the tr

Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions

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My previous, minimally-completed post reproduced an e-mail sent to a Brooklyn cyclist regarding the 78th Precinct's approach to "Operation Safe Cycle". I posted it here on this blog in the effort to comply with the request made by the Community Affairs Police Officer. Last night at the Community Board 6 meeting on the Prospect Park West Bike Lane's incredible success at making a safer street, the Community Affairs Officers of the 78th Precinct, Mitch and Jerry, approached me. They expressed frustration that I had posted their phone number online as they were now experiencing a backlog of phone messages on their shared answering machine, regarding bicycle complaints. In fact, Jerry explicit threatened me. In hopes of ensuring justice is met in the case of my untimely death, the below e-mails, reproduced in full w/o the offending contact information, tell the story: Wed, January 5, 2011 8:37:49 AM Bicycle Safety Enforcement From: "KIRSHY, MITCHELL" To: XXXX@X

Straight from the horse's mouth

This was an e-mail passed to me by a friend. FYI. Be sure to educate your safe-riding selves. The New York City Police Department is putting an emphasis on enforcement against bicycle riders who violate the New York State Vehicle Traffic Law (ie. redlight, riding outside the bike lane, etc.). It is anticipated that this will result in enforcement activity being taken against those who operate their bicycles in an illegal manner. If you could please pass the word along to your friends and co bike riders. P.O. Mitchell Kirshy Community Affairs 78 Precicnt 65 6th Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11217 Office: 718-636-6410 Fax : 718-636-6403 AND WHY IS HALLOWEEN ONLY ONCE A YEAR DARN IT?

The confounding ironies of scapegoating

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Do I really need to point out the irony of Shitty Council Member David Greenfield's comments at the joke of the hearing on bikes last month? He almost makes sense at some point in this video when he says he "wants the world to see what is happening...[all of his] constituents are running out of oil!" Try to tune out the rest or you might start to get confused.