Using a bicycle in a big city like New York is a very common, many people prefer to use a bike to commute around the city as opposed to sitting in rush hour traffic. It seems that Mayor Michael Bloomberg thinks otherwise, in his weekly radio program Mayor Bloomberg said he is against commuters taking their bicycles onto subway cars. It seems that allowing more people to ride their bikes and to bring them onto the subway would be a great way to help reduce traffic and congestion. Perhaps New York should designate a certain subway cart for commuters who have a bike with them to keep the other carts less crowded? This is awkward that Bloombery, who rides the subway often, would want to make it harder for bike riding New Yorkers. His administration has created bike lanes in the city and have installed special traffic lights with bicyclist in mind. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority allows riders to bring their bikes with them but the Mayor still opposes it saying:
“I know bicyclists will now ring the phones off the hook, but they are just too big, particularly at rush hour,” he said of the bikes. “I just don’t think they should allow it,” he added.
-Ray
[Source: The New York Times]
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