Originally Posted by
work4bike
I can't say I blame the NYPD for staying low.
And maybe you've got good reason for that, but we here in NYC are living in a city that's essentially unpoliced. There is
no traffic enforcement, including enforcement of regulations restricting bike paths to bicycles.
There is
no police presence on public transit. The subways are not policed. They're full of aggressive panhandlers who all to often cross the line between aggressive panhandling and obtaining money by threat. There is zero enforcement of the mask requirement (and whatever you think of the mask policy, it
is a rule, and should be enforced).
Gun crime has gone through the roof. Stores are openly looted, in broad daylight, by grab-and-run groups.
It's not good.
But back to cycling issues -- we're losing our bike paths. And that is not good for anyone. It's not good for cyclists, it's not good for the city, and it's not good for me.