Eyes on the Street: Breakfast in the Bike Lane
The sun rose in the east today. In other news, a cycling Streetsblog reader found her path to work impeded by New York's Finest.
By
Brad Aaron
11:35 AM EST on February 16, 2011
The sun rose in the east today. In other news, a cycling Streetsblog reader found her path to work impeded by New York’s Finest.
Attached is a photo I took at 7:54 this morning on the Broadway bike lane between 57th and 58th streets. The squad car parked in the bike lane contained two police officers eating breakfast. I stopped, got off my bike, took the picture (they flashed their lights), waved, and continued biking.
No word on whether the cops involved were dining on doughnuts while completely disrespecting bike-riding commuters and putting lives at risk. Nah. That would be too much to ask.
Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York's dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.
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