tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11662550.post369248965824976858..comments2008-09-15T21:29:10.599-04:00PCMnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11662550.post-26221610727754868872008-09-15T21:29:00.000-04:002008-09-15T21:29:00.000-04:00I LOVE the idea of taking over parking spaces. I hate car parking almost more than I hate cars. But I'm just not the kind of guy willing to haul my ass out of bed at 8am to squat a parking space (or almost anything, for that matter).<BR/><BR/>I just hope somebody else does! And if they do because they read about it here.... well, then my job is done and my dreams will be sweet. ZZZzzzzzzzzzzzPCMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13647097472236933108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11662550.post-72022680980862331982008-09-15T21:21:00.000-04:002008-09-15T21:21:00.000-04:00There does seem to be a strange correlation between hipsterdom and cycling advocacy. And that's even though most advocates aren't particularly hip.<BR/><BR/>There's also probably a correlation between bike lanes and double-wide strollers that cost more than my bike. If one does come with the other, maybe we should count our blessings. <BR/><BR/>It may be because in a yuppie or hipster neighborhood (that covers most of Brooklyn I go to), the quiet masses support the green causes. <BR/><BR/>Seems like everybody on my block has a car or wants one. They're not hipsters. They're not yuppies (I don't think there's a single homeowner who could actually afford to buy the home they live in today). I would guess that most people in Astoria and Queens don't support bikes or any policy the is perceived as anti-car.PCMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13647097472236933108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11662550.post-67467513542507798352008-09-15T21:09:00.000-04:002008-09-15T21:09:00.000-04:00Transporation Alternatives has a very active Queens Committee, check them out.shishihubandspokes.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11662550.post-15127512429680742082008-09-15T13:04:00.000-04:002008-09-15T13:04:00.000-04:00Hey, nice to see a bike Blog from Queens, BSNYC is cool but he's in the ultra hip Brooklyn. <BR/><BR/>Any I live in Flushing and noticed the same thing, nothing happens near me. <BR/><BR/>The thing is we in Queens are really not very active in the community as Manhattoes or Brooklynites, I'm not sure why, but I think it has to do with the large amount of working families here. I assume that a family with 2 working parents and 2-3 young children probably don't have much time to rally, protest, blog, petition, write to reps or anything like that, I know I don't. Even though I ride all the time and always see the need for safer streets. <BR/><BR/>Unless the young hip kids in LIC or Astoria can make a difference, I dont know what else to do.<BR/><BR/>TJTJ Eckleburgnoreply@blogger.com