And of course, saddest of all, for hipsters, Jews or any one else who might like to bike is that a cycling facility has been lost.

Great article!
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I’m pretty secular, but can certainly understand why a religiously conservative enclave of NYC would want to be left culturally alone. I would respect their values to the extent possible in the same way I do the Amish in parts of Upstate N.Y. where I often go to visit.

However, having it all one’s own way is not entirely possible in a multicultural nation like ours. We all have to give a little, especially to live in a teeming metropolis and as you say, the onus for obeying our religious principles is on us alone, on fair days and foul.

We all have to remember that if we start imposing our narrow values on others, the shoe will some day be on the other foot. That’s what the First Amendment is all about.

Meanwhile, those cyclists need to ride properly and stay out of those door zones.

Shalom,

Khal Spencer
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NYPost.com: Biker brawl goes global

When Mayor Bloomberg arrives at the climate-change meetings in Copenhagen Monday he’ll be confronted by a group of activists from the borough, demanding to know how an environmentalist can take an anti-cycling stance.

“How can he fly all the way there to talk about being a green mayor when at home he is yanking bike lanes off the streets?” said Baruch Herzfeld, an unofficial spokesman for the groups of riders who repainted sections of Bedford Avenue bike lanes in protest at the removal.