"I got the ball rolling with what turned out to be a controversial photo spread and id-forward rant at how the pedestrians and people in wheelchairs had been turned into third-class citizens by lazy property owners and an apparently ill-prepared city. But despite all the attacks (I'm huge with r/CircleJerkNYC, apparently), maybe I was onto something because by the end of day, everyone was pretty much weighing in on how life on two feet or two wheels was miserable:"
"The City focused on bus passengers forced to climb over molehills of snow. Andrew Siff of WNBC did a visual version of that. The Times and Gothamist wrote about the eight homeless people who died in the cold. And you know pedestrians are having a hard time when even car-loving reporter Myles Miller defends them (in this case, him): And most of the outrage didn't even focus on cyclists, but if needed, we can certainly furnish plenty."
Snow from Sunday's storm clogged sidewalks, bike lanes, and building entrances, leaving pedestrians and wheelchair users forced into dangerous conditions and third-class treatment. Lazy property owners and inadequate city preparation compounded access problems, delaying cleanup even a full workday after the storm was declared over. Bus passengers had to climb over snow mounds; cyclists lost usable lanes; and eight homeless people died in the cold. Social media and local outlets amplified visual evidence and complaints, prompting calls for better urban planning, reclaiming public space from unused car lanes, and mayoral accountability at official briefings.
Read at Streetsblog
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