Don't assume you understand everything you see. they may have just been finishing up an emergency call and getting their paperwork straight.

Also, why do you people bock out marked vehicle ID numbers? you don't have to do that, only private vehicles.

DID you happen to tell them they were in your precious bike lane, I bet if you approached them respectfully they would have gladly moved it, or at least gave you the reason it was there.

If they were just standing there so what. This is really petty.

"Precious" bike lane? How snotty. I was hit by a truck coming off the 59 where there is no bike lane. Chipped a bone in my knee and left a bruise on my arm that pooled with blood, 6 inches long. Wiped it off and went on.

Driver stopped a block down after ignoring my shouts to stop. He was banging me back an forth between the truck and the parked cars. You would have gone to the hospital with tears in your eyes.

I'm sure they would have moved the car if you asked them respectfully, NOT!

No, snotty is assuming you have a right to a lane just for you and your bike, when the DMV manual says you SHARE the rode with the cars. The way i feel is, technically you are a pedestrian, so you should be able to ride on the sidewalk, but considering how crowded sidewalks are, that is way to dangerous for real pedestrians, so you are forced to chance it with the other cars on the rode. even the name of the site, is snotty if you want to go there "my bike lane" I mean come on man, that is nothing but self entitlement.

You are responsible for your own injuries, do not play innocent with me. I've been around this city enough to see how crazy people on bicycles ride. You got hit, I bet it was because you wanted to maintain the same speed and tried to go around that obstacle, instead of dismounting and being a ninja about it... you think you shouldn't have to do that, but the truth is, if there is a dangerous obstacle on the way of a bicyclist, you are supposed to dismount and make you way past it on foot.

In all fairness I can easily say that the bike lane is a perk that you bicyclist abuse on a regular basis.

if TA was really so interested in transportation Alternatives why did they sit by and let Segways become illegal in New York?

Usually those green cones are used by ConEd in locations where there is stray voltage. It would probably not be a good place to park a car.

I got hit because the driver acted like there wasn't a space to share the road. He had an oversize van that took up the small space I get to ride in. He hit my bars and I was bounced between the parked cars and his van, so your comment is taken as obnoxious.

I had visions of going under his wheels. My wife won't ride in Manhattan after a certain hour, it's just that dangerous. Last week I was almost run over again by a stolen taxi and I have to say, the 19th pct was quite useless. He almost got a little girl and her mom. This was 2 blocks from where I got hit.

As far as the DMV manual saying the road is to be shared, that's not talking about a marked bike lane with solid stripes. That's not to be shared, it's not a perk and it's not entiltlement.

Entitlement is using a parking permit to park in the hydrant and saying it is a perk.

As far as Segway being made illegal without a fuss, we usually have no say and a Segway isn't a bicylce anyway. Interesting to note that like stun guns, only the cops get to have them (after abusing a civillian with one, they were made illegal for civillians, but not the abusing cops)

Commandocivility, you obviously don't know anything about bikes and bike lanes. Here are some things you don't seem to know.

1 - It's illegal to ride on the sidewalk, despite your personal opinion that bike riders are "technically pedestrians."

2 - It's illegal to ride in the street if there's a bike lane.

Why don't you try either of these in plain view of NYPD if you think you're so right? You instantly assume somebody on a bike is to blame if there's any problem. Your bias and ignorance is clear.

Trekster - Actually, it is quite legal to ride outside the bike lane in many circumstances.

Commando - as for T.A. and Segways, this might explain a few things:
http://transalt.org/newsroom/releases/2469

commandocivility is correct - that car is most likely the 'Brooklyn Bridge Response Car' from the 84 Pct. The Brooklyn Bridge has 24/7 Security on both sides as it remains an active target of terrorists. The Police cars remain parked 24/7 and the cops do park their private cars at the bridge.

The specific threat is that a terrorist plot was uncovered in Afghanistan to sever cables on the bridge and cause its collapse. A suspect is in Gov't custody.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F01E1D6163BF932A15755C0A9659C8B63