In other words, the cyclist doesn't know how to handle the vehicle he is operating.

He brakes and falls over the handlebars?

Didn't they teach you how to ride a bike in Peoria before you came to the Big City of Williamsburg?

If he got compensation for his injuries privately from Northside, it seems kind of fishy to call for a continued boycott...
Java is another good one (718) 383-5600

Peoria! Haha! That's a good one! hahaha

Wish I was so cool and native and clever and... funny!

From the linked article:
"The Sept. 10 crash occurred on the same day that Jonathan Millstein, 50, was killed in Park Slope when he was run over by a school bus while cycling, and just four days after Alexander Toulouse, 8, was killed by a postal truck on his bike."

Therefore, please join me in boycotting the schools and the postal service.

"Only time will tell if Northside will be able stay afloat without business from the cyclist demographic."

was this remark really necessary?

Something does need to be done about the conduct of taxi and livery cabs on city streets, but calling for a boycott of a single car service isn't the way to go, particularly when the demographic that is most likely to adhere to the boycott doesn't ride cabs to begin with. I'd like to see people refuse to tip if the driver improperly uses a bike lane, but that would still only be hitting the individual drivers, not the car services that encourage reckless driving by making cabbies almost entirely reliant on tips for income.
While anybody who places his earnings above my well-being is a dirtbag, the actions of certain reckless cabbies are at least explainable, though not excusable. If gratuity were built into fares, cabbies may actually feel an incentive to drive slowly and carefully, as such conduct would increase the fare and thus their tip. Though this presents ample opportunity for cabbies to gouge customers, at least they won't be goring cyclists.

JDS - thank you for that last sentence. I take back anything bad I've ever said about you.

I love the fact that NYC cyclists rarely obey traffic laws, you see all these stupid girls (and guys) not wearing helmets and riding with flip-flops on
They think they are doing something good for the environment but in fact cause harm to our urban environment (anyway the millions that travel the greatest transportation system in the world lay claim to that title of helping the environment on their commute)
But then they expect everyone to support their causes when some tragedy happens
You cant have it both ways
End your hypocrisy and then you might get some rights in this city
cycling is a serious transport mode in the city be prepared and if you are not prepared you shouldn't bike.

Yup Spirtross I couldnt agree more. I was driving down Dean st and there were 5 of them, and none stopped at the red light, few ever do, I rarely see them obey traffic laws, and therefore, cue the violin.

Spiritross, here's the thing:
I'm a cyclist who obeys EVERY traffic law that it makes sense for a cyclist to obey. I wear a helmet, have brakes, keep my cycle tuned-up, outfit it with lights at night etc... I never pull a salmon and ride upstream, nor do I run stop signs, ride on sidewalks or run red lights at any but the most abandoned intersections (any skilled cyclist knows that sometimes it's safest for everybody if you just mosey on through an intersection at a red light).
All of that said, in the past six months alone, I've been hit by two cars (breaking two ribs, suffering a concussion, several abrasions and two hyper-extended shoulders), spat on by jaywalkers, and nearly thrown from my bike as I tried to avoid a salmon who made a quick turn onto Avenue A. It seems that no degree of cycle safety affords you the attention of drivers or pedestrians. I'm constantly being told that cyclists get injured because they don't act like cars, but the fact is, nobody treats us with the same respect that they treat cars.

Arecibo and Eastern are very good.

I do agree with a lot of what people are saying here. Many, many cyclists (particularly here in Greenpoint and Williamsburg) do not follow the laws of the road. If cyclists began following the laws a bit more, I think there'd be less accidents in general. I also think they'd be taken more seriously whenever things like this happen.

I ride a bike. I also drive. I am appalled by both groups on a regular basis. Many people drive entirely too fast (especially on Driggs along the strip near the parks, which is just fucking stupid given the number of kids and families around). There are also numerous times a day where cyclists are not only riding the wrong way (against traffic) but they are on both sides of the road riding the wrong way. And that's stupid as well. I have seen several pedestrians get hit by bikers who are going the wrong way. That's not cool either.

Everyone has a lot of law-abiding they must do if we ever want to move forward and make real change.

Cars: Slow the hell down and think of a bike as less traffic for you to have to deal with.

Bikers: You are to ride like you're driving a car. It's that simple.

I almost hit a cyclist this weekend because he decided to roll through a red light while I was going through it. He didn't even try to speed up, just strolled through it and looked at me like I was at fault. Made my blood boil.

JMH: Straw man argument.

Rocknrope: that's the part that gets me riled up as well. I was parked on Driggs the other day outside Maxim. I was behind a big SUV so whatever was up ahead, wasn't really visible. (But since it's one way, that should matter, right?)

Anyway, I go to pull out because no one was coming from behind. And a biker shot out from behind the SUV going the wrong way down Driggs. I almost hit him. I was barely moving, but I almost hit him nonetheless. And he looked at me like it was my fault. I too was pissed off and never once have I ridden my bike that way. Moron.

I will make a point of using Northside now, even though I live closer to Metroline. I am so sick of this "bicyclist activism" bulls***t. How about ending poverty first??

"any skilled cyclist knows that sometimes it's safest for everybody if you just mosey on through an intersection at a red light"

What????????

Pedestrians also cross against the light - what horror!

Puhleeze, as we all know, automobiles routinely maim and kill New Yorkers year round. Whether it's cabs crashing into sidewalks full of pedestrians, 8-year olds crushed and killed in Brooklyn, teenage drivers hurtling off exits on the Grand Central Parkway, it's automobile drivers that kill dozens of New Yorkers each year. But it has become so routine, it often fails to make the news. But if a crane or construction debris falls...

Bicyclists kill no one. They annoy a few people - but better to be annoyed than dead.

But New Yorkers and Americans are inured to automobile carnage and chaos - as if it should be an accepted way-of-life in this country. Somehow Americans look the other way at the deaths of 40,000 people each year in this country due to auto-related accidents.

btw - traffic laws were introduced early last century to address automobile chaos - bicycles had been on the roads already for decades without the need for stop lights.

Hey guys! I have two cents burning a hole in my pocket.

I think the bottom line is that some drivers are reckless and some cyclists are reckless. In NYC and everywhere else. A rational person can't possibly argue for or against a particular side of this issue because each side has its reckless individuals.

We should have seat belts installed on those crazy bikes. With a helmet and elbows and a seat belt and flashy lights you should be very safe to play in traffic.