tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20513814.post5766651018051871892..comments2018-04-05T03:50:51.973-04:00Comments on SoHo Politics: The Mean Streets of SoHoD. Clark MacPhersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12022489208036655980noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20513814.post-52872469204330312012009-09-14T09:53:57.234-04:002009-09-14T09:53:57.234-04:00ALAN J GERSON launched an unprecedented number of ...ALAN J GERSON launched an unprecedented number of initiatives including: a new youth swim team, an evening teenage center, a free community mediation facility, a heart defibrillator pilot program, new emergency shelters for homeless (runaway) teenagers, starting work on the Hudson River Waterfront Park, the first Arts Committee and Calendar, a new Public Safety Committee and a Community Court Proposal.<br />Please Vote for this strong & Experienced member for him in District-1 Council election on Septemer 15thSAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20513814.post-6814394090004223092009-03-31T21:35:00.000-04:002009-03-31T21:35:00.000-04:00Lots of whining and unsubstantiated claims of busi...Lots of whining and unsubstantiated claims of businesses suffering terribly from the new bike lane... just wait till the summer and you'll see the lane really put to paces.elkuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11002946214914910451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20513814.post-71401601878626673152009-03-27T14:40:00.000-04:002009-03-27T14:40:00.000-04:00bike - 1, you and your tears - 0.we win.bike - 1, you and your tears - 0.<BR/><BR/><BR/>we win.Curtis Chorizalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17791683052595625945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20513814.post-74325693200986366452008-12-30T04:01:00.000-05:002008-12-30T04:01:00.000-05:00Thanks for mentioning the terrible crosswalks in S...Thanks for mentioning the terrible crosswalks in SoHo. Spring and Mercer is also terrible on both the north and south sides. I fear for my elderly mother and, frankly, for myself as well, especially in icy weather. The bricks are so uneven that it is easy to trip. Is there anyone I can contact to protest this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20513814.post-64467509660331914992008-11-19T13:19:00.000-05:002008-11-19T13:19:00.000-05:00You have so much to say but it's mostly misdirecte...You have so much to say but it's mostly misdirected anger. I agree that Houston would've been a preferable street for a bike lane. But that doesn't mean Grand Street is a bad place for one. Eastbound traffic can still use Spring, Canal, and even Grand is fine. And trust me, no one from "out of town" is coming in to Soho for a bicycling joyride. Maybe cyclists (or motorists) should complain about tourists crowding the streets with their baby strollers? Cyclists need safe cross-streets to get around.<BR/><BR/>I agree that cyclists should yield to pedestrians – when the latter have right of way. And they should follow the directions of traffic. And stay off of sidewalks. But there are reasonable exceptions.<BR/><BR/>And what is the big difference between Soho bike lanes and the ones in the Village? Green paint? The Village has many more miles of bike lanes than Soho, so don't act like Villagers are bike lane NIMBYs.<BR/><BR/>If you cared about Soho, your city and your environment, you would be seeking out ways to expand safe cycling, not restrict it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20513814.post-13772056457847060692008-11-13T23:16:00.000-05:002008-11-13T23:16:00.000-05:00I really don't understand why Little Italy is stil...I really don't understand why Little Italy is still under CB2's ever watchful eye.<BR/><BR/>And this entire Grand Street debacle is just terrible in so many ways, ALL the businesses are suffering tremendously. The single 10' driving lane is a joke, when you've got cars or trucks on either side of the street and say for an example a firetruck has to make it's way down Grand, there's going to be a lot of clipped mirrors and scratched sides.<BR/><BR/>Does the DOT believe that the few bicyclists who do ride down Grand (and I have yet to see one actually use the bike lane) are more "valuable" economically than the businesses on the street?<BR/><BR/>And why bother call this "the" east-west thruway for bicyclists when it STOPS at Chrystie street?!? Absolutely bizarre.<BR/><BR/>Sadik-Khan needs to stop with her temper tantrums when you disagree with her ideas and just walk away. Preferably to San Francisco where her "ideas", I'm sure, would be more welcome by all and not just a few.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com