Comments on: NYC DOT Commissioner makes space for people, not cars http://austinontwowheels.org/2008/10/27/nyc-dot-commissioner-makes-space-for-people-not-cars/ The Online Magazine of Austin Cycling Culture Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:34:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Making our streets places for humans, not just cars | Austin Bike Blog http://austinontwowheels.org/2008/10/27/nyc-dot-commissioner-makes-space-for-people-not-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-1370 Making our streets places for humans, not just cars | Austin Bike Blog Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:25:16 +0000 http://austinbikeblog.org/?p=1236#comment-1370 [...] sounds a lot like what New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan is doing to create public space and slow cars down on some of the widest, busiest [...] [...] sounds a lot like what New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan is doing to create public space and slow cars down on some of the widest, busiest [...]

]]> By: Erik http://austinontwowheels.org/2008/10/27/nyc-dot-commissioner-makes-space-for-people-not-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-356 Erik Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:22:40 +0000 http://austinbikeblog.org/?p=1236#comment-356 Her work is truly amazing. As for Austin, when I recently visited for the first time I was totally astounded at how consistently dangerous the most fun neighborhoods are. You risk life and limb to get an ice cream cone on the other side of South Congress! Feel free to watch the bats -- but one false move and your stroller joins the 40 mph traffic mere inches away. On the topic of the bats... it seems crazy to cultivate a huge tourist event that is so patently dangerous. Can the city really claim innocence when some tourist falls into the ever present herd of autos flying over the bridge? With thousands of people vying for space and precariously passing each other on that sidewalk the city clearly should give them a lane of traffic for that hour. Her work is truly amazing.

As for Austin, when I recently visited for the first time I was totally astounded at how consistently dangerous the most fun neighborhoods are. You risk life and limb to get an ice cream cone on the other side of South Congress! Feel free to watch the bats — but one false move and your stroller joins the 40 mph traffic mere inches away.

On the topic of the bats… it seems crazy to cultivate a huge tourist event that is so patently dangerous. Can the city really claim innocence when some tourist falls into the ever present herd of autos flying over the bridge? With thousands of people vying for space and precariously passing each other on that sidewalk the city clearly should give them a lane of traffic for that hour.

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