PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Leslie Clark from Greenwich Village on E-bike and Bicycle Safety Concerns
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Leslie Clark, a resident of Greenwich Village, expresses skepticism about the effectiveness of bike infrastructure and education in improving cyclist behavior and safety. She shares personal experiences of cyclists disregarding traffic rules and endangering pedestrians, despite the presence of extensive bike infrastructure in her neighborhood.
- Describes encounters with cyclists riding on sidewalks, ignoring bike lanes, and behaving recklessly
- Argues that the lack of accountability and identifiability of cyclists contributes to dangerous behavior
- Emphasizes that infrastructure alone does not solve issues of cyclist misconduct and pedestrian safety
Leslie Clark
5:29:54
Hi.
5:29:55
My name is Leslie Clark.
5:29:56
I live in, Greenwich Village.
5:29:58
I'm kind of, amazed and mystified by the apparently magical powers that have been, attributed here to education infrastructure.
5:30:08
My neighborhood has about as much bike infrastructure as you could possibly want.
5:30:15
There are bike lanes just about everywhere.
5:30:17
There are even those red those red and green, you know, biker, you know, traffic signals.
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Bikers just go straight through them.
5:30:25
They go it's the same thing as happens everywhere else.
5:30:28
They go right through red lights.
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They go the wrong way.
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They go on the sidewalk and the the presence of the bike lane makes no difference.
5:30:39
The other day I said to a guy next to me on the bike on the on the sidewalk, will you get off the sidewalk?
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The bike lane's over there.
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And he said, I don't wanna use the bike lane.
5:30:47
I wanna be here.
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On another occasion, I hear that for the first time I I hadn't heard the term a refuge, which is what the commissioner Rodriguez referred to as that spot, on a, protected bike lane.
5:31:02
I was standing there when a bike, delivery guy came straight at me laughing and swerved off.
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That has nothing to do with with infrastructure.
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I was on a bike on a sidewalk where 4 young men on city bikes came straight at me, drunk, and swerved around with me.
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That has nothing to do with infrastructure.
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When your behavior is not observable, when you are not identifiable, when it is okay to menace people on the road and the sidewalk and and that way you will just do whatever you want to do.
5:31:48
I will just say what everybody else has said here.
5:31:51
The scariest part of my day is when I go to the gym in the morning because I got to walk 5 blocks of infrastructure.
Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
5:31:59
Thank you.
Leslie Clark
5:31:59
Thank you.
Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
5:32:00
Thanks.
