[*BCM*] direct action idea for anyone avail 10/28 11 AM

[Thomas John Vitolo]

Take it easy Peter, she was making a valid point with humour.  If you haven't
been privy to the *years* of discussions about bike lanes running on the same
piece of pavement as auto lanes on the BCM list, I suggest you refrain from
typing and start reading the archives.

Of course, if you already knew that the BCM list considers bike lanes to be a
legitimate source of contention, than you would have known that
(a) lots of folks oppose them for solid reasons
(b) turtle is a good, fair, and levelheaded person around here; one of the few
(c) she is opposed to bike lanes, and
(d) she was using cynical humour to make her point.

No need to call her a dipstick, unless that has some punny meaning that I'm
missing...


 - stomv


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Quoting Pete Stidman <pstidman at yahoo.com>:

> Hey Turtle,
> 
>  Yes you dipstick, you can yell anything you want. At
> least you'd be doing something instead of being the
> eternal critic!  
> 
> -Pete
> 
> 
> --- Lee Peters <lfpeters at gis.net> wrote:
> 
> > Amorello has no clue, another traffic engineer
> > a**hole, suburbanite, who is 
> > somehow in charge of the landscape.  Even when cars
> > go hybrid or hydrogen, 
> > our landscape of endless highway is creating the
> > social disconnect that 
> > discourages civilization.  It makes a biker sick.
> > 
> > Cars and their addicted drivers are taking over. 
> > Maybe I will vote for the 
> > other one.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Pete Stidman" <pstidman at yahoo.com>
> > To: "Boston Critical Mass"
> > <list at bostoncriticalmass.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 6:15 PM
> > Subject: [*BCM*] direct action idea for anyone avail
> > 10/28 11 AM
> > 
> > 
> > I just thought it might be cool if someone went down
> > to the normally placid event below on their bikes
> > and
> > started shouting "Where's our bike lane!" real loud.
> > 
> > Other people on this list can give more details but
> > orignally the rose kennedy included an onstreet bike
> > lane, but it got cut out early on, like every bike
> > lane ever, including the recent huntington ave one.
> > 
> > The mayor loves doing these things, but since he let
> > us down maybe somebody should let him know.
> > Unfortunately I have to work and I can't ride anyway
> > cuz I just got nailed by a car AGAIN!   (I'm OK
> > though, just achey)
> > 
> > Public Schedule of Mayor Thomas M. Menino
> > Friday, October 28, 2005
> > 
> > 
> > 11:00 a.m.                   Rose Kennedy Greenway
> > Streetscape Tree Planting Kick-off
> > North Street, between Blackstone Street and Surface
> > Road, Boston
> > 
> > Mayor Menino will join Mass. Turnpike Authority
> > Chair
> > Amorello to plant the first trees on the Rose
> > Kennedy
> > Greenway. Please contact Turnpike Authority to
> > attend:
> > 617-248-2859.
> > 
> > PS remember that this is a PHOTO OP, so staying
> > behind
> > Menino with signs at all times would help the cause.
> > 
> > YAY!
> > 
> > -Pete
> >