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JK's comment in Another Very Bad Week to Ride a Bike in NYC:

By Aaron Naparstek

2:45 PM EDT on August 11, 2006

JK’s comment in Another Very Bad Week to Ride a Bike in NYC:

Mayor Bloomberg found the time to endorse Joe Lieberman.
I would like him to find the time to make some simple expression of concern and sympathy for those cyclists killed and seriously hurt in the last week.
There is a great deal of harsh public rhetoric aimed at cyclists for irresponsible behavior. It is important that the mayor regularly remind everyone that cycling is good for New York, we want more people to ride, and reassure us that he cares and that the city is working for safer streets.Bureaucrats take their cues from their boss. When they see harsh new police rules being proposed and crackdowns in Central Park, it sends them the signal that cyclists are a nuisance and they deserve what they get.
Comment by JK August 11, 2006 @ 1:35 pm

Aaron Naparstek

Aaron Naparstek is the founder and former editor-in-chief of Streetsblog. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Naparstek's journalism, advocacy and community organizing work has been instrumental in growing the bicycle network, removing motor vehicles from parks, and developing new public plazas, car-free streets and life-saving traffic-calming measures across all five boroughs. He was also one of the original cast members of the "War on Cars" podcast. You can find more of his work on his website.

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