Same in Chicago. Gasped last time I was crossing the street with my dog. Left turning car nearly grazed us. But I'm 86, and the scooters, bikes, etc are bad enough,but all of them are also on their iPhones as they whiz by. Wishing us ll safety....Elaine Soloway
This is terrible. And I’m sorry Alte doesn’t pair it with a way for all of us to IMPROVE the situation. An article about how Paris has taken concerted action for years to make the streets truly good for all. Links to the advocacy groups Transportation Alternatives- a bike group that is very sensitive to pedestrians- or the daily Streetsblog, which calls out the city, state, feds for dangerously slow progress building protected lanes for bikes and safe pedestrian infrastructure.
We - I’m more than a decade older than the writer - desperately need change here. It is kind of the Wild West on the streets and in the parks. It doesn’t have to be. Please make sure you help us find that context. It helps with the pain, for me.
Older people are essentially invisible, and we have no right to complain about those whose lives require rushing around like the hip, with-it relevant people of this world. Sigh, whatcha gonna do?
Same in Chicago. Gasped last time I was crossing the street with my dog. Left turning car nearly grazed us. But I'm 86, and the scooters, bikes, etc are bad enough,but all of them are also on their iPhones as they whiz by. Wishing us ll safety....Elaine Soloway
This is terrible. And I’m sorry Alte doesn’t pair it with a way for all of us to IMPROVE the situation. An article about how Paris has taken concerted action for years to make the streets truly good for all. Links to the advocacy groups Transportation Alternatives- a bike group that is very sensitive to pedestrians- or the daily Streetsblog, which calls out the city, state, feds for dangerously slow progress building protected lanes for bikes and safe pedestrian infrastructure.
We - I’m more than a decade older than the writer - desperately need change here. It is kind of the Wild West on the streets and in the parks. It doesn’t have to be. Please make sure you help us find that context. It helps with the pain, for me.
I am 84 and I bicycle carefully and often. But you have put your finger on a real problem. Enforce the laws. Pray for more compassion.
Older people are essentially invisible, and we have no right to complain about those whose lives require rushing around like the hip, with-it relevant people of this world. Sigh, whatcha gonna do?
I'm sorry you had a bad time. The scooter guy was a creep .New York is a tough town.