<$BlogRSDURL$>

Friday, September 12, 2008

Hasids Say Cyclists Too Pritzusdig for Bike Lanes 

Leaders of South Williamsburg's Hasidic community are pressuring the city to paint over the newish bike lanes on Bedford and Wythe Avenues because they're appalled by the immodest attire of female cyclists pedaling through their neighborhood. Simon Weisser, a member of Community Board 1, tells the Post, "I have to admit, it's a major issue, women passing through here in that dress code. It bothers me, and it bothers a lot of people."

The DOT's addition of the bike lanes have been warmly welcomed by cyclists who brave the heavily trafficked corridor between Williamsburg and South Brooklyn. At a contentious community board meeting Monday, local Hasids tried (and failed) to stop a third proposed bike lane on Kent Avenue, a precursor to a Kent Avenue Greenway with a separate path for cyclists and pedestrians stretching from Newtown Creek to Sunset Park.

Weisser made no mention of the cyclists' dreaded sex appeal at the board meeting. According to the Brooklyn Paper, he told board members that he "has the whole community behind him. There is already a bike lane on Wythe Avenue — now they want a bike lane on Kent Avenue? You can’t accommodate every single street with a bike lane.” Milton Puryear, of the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, argues that "the whole idea for the Greenway is to provide a benefit to the people of the community — not just bike riders — by making a truck route into a more inviting streetscape. If you look at Kent Avenue now, it’s just not a place you want to stroll, or ride a bike."

http://gothamist.com/2008/09/12/hasids_say_cyclists_too_sexy_for_bi.php

Comments:
The cyclists are crazy kids that often have an attitude of driving like crazy because many have no family or seichel and think they will teach drivers their brand of sense.
Drive the route a while and see for yourself.

 

biking in bike lanes whereever is the best and its better than riding on the sidewalk where you can hurt someone.

 

Time to move to Kiryas Yoel.

 

I think it's time for the male chassidim in Williamsburg to start wearing blindfolds when leaving their homes. Last week it was a billboard, this week a bike path. How long before they emulate their more extremist brethern and start beating up women who don't adhere to their strict code of dress?

Listen up Chassidim of Williamsburg: You are not it's only inhabitants and even people that don't live within your environs have the right of way.

 

WE LIVE IN GALUS. If you don't like the country...LEAVE.

 

i agree with anon. 5:55 pm 100%

 

HOLY WARS ON BICYCLES!!

 

is isaac abraham ruunig for councilmember?
Abraham later said another major concern is the safety of children, noting that cyclists "aren't obeying traffic laws. Green lights and red lights are the same

 

Post a Comment

This page is powered by Blogger. Isn't yours?

Google
Chaptzem! Blog

-