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« on: December 27, 2021, 09:24:28 PM »
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Neighborhood Chat / Re: Official DOT plans for 34th Avenue
« on: November 21, 2021, 10:02:50 PM »
Tour de France on 34th, not ok. Scooters/practically motorcycles zipping along at 25 mph, not ok.
That doesn't mean that a regular bicycle has to ride at 5mph to operate safely. There's plenty of room on the street, and a regular bicycle at 15 mph can stop quickly.
Even the tots on trikes go faster than 5 mph.
Sure 5mph is the rule, but when the rule doesn't line up with reality, no one will follow it. Even the responsible riders are not going 5mph, it's just not necessary to operate safely.
That said, the scooter/ebike riders are often reckless and a safety hazard.
That doesn't mean that a regular bicycle has to ride at 5mph to operate safely. There's plenty of room on the street, and a regular bicycle at 15 mph can stop quickly.
Even the tots on trikes go faster than 5 mph.
Sure 5mph is the rule, but when the rule doesn't line up with reality, no one will follow it. Even the responsible riders are not going 5mph, it's just not necessary to operate safely.
That said, the scooter/ebike riders are often reckless and a safety hazard.
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Neighborhood Chat / Re: Official DOT plans for 34th Avenue
« on: November 20, 2021, 05:31:13 PM »
5 mph on a bicycle is unnecessary and absurdly slow. No one is following that rule because it doesn't match up with reality.
Even the cars that use 34th in a slow and respectful manner are not going 5 mph.
Even the cars that use 34th in a slow and respectful manner are not going 5 mph.
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Neighborhood Chat / Re: Official DOT plans for 34th Avenue
« on: November 09, 2021, 09:54:36 PM »Sure, the MOST entitled people want one street, while the others just want EVERY street. Seems fair /SMany of us would LOVE to have parking permits as policy in Jackson Heights. So many spots are used by non-residents, contractors, most of the teachers in our many schools, for example, come from other areas denying those folks who live here the access they need.The absurdity that the people who come to our neighborhood to teach our children and service our buildings and residents should have the option to drive and park here. Denying OUR residents of OUR parking spots!
This would go a long way in helping those that need their vehicles for any number of reasons to apply for local permits and pay those fees. LOVE this!
Entitlement much?
Don't worry, if the MOST entitled people here had their way to the full extent of how they would like it, 34th Avenue would be a straight-up park with NO vehicular spots. Hooray!
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Neighborhood Chat / Re: Official DOT plans for 34th Avenue
« on: November 09, 2021, 07:38:00 PM »Many of us would LOVE to have parking permits as policy in Jackson Heights. So many spots are used by non-residents, contractors, most of the teachers in our many schools, for example, come from other areas denying those folks who live here the access they need.The absurdity that the people who come to our neighborhood to teach our children and service our buildings and residents should have the option to drive and park here. Denying OUR residents of OUR parking spots!
This would go a long way in helping those that need their vehicles for any number of reasons to apply for local permits and pay those fees. LOVE this!
Entitlement much?
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Neighborhood Chat / Re: Airplane noise
« on: October 31, 2021, 12:14:41 AM »
The flight path is over the western border of JH. Planes flying over Northern and 69th st is the norm and has been for a long time.
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Neighborhood Chat / Re: Conversation about Mid- day changes to Open Streets
« on: September 22, 2021, 04:10:47 PM »
Most of the groups you identified can and do use the street during the day. There is no restriction of access, just the minor inconvenience of moving the barricade and then hopefully move it back.
In the occasional case of someone who is handicapped or too frail to move the barrier on their own, there are always other people around, and the majority of the people in our neighborhood would have no problem assisting someone who needs it if asked.
As far as the "darker" nights, we have streetlights and headlights, it's never really dark around here.
In the occasional case of someone who is handicapped or too frail to move the barrier on their own, there are always other people around, and the majority of the people in our neighborhood would have no problem assisting someone who needs it if asked.
As far as the "darker" nights, we have streetlights and headlights, it's never really dark around here.
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Neighborhood Chat / Re: Petition started for "compromise" on 34th Ave Open Streets
« on: September 16, 2021, 04:00:33 PM »
I'm not anti-car. I own a car, use it regularly, park it on the street, and have driven in this city my entire life. I also happen to respect the safety and needs of other road user, and see many many drivers who simply do not.
The fact that you don't seem to distinguish the difference in damage potential between someone is a 3-4k lb steel box vs someone on a 30lb bicycle is very telling.
The fact that you don't seem to distinguish the difference in damage potential between someone is a 3-4k lb steel box vs someone on a 30lb bicycle is very telling.
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Neighborhood Chat / Re: Petition started for "compromise" on 34th Ave Open Streets
« on: September 15, 2021, 10:06:37 PM »
Your claim that traffic fatalities are rising because of open streets, bike boulevards, and dining sheds is ludicrous.
Fatalities are up because drivers are confused by traffic patterns or fixed structures on the shoulder of the road? On what planet does that even sound reasonable? Do traffic fatalities go up wherever there is road construction?
Perhaps you haven't noticed the plague of reckless driving, the rampant failure to yield to pedestrians, the lack of any significant police enforcement, or the proliferation of bogus and often expired temporary plates i.e. unregistered and uninsured vehicles that flout laws with near impunity.
Here's some stats regarding the lack of enforcement. You can find the raw data here https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/stats/traffic-data/traffic-data-archive-2021.page
In June, 2021 (the last month for which there are full-month stats), cops citywide wrote just 39,777 total moving violation tickets, which is down 51 percent from the 82,229 moving violations cops wrote in June 2019. Specifically, in June, 2021, cops wrote:
2,308 failure-to-yield tickets (down 55 percent from 5,208 in June 2019)
7,777 speeding tickets (down 35 percent from 11,993 in June 2019)
2,623 tickets for running a red light (down 56 percent from 5,933 in June 2019)
1,882 tickets for improper turn (down 72 percent from 6,857 in June 2019)
Through Sept. 1, 172 people have been killed on the roadways — including 80 pedestrians and 17 cyclists or micro-mobility users.
Yes, based on the numbers it surely must be because of the opens streets, bike boulevards, and curbside dining shacks /S.
Fatalities are up because drivers are confused by traffic patterns or fixed structures on the shoulder of the road? On what planet does that even sound reasonable? Do traffic fatalities go up wherever there is road construction?
Perhaps you haven't noticed the plague of reckless driving, the rampant failure to yield to pedestrians, the lack of any significant police enforcement, or the proliferation of bogus and often expired temporary plates i.e. unregistered and uninsured vehicles that flout laws with near impunity.
Here's some stats regarding the lack of enforcement. You can find the raw data here https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/stats/traffic-data/traffic-data-archive-2021.page
In June, 2021 (the last month for which there are full-month stats), cops citywide wrote just 39,777 total moving violation tickets, which is down 51 percent from the 82,229 moving violations cops wrote in June 2019. Specifically, in June, 2021, cops wrote:
2,308 failure-to-yield tickets (down 55 percent from 5,208 in June 2019)
7,777 speeding tickets (down 35 percent from 11,993 in June 2019)
2,623 tickets for running a red light (down 56 percent from 5,933 in June 2019)
1,882 tickets for improper turn (down 72 percent from 6,857 in June 2019)
Through Sept. 1, 172 people have been killed on the roadways — including 80 pedestrians and 17 cyclists or micro-mobility users.
Yes, based on the numbers it surely must be because of the opens streets, bike boulevards, and curbside dining shacks /S.
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Neighborhood Chat / Re: Petition started for "compromise" on 34th Ave Open Streets
« on: September 15, 2021, 04:35:02 PM »
It's ironic that the same people who seem to think that cyclists and pedestrians somehow cannot navigate each other safely on a wide open street are clamoring for the return of cars and trucks to 34th Ave.
And yes, the whole neighborhood is full of traffic when school lets out, as well as during evening rush hour when thousands of cars use our neighborhood as a through route to points east. The return of vehicle traffic to 34th Ave will not change that, it will just be yet another congested street.
I think the city should suspend the program for a week or two and let people see that there will still be heavy traffic and honking throughout the neighborhood without the open street. Of course people will not realize that, because they only see what they want to see.
We live in a city plagued with reckless drivers who cause thousands of serious injuries and couple of hundred fatalities each year in this city, yet a bicycle passing a pedestrian with a few feet to spare is supposedly the danger because "it's against the law".
Common sense is truly dead.
And yes, the whole neighborhood is full of traffic when school lets out, as well as during evening rush hour when thousands of cars use our neighborhood as a through route to points east. The return of vehicle traffic to 34th Ave will not change that, it will just be yet another congested street.
I think the city should suspend the program for a week or two and let people see that there will still be heavy traffic and honking throughout the neighborhood without the open street. Of course people will not realize that, because they only see what they want to see.
We live in a city plagued with reckless drivers who cause thousands of serious injuries and couple of hundred fatalities each year in this city, yet a bicycle passing a pedestrian with a few feet to spare is supposedly the danger because "it's against the law".
Common sense is truly dead.
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Neighborhood Chat / Re: Petition started for "compromise" on 34th Ave Open Streets
« on: September 09, 2021, 08:02:37 PM »
All of those users (except the ??cross town buses??) can and do currently utilize 34th Ave for access and specific needs at any time of the day. There is still parking all day long on 34th Ave except for a block or two for play spaces.
Your arguments sound like they are based on the premise that the blocks on 34th Ave are entirely off limit to vehicles, which is clearly not the case.
Your arguments sound like they are based on the premise that the blocks on 34th Ave are entirely off limit to vehicles, which is clearly not the case.
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Neighborhood Chat / Re: Petition started for "compromise" on 34th Ave Open Streets
« on: September 02, 2021, 09:28:49 PM »
Nobody uses it, it's too crowded 
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Neighborhood Chat / Re: Teens on bikes racing up and down 78th street
« on: August 10, 2021, 08:25:26 PM »
These kids are riding on a street with almost no traffic, yet somehow this is thought of as dangerous?
"Almost hitting a car"
What does that even mean? One of them came close to a car? That's a pretty common occurrence for anyone who rides a bicycle, yet somehow we don't have an epidemic of bicyclists just crashing into cars.
We have people driving driving in the neighborhood like maniacs (speeding, failure to yield, running red lights, barely stopping for stop signs, regularly on a daily basis, but this is what you think is dangerous?
"Almost hitting a car"
What does that even mean? One of them came close to a car? That's a pretty common occurrence for anyone who rides a bicycle, yet somehow we don't have an epidemic of bicyclists just crashing into cars.
We have people driving driving in the neighborhood like maniacs (speeding, failure to yield, running red lights, barely stopping for stop signs, regularly on a daily basis, but this is what you think is dangerous?
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Neighborhood Chat / Re: Teens on bikes racing up and down 78th street
« on: August 10, 2021, 06:34:17 PM »
No.
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Neighborhood Chat / Re: Petition started for "compromise" on 34th Ave Open Streets
« on: May 17, 2021, 10:23:21 PM »well the signs were up for nearly two decades.
the law still exists.
what incentive is there to enforce?
i agree with you. i think that every violator should be punished, and cars impounded if need be. but can we make it happen?
The practical but unlikely solution is to mandate that car horns are just as loud inside the car as they are outside. For the majority of people, that would curtail honking except for when absolutely necessary.