tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.post1078224811977037215..comments2023-07-24T04:54:44.970-07:00Comments on SoapBoxLA: Equality and Respect. Nothing less!Stephen Boxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03423782294035596253noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.post-525381985786612812008-04-28T21:41:00.000-07:002008-04-28T21:41:00.000-07:00Enci... glad you're ok and was able to shake it of...Enci... glad you're ok and was able to shake it off. It pisses me off that no one helped you out and just thinking of a down rider and traffic still moving around... pretty scary. SoapBoxLA... I'd hate to go through that "helpless" feeling that you felt on the ride home. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for everything you guys do.. <BR/><BR/>Aldigablesoulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05255633769589211629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.post-69613662547456232432008-04-22T16:54:00.000-07:002008-04-22T16:54:00.000-07:00Enci, glad you're OK. Every time you're out there,...Enci, glad you're OK. Every time you're out there, you make it safer for me and the folks I love to be out there. Way to stand up and keep fighting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.post-60631371212912960042008-04-02T16:40:00.000-07:002008-04-02T16:40:00.000-07:00Hi: I'm a writer for LA Citybeat. I'm trying to d...Hi: I'm a writer for LA Citybeat. I'm trying to do a story on bicyclists and their reactions to the new Bike Master Plan and a lot of my research has included your various posts. Do you think we might be able to chat in the near future about the BMP?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15983716870246937082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.post-79515749025375076262008-03-28T22:20:00.000-07:002008-03-28T22:20:00.000-07:00I was riding in the bikelane on __ one day and the...I was riding in the bikelane on __ one day and there was no traffic around me whatsoever. The road is FOUR lanes wide. Eventually, a Metro Bus approached from behind me and blew their horn at me, as if I was in the way. I WAS IN THE BIKELANE ON A FOUR LANE ROAD WITH NO OTHER TRAFFIC!<BR/><BR/>I could have become angry. Instead, I just had to laugh at the ignorance and stupidity and antagonism of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.post-41759913758566725782008-03-27T12:03:00.000-07:002008-03-27T12:03:00.000-07:00"Respect for bicyclists will always lag as long as...<I>"Respect for bicyclists will always lag as long as they insist on their legal rights, but break traffic laws when it suits them."</I><BR/><BR/>Thanks for trying to be nice - but please go fuck off and die.<BR/><BR/>Respect for bicyclists lags because:<BR/><BR/>-automobiles drivers buy more stuff than people who walk, ride bikes, or take transit<BR/><BR/>-cars and oil make some people very richSahra Bogadohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12801946616442070294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.post-22349111653206146762008-03-18T07:36:00.000-07:002008-03-18T07:36:00.000-07:00Nothing feels better than biking down a hill, wind...Nothing feels better than biking down a hill, wind in your hair, pedals flying. Until a car cuts you off trying to get to the freeway entrance... and then coming to a full stop. Seeing as how you can't stop in time, all you can do is brace yourself. Bike shatters the back glass, your body makes a dent on the top of the car, glass shreads up your stomach as you flip over the car onto the street. <Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.post-7480316142868079822008-03-17T20:02:00.000-07:002008-03-17T20:02:00.000-07:00I'm an infrequent bike rider now, but I spent the ...I'm an infrequent bike rider now, but I spent the first two years of college commuting on a bike, so I have some idea of the outrages that riders must bear. Respect for bicyclists will always lag as long as they insist on their legal rights, but break traffic laws when it suits them. What percentage of bicyclists actually stop at stop signs? It's pretty low.<BR/>That said, I support your efforts Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.post-18606359688485812252008-03-17T11:09:00.000-07:002008-03-17T11:09:00.000-07:00This is an experience all-too-common on LA's mean ...This is an experience all-too-common on LA's mean streets. There is no respect, and little regard for safety. The latter - bicyclists safety - can be mandated and legislated. To that end, I applaud your great efforts in trying to prod the Metro bureaucracy take responsibility. In Sacramento, too, action is LONG overdue. The new DMV booklet is supposed to focus on bicycle safety among other Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.post-81331731418151882452008-03-16T11:50:00.000-07:002008-03-16T11:50:00.000-07:00I have read. I have understood. I have felt bad fo...I have read. I have understood. I have felt bad for you. Yesterday and today, very bad. A kind of communal suffering perhaps - in Latin: passion & sympathy. Passion and sympathy for you and for me. For us. <BR/>The sheer indignity of the encounter, within a structure created by engineers, oil barons, property developers, the sun, and filled with uncycling humans.<BR/>Thank you for sharing it. Velocipedushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15597775677158501975noreply@blogger.com