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Today I read a characteristically honest and level-headed piece of analysis by Steve Cuozzo (of stevecuozzo.com<\/a>) in the New York Post titled “Bike Lanes, Bike Lies: The ‘Bicycle Boom’ is Blatantly Bogus”<\/a>. Cuozzo makes a lot of good points about how “food delivery personnel” aren’t really people and don’t deserve bike lanes, and how the “once majestic” Prospect Park West has been ruined by a simultaneously extremely dangerous and\u00a0completely empty bike lane.<\/p>\n

But me, I’m a pictures guy, so what really caught my eye was the photograph used to illustrate the story. It’s a photo of the Prospect Park West bike lane, with the caption “Totally empty — as usual”.<\/p>\n

\"Steve<\/a><\/p>\n

Holy shit<\/em>! I thought to myself. It IS totally empty<\/em>! Now, I’ve taken some photos of my own of this particular bike lane<\/a>, and it was busy with cyclists of all ages and abilities. But then, that was weeks<\/em> ago.<\/p>\n

The Post is doing a valuable service by bringing this waste of resources to our attention, and it’s all so beautifully and dispassionately illustrated through a photojournalist’s lens. The camera never lies – any photographer will tell you that. Now, I don’t work for the Post (At least not yet! I’m avaaaailable!), but I wanted to help too, so I ventured out today to see if I could shine the harsh light of unpaid photojournalism on any other wasted resources on our streets.<\/p>\n

I’m sorry to say, it’s much worse than we thought:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Where is everybody? And do we really need this street?<\/p><\/div>\n

It was as if I’d come to in some sort of nightmarish, “I am Legend”-like post-apocalyptic scenario. It was just me, my truth-clicker (that’s what all photojournalists secretly call their camera), and the empty, desolate car lanes.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Totally empty. As usual. (Except for the double-parked cable van). Good lord, what is that thing headed this way?<\/p><\/div>\n

A great silence reigned, interrupted only by the occasional\u00a0whir\u00a0of a passing cyclist.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Kent Ave. Totally empty. As usual.<\/p><\/div>\n

Chilling.<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

#BikeNYC Portraits<\/a><\/p>\n

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