@nyc_evsa@Shebbie4nyc@alexa_sledge Exactly! I don’t even own a car and haven’t driven in over 30 years. I couldn’t care less about cars. What I care about is the safety of my children as they walk around in this increasingly lawless city.
It is astoundingly tone deaf and callous for TransAlt lobbyists to be pushing for the 72nd St bike lane expansion which invites high speed e-bikes/e-scooters. Two cyclists just died in a senseless accident. Until we have real legislation that addresses e-bikes/e-scooters and how dangerous they are for others in bike lanes, car lanes, and even sidewalks, there should be an immediate moratorium on any new bike lanes. @NYCMayor@NYC_DOT@SpeakerMenin@NYCCouncil@nyc_evsa
Classes of E-bikes + stand-up E-scooters are hard to discern by sight. This is why all must be registered + have a plate. The "bike lobby" has opposed this. They also suggested ENFORCEMENT is racist, or an ICE invite. Chaos has been their policy, + chaos caused this. Tragic, sad.
This pic of a regular street bike snapped in half by an e-scooter capable of 50mph is so emblematic of what's happening on our streets right now. Groups like @transalt@openplans have fought any commonsense measures to reign in e-vehicles and the result is two men dead. @nyc_evsa
This is a real photo of university students in Iran in 1971. A few years later the government forced all women to cover their heads with hijabs.
It happened so fast.
So forgive me if I’m not amused by AOC and Mamdani wearing garments that represent this oppression of women.
Proud to be in DC tonight. Honored to be the Grand Marshall for the Memorial Day Parade tomorrow. Here to give Respect and Gratitude to our Fallen. Remember them on #MemorialDay.