It's Citi Bike!
It's Citi Bike!
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#1It's Citi Bike!
Posted: 7/31/13 at 1:06pm
America has officially turned into a paranoid 70's thriller.
Cameras on bikes they didn't tell you about.
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Updated On: 7/31/13 at 01:06 PM
#2Now it's Citi Bike That's Watching You!
Posted: 7/31/13 at 1:41pm
Here's the follow up about the "satire":
http://johnjpowers.blogspot.it/2013/07/citi-bike-surveillance-hoax.html
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#3Now it's Citi Bike That's Watching You!
Posted: 7/31/13 at 1:42pmThere's even a link on the page to the entry PJ linked.
suestorm
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/15/13
#4Now it's Citi Bike That's Watching You!
Posted: 7/31/13 at 1:44pmthose bikes are a cesspool of disease
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ghostlight2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/5/04
#5Now it's Citi Bike That's Watching You!
Posted: 7/31/13 at 2:25pm
I love those bikes.
The thing about these satire sites is that so much of what they "report" is sadly all too probable.
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#6Now it's Citi Bike That's Watching You!
Posted: 7/31/13 at 2:34pm^And the thing about today's news sites is that so much of what they report is sadly all too satirical.
suestorm
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/15/13
#7Now it's Citi Bike That's Watching You!
Posted: 7/31/13 at 2:35pmits why the press has an approval rating on par with lawyers and politicians
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...Ukraine Girls really knock me out, they leave the west behind..........................
#8Now it's Citi Bike That's Watching You!
Posted: 7/31/13 at 2:37pmIt's a lovely day for a bike ride.
ghostlight2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/5/04
#9Now it's Citi Bike That's Watching You!
Posted: 7/31/13 at 2:38pmYes it is. I'm taking my camera with me.
suestorm
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/15/13
#10Now it's Citi Bike That's Watching You!
Posted: 7/31/13 at 2:51pm
i hope you dont ride on the sidewalk, go thru redlights, go the wrong way on a 1 way street, or play chicken with a pedestrian, cuz its rare i see a citibiker not doing at least two of these things!
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...Ukraine Girls really knock me out, they leave the west behind..........................
Updated On: 7/31/13 at 02:51 PM
#11Now it's Citi Bike That's Watching You!
Posted: 7/31/13 at 2:53pmGhostlight, have you actually tried the bikes? I think they're a great idea. They have them just outside my office, but not near my home (which is where really could use them).
ghostlight2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/5/04
#12Now it's Citi Bike That's Watching You!
Posted: 7/31/13 at 3:01pmYes, I have a membership, Reg. They're great. This way I don't have to haul my bike onto the subway if I want to ride to work but don't want to ride back. There aren't really close to my house (yet), so I have to walk a ways to get one, but it's totally worth it. One of the best things to happen in the city for some time, imo.
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#13Now it's Citi Bike That's Watching You!
Posted: 7/31/13 at 3:01pm
"its why the press has an approval rating on par with lawyers and politicians"
Just like Sue!
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FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#14Now it's Citi Bike That's Watching You!
Posted: 7/31/13 at 3:03pmAll I need is two more days of use and I will have "spent" the equivalent of my annual membership fee. The rest of the season will be like a free bonus. I take my helmet with me everywhere I go.
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TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#15Now it's Citi Bike That's Watching You!
Posted: 7/31/13 at 3:05pm
Be safe!
Brain injuries can be debilitating, as proven by a few posters...
"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>>
“I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>>
-whatever2
#16Now it's Citi Bike That's Watching You!
Posted: 7/31/13 at 3:33pm
Getting around the city on bike is fantastic--fast, easy, good for you, good for the planet.
I'm absolutely mystified by people who feel compelled to carp and criticize urban bikers, but everyone is welcome to their own world-view.
As for being a source of disease--anyone who is infected by a Citi-bike is not using the bike properly.
You think, what do you want?
You think, make a decision...
suestorm
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/15/13
#17Now it's Citi Bike That's Watching You!
Posted: 7/31/13 at 3:40pm
""As for being a source of disease--anyone who is infected by a Citi-bike is not using the bike properly.""
OMG Addison, you cracked me up with that. Youre right of course...though... im just a germphobe and i get sick thinking about all the germs on public things like library books, subway poles, doorknobs etc.
For the record, i enjoy bike riding alot, and have a Bianchi cross trainer that i use several times a week. but when a person on a bike tries to play chicken with me in my suv, well it makes me laugh. im not worried about losing that battle
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TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#18Now it's Citi Bike That's Watching You!
Posted: 7/31/13 at 3:41pm
I guess it's catching on in other places as well! LOL
Bashar Al-Assad Introduces Syrian Bike-Sharing Program
"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>>
“I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>>
-whatever2
suestorm
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/15/13
#19Now it's Citi Bike That's Watching You!
Posted: 7/31/13 at 3:53pmthey have had them in paris for years. but news flash, nyc is not paris, unfrtly
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...Ukraine Girls really knock me out, they leave the west behind..........................
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#20Now it's Citi Bike That's Watching You!
Posted: 7/31/13 at 3:59pmIt sounds like a great program.
Liza's Headband
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/13
#21Now it's Citi Bike That's Watching You!
Posted: 7/31/13 at 4:04pm
Diva, that is ridiculous!
Addison, exactly. What do they call the practice of biking around in the buff? I'm sure there is some kind of catchy term.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#22Now it's Citi Bike That's Watching You!
Posted: 7/31/13 at 4:11pm
"I'm absolutely mystified by people who feel compelled to carp and criticize urban bikers"
Maybe because they don't obey traffic laws or show respect for pedestrians.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
Liza's Headband
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/13
#24Now it's Citi Bike That's Watching You!
Posted: 7/31/13 at 4:15pm
I confess I'm not a biker myself, but nearly all my friends are, and I wholeheartedly approve of biking in general and Citibikes in particular.
But I work at the intersection of two avenues and a major cross street, and the bike traffic is insane--and insanely dangerous. I have to look so many ways before crossing--and I'm talking with the light. I have nearly been hit so many times. And actually hit more than once.
Pedestrians are a danger, too, of course. They seem to think bike lanes are so they don't have to walk on crowded sidewalks.
But the bottom line is certainly that bikes are a good thing.
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