Does the city of Boston need more bicyclists?

How -- to a paddle. -- way expansion to bring another 400 bikes to roads. Mean I really think something's wrong with Menino but he notes or somebody is saying you do is Menino getting senile you know with this this Jihad. Against. Chick -- and and in this thing about bicycles. Already clogged some streets are about to be GM with more cycle assist the city's popular hub away. Popular with who. Is not popular with many. As the city's popular hub -- paper right bike system is set to add more than 400 bicycles. All its. So. Including hundreds. At thirty new stations in Cambridge Somerville and perform and -- way which currently has 61 kiosks with more than 600 bikes across the city. What eleven more stations in Boston during the next couple weeks. Including locations in Charlestown torture -- there. Another 300 plus bikes will be lined up at new stations being added in Cambridge Somerville Brookline. Bringing the total number of public bikes and Greater Boston to more than 1000. There have been complaints. Now. There have been complaints for motorists. These same motorists by the way it would like to go to chick filet. Who said the city is going too far in its bike friendly pursuit. Menino has seized more than 100 parking spaces over the past year. Including 71 on parking parking sparked mass. To make way for tens of miles of bike -- it's. Man it's. This is -- -- -- humble I have been embedded in the may have been picked up flop data we have become Momo Mike formally places in the country. If you don't why he says you don't want he's wants them bought you don't want to -- that Boston is one of the so called almost like friendly. Cities in the country because he's in the many. Believe it or not since 1993. It's nineteen years. That means he hasn't had that right his car downtown. For nineteen years. He has a police struck. He is a city paid chauffeur. With a badge and a firearm. On his hip. -- one battery likes bicycles he doesn't have to deal with the same. -- -- But the rest of Vista. What do you think of by increasing these bikes increasing number bikes -- I they. They a call late last night I in my column already written for tomorrow and -- so we need a column on this when your column to total my producers mother's wake. -- weakness you can do after the way you do after the way he got to mine thirty you know. -- myself. Collectively and at this is this at this subject bothers me for a long time so like oh -- I'm just writing down. Did you problems bicycles last night that Chris by the way -- over to Brookline. I -- cartridge. -- outages skip Harvard street right down Washington street. OK maybe maybe that was my problem so why I go first ago. -- go -- to -- content -- beacon street journal's. In -- solely on -- a girl is decide girl tries to commit suicide by going right from my bike a bit boring from suvs give me finger. And I the slam on the brakes and I just recovered and went went through. Union square there and I went down Brighton. That might turn right on Harvard street. And in the same thing that happens to me Harvard street which seem to use it and I take. I used mass Evan Cambridge are more Cambridge and Brookline. The same thing in the same thing. Get behind this woman. She's back to where print dress she got out pack -- arms Mon not mom and attractive team to -- follow. But I get I get to why get up there to I don't know what does it speak I get the B -- get the Coolidge corner where were Michael's school which form a beacon street Harvard street. And I passed I passed a woman with the tattoos. And -- -- come up total light. -- so well guess who blows right through the light press tattoo girl that's right unit. So finally the light turns green. My Fedora under again. Come through and the next red light. Guess it blows through the light again. That's a girl. That's right. I have to go around her again and come to a third. I won't I won't bore you with stood. All right throw it. I did you expect it's due out. It just bugs me now from it G I just can't. Deal with that I mean you're either you or. Up pedestrian. Or you or motorist. You cannot be -- if you wish to be. A motorist. Did you will observe the red lights. If you wish to be a pedestrian. Then stay out of the street and stay on the sidewalk. And yet these people think these people think that they had they have a that -- that they are better than. Because there they have a they have a lower carbon footprint pay you know you get hit too close -- you're getting you're getting punched. And pushed into 22 to get around them because you you have to get somewhere. And then you get to host and they kept her call. I was almost much -- never bring a bicycle to car fight. But they do they do in you know it's not just in Boston you Cambridge were of them were mass amnesty. Is the Harvard street. Of Cambridge. How about that complicate -- how much how many millions have they spent. On Cape -- building those idiotic bike paths. How many of the how many people actually ride his bike paths and -- -- no they don't write those -- past they wanna be out there around six say. Six -- is a lot more dangerous than -- have war Harvard street. 18774694322. 860 says the mayor won't be happy until Boston reserve resembles Beijing from fifty years ago it's so true. The -- and these in these. Was driving. I go and a tunnel on met -- math where Massa goes over and over commenting on the -- Who -- -- -- something's different here and us some different. And -- What does all was -- in my entire life who lanes of traffic is now one traffic. And the only has become a bicycle. This -- this is not. Miami -- progress. To be tearing tearing down more lanes of traffic this is this is going back to the old -- days which we've talked about when. When the value of all real estate was going down Boston no one can afford to pay the property taxes. Seoul -- while the people won't buildings in the back bay and Ed pound pound we're hearing forced off the buildings I mean you tear out you tear out up traffic going that's like -- in the that's like the -- -- two floors off a five story building. What does it cause it's it's it's moving your moving backwards. Officer mark your next with Howie -- Yes Ali I left a little later than you did last night stand it was dark. Getting dark so yes. I proceeded out. Our average street back to Coolidge corner yes and I jumped onto beacon street heading back toward the city. Towards us or drive yes and what an adventure that was one of bicycle is that the put all the flashing LEDs on their head on near baton from behind. What -- don't have like a bash running diagonally across is back and we'll put -- Christmas tree. A running light and probably do it. And of course he was of vehicle up until we hit -- -- various witnesses which struck and he's figured out right in front -- Causing me to go into the next plane in almost wish someone else into the construction itself and and he just would not move. We would not rule and even though he did he look like said the group -- -- you know crashing something about like that on. Yeah I won't -- -- when I left I was going down to route nine so I just had that I just had to take -- quick little but little boggle like through one or two room nine. To blog or else than street -- -- -- street edit and the first and while I was waiting for a light just as the light turn green. They -- good looking girl came through one bicycle just totally Randall I would it would have been -- -- at her office. Yes well look this guy he also had a little let dentistry are sticking out his yeah this. Alford left I deleted scene these you know screaming at them to get out of the DM wrote. But it would be just didn't care he just came right out and really and they were like 4:5 -- in a row -- so what you got 51. And you gotta little space to get back and Elaine -- now -- boxed in on each side album. I'm just trying to get the hell out of town but there were all lit up all this read this is kimberlite -- -- white lights. I mean it's it's just ridiculous. They tell you what that would the issue of the driver's license there is a part of the of the drivers Ed course where they tell you that being the driver means that your accepting some responsibility. Right you have to be. Responsible. You'll you have there are other people whose lives and property or are at stake when you drive your vehicle now these people have -- -- these people take no responsibility for what they -- Zero in and do these guys -- almost got killed. Just which going to straight across one of the intersections. The one next to me actually grabbed on the side of my -- to stabilize since. -- -- -- the window instead of course gave them you know say hey. Stand -- -- -- but he did to a lot of them. It's like it would blinders they just -- he -- it went right through. No slowing down no -- I mean did a bigot again the angels on their back because they did there -- -- walking death -- And others 400 more from going to be on the city Charlotte. Is -- out when you counsel to conceal their mark officer mark. You know. The the one of the one of the per people used to work at City Hall way. Should pretty -- pretty high or her husband. Was a former newspaper report from the Milwaukee which is -- now on The Beatles federal courthouse -- in port post office square one day. And that one of these bike messengers just ran him down put an I mean show us. I mean usually you will be hit by them track but I ended up in a -- for like six months before he came out of that he was never the same again and they just in this guy was just up on the side. You know what I'd rather you know what because I'm out on the road more often than I am on the sidewalk -- -- I know it's terrible thing to say I'd rather have him on the -- -- on the street. Scotty you're next with how we cargo ahead Scottie. Our realized. They all these people might actually -- just kidding themselves. Like are already China seven of the ten most polluted cities in the world. In China and all the way to come to China. So what -- -- proceeding and get people jumping out windows and trying to get it there have been forced labor. They break their kid themselves. I don't I think they just think that there were there the idea -- convince themselves that they -- -- they are were morally superior. To those of us -- -- around in cars. That's they they really have. And they think that they have this right. To blow through red lights I and people told me yesterday when we mentioned is very briefly. That they are writing tickets in the Brookline and Cambridge I may be they are I just haven't seen. I haven't seen I sure as hell didn't see it last night and that girl with a tattoo she could've got three tickets when I would just when I was with her for five minutes. Thanks for. The call Scottie 18774694322. 18774694322. Helmets helmets almost more of these dummies have them all and if marbles could offer vending machine with spandex shorts with both sponsors on them and every -- kiosk that would be great. 617. May have mumbled bike path fetish is all about his desired apparent Boston is a theme park for visitors screw those of us who live and work here. 18774694322. 413 come to western mass the only main -- you Q you don't see bikes on design is mighty one of the Mass Pike and those people these people some of the rule is people Massa. With traffic. I'll tell me about it. Tell -- -- -- laden to the nice bucolic suburbs on a Sunday morning and -- you know there are these roads are mainly wind being in their pretty. They thereof pretty narrow and and these bicycles don't -- that'll give globally they they don't. Give a -- about anybody else -- your next with how we cargo ahead Tom. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Skews the Idaho -- Well no -- got Tom what's idea. I haven't seen you wanna -- recently Meyer -- -- I'm -- now years now. I'm very important Margaret something. It -- accurate -- college. Production that is -- -- Now it's on a great college. Now spotlight now -- -- or it people want to -- And and Lima are all wired up and got it a lesbian opting out my -- get married. Like anyone now hiring a guy out or at all. Well there and I -- Now that public. -- Thank you mumble spank you for that missive from that that the bulletin. That's spoken word bulletin from Reid's bill. 187746943221877469432250. Wait on the polite mortgage text line. Last year the cops in Central Square that's Cambridge were giving bikers tickets haven't seen any tickets this year. H -- live in the lake regions in New Hampshire and even we have the same problems our main roads. Real men to a seven real men don't Wear spandex I would have to agree with tools. That. Yeah and what is -- -- have been you know helmets I thought you had to Wear helmets are to supposed to Wear a helmet is is a law that -- motorcyclists -- is motorcyclist. Robert your next with how we cargo ahead Robert. We don't let it it was a delight it's all right go to BYU albeit I don't buy it. -- The BYOB. Yeah. I'm about the age errant Alley that might not be out there -- -- -- they need to carry their own insurance because. They are really -- you know that led to the bottom line. You know what who covers the it's supposed to do supposed to do what is our way is it supposed they were given that you could you could answer that after -- this. I that I'm waiting at the light patiently. Right. The light turns green. Ice IE accelerate to go through the light yeah. A nice by sick list in spandex comes barreling through because they don't observe the lights and -- strikes said by cyclist. Who who pays for the hospitalization. Of the spandex -- You do because it has stuck it. It's business. I'll -- -- is likely get Deloitte they'd say when you -- door at night Udall. Those guys you have the last opportunity to beat them through your mirror but it yet they don't know quality cotton crop. What don't you he would be running a red light say -- harbor -- Harvard street heading towards route nine. If he's on -- beacon street on either way in the light turns green on Harvard street might just take off and he's come -- through one beacon street -- through -- red light. -- -- -- It's so because you all -- It's my fault. How important that is how I don't see and comedies going forty miles an hour. It's it's it doesn't matter how it. It's still you don't argue about Italian outfit on again yeah. -- and on the -- Ed they let the market alternative it. That -- got -- out that getting sure they get the -- right now that we don't want to get wiped out okay. And then how they get all the -- -- bicycle -- -- bicycle police do you need. I'm just I'm just concerned about the insure the city and -- -- isn't the city going to be the one that's going to be as sued ultimately. The other gonna -- brother that it don't want it to be begins like MTV. They're gonna get -- and excise tax -- about support. The beautiful cities it all went to crap you know that's. Go to video problem by not peace. In doubt I just follow them around and ask them questions. And it's amazing -- salt is they really yeah. Like to would you like to put that video on how we card by US. While I'm working right -- I think in the certainly need to be a guy who run double ticket that guy was good. The from the police officer. I'll be working on the project guy when it finished I'll be happy and I'll I'll go in the most honoree areas spoiled gates Cambridge. -- That's an artist that's where there expanding cowboy in the in the true lies the belly of the beast as far as these bikers -- are concerned you know. The XP ending it in in reference that's. But it -- -- -- them. The one -- is number 1877469432218774694322. We had a guy show up at a meeting downtown is 617 he -- over from Cambridge dripping -- -- what a professional on Abbas get off the road. A group of Portland writes three across it from impoundment -- all the weight color blacks strap in Cumberland 18774694322. John you're next with Howie -- -- we'll take a break 18774694322. -- 18774694322. Before your back of -- is one -- play a few more fuel was John Sununu cut -- on the five on five whenever the caller on the that that the show on Fox News Channel with took one backs place. Few months back so this is Sununu we still he's still on fire. Let's talk a little bit about what this president just just ahead of those pieces and then that's a president. That first of all tell in the business community say they didn't do it and then he drags this thing out by trying to pretend that that's not what he meant. Not you know that's what he meant because it whether he knows that that's funny talk. Cadence -- pay as you know he's gonna introduce class warfare and that's what he did with that statement. He condemns success he wanted the business people did add his -- and his constituencies. -- think that all business success should be shared with everyone that there's nothing individual about it. That's denying the American dream. That's funny talked cadence that is such a perfect way to describe -- you do know that's what he's been one he's -- he's trying to talk down to people because. He speaking to -- -- boy you know he's trying to get them excited that there were at their batters the people who had everything handed to him you know -- like he had everything handed them. He added if his plan worked eight point 2% unemployment. And -- the private sector is doing flying disk to this campaign this president his administration and his campaign did delusional. They're up there and try to convince first of all themselves that things are okay and then it kind of convinced that constituents. Einstein had -- saying that. That insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Then in my opinion has also a definition of incompetence. And that's what these guys are doing the same thing over and over again. Keeping us at eight point 2% and somehow they're expecting a different result I -- it doesn't work. Go ahead. Well America's not better off and he knows it in his -- And that's what you're seeing in his desperate efforts this silliness of let me or are being ignorant about the fact. That that his White House leaked. Intelligence data that is crucial to America is horrible and that's and that. Of desperation in the campaign senator Feinstein said yesterday that it did come out of the White House today she got Cory Booker and she walked it back. But the fact is Corey -- president but he's crying anything. Should take change the subject from his failures as a president. I did -- she -- Cory Booker. In other words she had to recent. -- and she was punished for telling the truth. 1877469432218774694322617. Now Europe's guessing about about bicycles they're setting up a padded room for you now. Well obviously -- you must already be in a padded room a -- if you're not if you're not PO about the the way bicycles. Writers are acting in the in the city in in all these surrounding cities of Boston. In all the cities of the United States for that matter. 774. How how long before mumbled mandates all businesses have showers for these sweaty bicycle morons. 603 they write tickets in Cambridge I saw myself I wanted to get out and shake the cops hand. Are they but it is sinister charger by the source surcharge offense on there're car insurance probably isn't. That's the unfortunate they have looked -- -- have to pay for six years for running around like on mass. 18774694322. My wife and I got caught behind to bikers were writing double wide -- -- -- wolf Burl wrote today in almost got an ahead on trying to get around them. Now 603 another one pedestrians frozen in crosswalk is a gaggle of these Jack asses on bikes swerve around them while shouting that the best -- and should watch the bully out. The but the iTunes you don't most of the times the pedestrian is is. Not deluding himself. That he stands which he -- against a couple of ponds of metal you know. But the pedestrian waits until there are no there is no traffic coming. Or he has -- But bicycle us however seems to think that being almost two wheels. Makes him in vulnerable to being hit by anybody else. John your next with Howie -- go ahead John. Yeah how they talk about marketplaces or fuel efficient because well like Chevy pickup was ninety years old to 280000. That never had one bit of and work ever and it's life of a bargain places where maintenance. Efficient and payment efficiency. You know what John I'm gonna right to a personal note that you can park it in any DM whole foods parking space you want to what any whole foods in the country. 'cause that sounds. I know -- pregnant and this heavy trucks like this so. Right. I know it's -- and you know again the whole foods is just IE is is just let the -- in the same kind of screening as a Mayor Menino is pushing this -- think. They're just trying to show their moral superiority by having reached the so called charging stations in their parking lot. Well you answered yeah up and talk about the religious right. Yeah yeah exactly the world what is what is global warming literally Georgia. You know it's it's got arm in arm. I've gotten is on the way it you have the preachers like Al Gore are preaching when Armageddon is gonna arrive and and supporting different than Harold camping either because. Harold camping said that on a certain day. The world was gonna come to when and how many times is Al Gore in his in his minions said that the world was gonna come to when and the we only had five years left the now here it is 101520. Years later. We're still here. Right. Yeah exactly how it's how is Al -- different than Harold camping he's not different. Thanks for. The call -- 18774694322. 617 is Sununu a VP candidate now Sununu is a tool TC is wanna be VP anyway. He wants he wants to set his -- Opteron and 2014. The that the DO rubber match between him and Shaheen. And a boy -- do everything I can't get Johnson to back in the senate 18774694322. Let's see. 207 apparently cyclists -- the illegal immigrants of trust when world that's a good way -- they are they get a free pass for everything. Almost 617 says bicycles arrested in Brookline the other day for hitting a poet with his law. Or. -- got a million Kidman right up poet. 187746943221877469432. To John your next with our cargo ahead John. No wonder -- tackles and run a red light she's gonna end up with a tattoo -- road rash. For quite vocal about what is the deal one way. Will we that would a lot of thought and attention devoted Rhode Island Saudi -- down there. Why debate why did you know they have all these nice bike paths now in down in Cape Cod in the and you know the -- a lot of them everywhere in Massachusetts especially Cape Cod. Why don't why don't they like being on the thrown -- to end it. Because. You only seen by other beautiful people who already know that morally superior. Get out -- oracle. I was and couldn't get it somewhere. It's says stop the fact that no elected officials shall impede someone's business you know other than usual got -- control C. -- it is don't know but you won't -- up. What what do you think about. And I'm thinking that I'm more on the back in my brain I remember reading something that said no elected officials opposed to impede. Someone from growing a business. You know what that does is give people jobs in the city. And -- accustomed to make the choice as to whether they want it. And the group the best thing for bicycles are grouped tax. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- No no no no we we we don't don't even think about that that should become one I don't wanna answer for that. I don't support that. Bob your next with how we card -- It. First -- -- Johnson who didn't campaign here are wrong. Deep in the air right but anyway there and I called yet today indicate. -- was a guy. Went right through a stop sign -- planet you need medevac to Beth Israel hospital. An injury no alma non. Speed bicycle was erratic control. A guy who bought -- all the time. And say are. Just so ridiculous it is on me all of the mayor and be encouraging this stuff is beyond me good ideas please dial. He has a ribbon are mere feet -- you know if you gave him if he had to drive in Boston for a week. He wouldn't he he he would come to way he would come to his senses I've only thanks for the call -- powered car.