Add one part Flavor Flave, one of the bitches from Mod Wives, some Freegan guy, take away their cars, give 'em bikes stick 'em in Bay Ridge and film that sh*t.  Would make one hell of a reality show.

I live in Bay Ridge and I am glad the bike lane wasn't put on that block. In the morning that street is very busy and it was a poor choice for a bike lane. Rather than looking at a drawing, go and see the street for yourself during rush hour in the morning. I'm glad that the decision was reversed by CB 10.

Just because there isn't a bike lane, doesn't mean that people can't ride their bike on that street or any other street. But hopefully traffic will be studied before the next lines are drawn. 

Oh and if you live in this area and would like to be on CB 10, go put in your application. It's here: http://www.bkcb10.org/about/

Sanity: "Statistics collected by NYPD show that bike lanes make streets safer for pedestrians and drivers alike. How come you don't want bike lanes?"

CB10: "Shut up. That's why."

A bike going by you is scary? You know what's scary? When you're a safe bicyclist and you're following the rules, but the lack of a protected bicycle lane forces you to put yourself in the path of SUV driving idiots going way over the speed limit.

The community specifically voted not to allow a bike lane.  Were you there?  did you vote yes?  probably not but even if you were you were out-voted and the answer is no bike lane.  Why do you want to shove something down the communities throat when they clearly don't want it?

"Were you there? did you vote yes?"

Unless you were appointed to the Community Board through some political connections, you can't vote yes - or vote at all. Have you ever been to a Community Board meeting? Do you even know what a Community Board is? Apparently not.

and I quote from the story above: "CB 10 gave no specific reason for voting down the proposal"   so you are saying there was not a vote?

I'd like to shove my fist down your throat. And then ride my bike over your dumb face.

This is stupid, plain and simple. Put a bike lane in you and stop ruining everyone's loves with your unnecessary cars and fumes and bullshit.

too big, too fast , too smart and too well armed for you to do anything of the sort.   Seems your frustration has overcome you. BTW, I don't drive in the city. I walk or take the subway. Wrong again

Okay, now your just a liar.

Your story used to be that you were a blue collar descendent of the pilgrims who grew up in queens, move out, but traveled into the city via car for business on weekends while wearing a suit & carrying business equipment you couldn't transport by bike.

So how is this incongruous?   Can't take the subway wearing a suit and a computer bag?  Your ranting son.  Sorry, no bike lane for you.  Your team lost.  Ride in this neighborhood without a bike lane or paint your own.

OK, that was the 2nd time.  The members of the community were asked to vote if they want a bike lane.  They voted no, resoundingly.  They don't want a bike lane.  So leave them alone.  As to connecting them to the "21st century", it could be argued that bikes are 19th century technology.  Perhaps they don't want the infestation of hipsters that bike lanes might bring.  The people voted.....now leave them alone

You know what else was good back in the 19th century?

The ability to get from Bay Ridge to Mid Town in under an hour.

the community board is NOT the members of the community. 

So where do these people live then?  They are members of another community?  Are you sure that the people that voted are not members of that community?  It's called representative democracy. Thats the way this works.  If you were a member of the community board you could have voted yes , that didn't happen.  The community does not want a bike lane.  Leave it be.  How would you like it if someone came into your neighborhood and told you they were putting in something you didn't want or need?

these people on the board are not voted in directly by the community.

Do you even know what a Community Board is? Community Board members are appointed, and appointments are divvied out to borough presidents and other politicians. So that's not "representative democracy" at all; it's a bunch of politically-connected people making decisions for a community with absolutely no oversight or repercussions.

and they would stake those lucrative appointments on preventing a bike lane?   Are you suggesting that the whole community wants this bike lane and the community board is blocking this?  If it was something the community wanted they would have spoken up at the open meeting.  They did not.  What would be your remedy?  I submit it is not practical for every citizen to have to cast a ballot for simple things like preventing an unwanted bike lane.  you are not wanted in this neighborhood.  Cycle elsewhere

"Representative Democracy" would be constitutionally proscribed branches of government which act transparently upon set mandates.

Community Boards are not recognized by the state or fed. They have no legislative or executive authority. They are not city council. Last I heard, New York City was still an incorporated government which answers to its citizens as a whole. 

so this rabble randomly showed up, from somewhere other than the neighborhood and decided that they wanted to prevent a bike lane in someone else's community?    This is nonsense.  A bike lane is not wanted here.  Are you supposing we have to poll each and every citizen in the community to prevent a bike lane that is not wanted?  We don't elect our president that way, why should we have to prevent unwanted bike lanes that way.  It's this kind of militant BS that makes that makes the cycling community as a whole appear as a wacky fringe group.  Please, Why must this community have a bike lane it clearly does not want?  Please answer that simple question