Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-09 Thread Allan Peterson
[AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ? --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com, Allan Peterson wrote: > > So surries would be allowed in a special lane but not bikes? What you suggest is that the boardwalk cater to the business. Isn't that the idea?

[AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-05 Thread 2fine4u
It's like a dream, Werner! Thanks, I enjoy reading articles, that have a positive outcome! S --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "wernerapnj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Checking into Portland's redevelopment I came across this piece that > reminded me of the "Bikeway" issues here in Asbury Pa

[AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-05 Thread oakdorf
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I've noticed that towns that have a greater concentration of trash cans also have less litter on the ground. Whose going to teach kids to throw the trash in the can? I had some involvement in a property on the west side - we had a

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-05 Thread firemer
er if the trash can was right there instead of searching for a trash can which can be very difficult in many instances. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 12:59 PM Subject: [AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or

[AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-05 Thread asburyparkpedaler
So we agree that for reasons not necessarily attributed to individual officers, that they do not police effectively? It should be noted that I was not attacking anyone in particular; and that when I called them from the boardwalk 3-7 times a week, they had very good response times. --- In Asb

[AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-05 Thread Hinge
I don't think that the things you've mentioned have anything at all to do with the AP PD. Personally, I think they do a great job, there's just not enough of them. The graffitti and used condom are typical of AP. The other day, I found a used condom on my lawn. Disgusting. I am so fricken sick of p

[AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-05 Thread asburyparkpedaler
Oh, and didn't realize that suddenly the bike issue we've been arguing about for weeks suddenly shifted to main st. Should I have opened on Main, where there is significantly more risk of cycling accidents? --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Fred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In AsburyPa

[AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-05 Thread asburyparkpedaler
I didn't realize people weren't littering or J-walking on Ocean Ave. It is I who should apologize. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Fred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "asburyparkpedaler" > wrote: > > > > > I didn't know he was riding a bike on Main St. th

[AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-05 Thread asburyparkpedaler
Leave the police out of it, we can't even get them to police effectively, never mind teach bike safety. Just strolled 1 Block of the boardwalk. Saw (and photographed) two brand new examples of grafitti, a homemade crack pipe on Confetti's counter, a used condom on the boards in front of arcade(

[AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-05 Thread asburyparkpedaler
The city is already putting enforcers up there in-season, ANYWAY! Can't we agree that if they pay attention to the boardwalk, as opposed to it's female merchants, that they only enforce when it's necessary? They are selectively enforcing it anyway, with no stable criteria for doing so. --- In

[AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-05 Thread Fred
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "asburyparkpedaler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I didn't know he was riding a bike on Main St. thanks for the info. We alredy had a trgic death of James Morrison at the deep; Is the > city going to actually start communicating with merchants now? Is it

[AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-05 Thread asburyparkpedaler
We alredy had a trgic death of James Morrison at the deep; Is the city going to actually start communicating with merchants now? Is it going to take a tragic death of an expendable boardwalk merchant to have the city EFFECTIVELY patrol it's boardwalk? --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Fred" <

[AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-05 Thread Hinge
Do schools still teach bike safety? When I was a kid growing up in Eatontown, we had bike safety classes both in school as well as one sponsored by the police dept. After the PD course, you got a certificate and a permit. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Fred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ---

[AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-05 Thread asburyparkpedaler
I'll tell you the same thing I told everyone else regarding going to counsel meetings. First, I spent a carrer going to useless (to/for me) meetings. Second, I felt that as a newcomer, and a bike shop owner that my opinion would not hold any water; seemingly only to serve my business. I TOLD EV

[AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-05 Thread Fred
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Hinge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The point is people were taught not to litter or jwalk and they still do it. The sane will go for bike safety. It all starts at home and it seems like the home just don't care. It will have to take a tragic death for peopl

[AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-05 Thread Hinge
So what's your point? When you see somebody littering, what do you do? Ignore it like most people. I don't. It amazes me how many people in AP just throw their trash on the ground. People of all ages, from all walks of life. Why does it happen so much here, but not in the surrounding towns? I also

[AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-05 Thread Fred
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Hinge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At the same time you can teach the people not to jwalk and litter too. Lot's of Luck. "In theory you are correct, a 5 MPH limit. But, unfortunately, people > don't play by the rules. Most will speed recklessly and

[AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-05 Thread Hinge
"In theory you are correct, a 5 MPH limit. But, unfortunately, people don't play by the rules. Most will speed recklessly and cause much anxiety for those walking on the boardwalk." I tend to disagree with this. I think there are many responsible cyclists, but on the other hand, I don't think

[AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-05 Thread oakdorf
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[AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-05 Thread Fred
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "asburyparkpedaler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Answer this question. Why didn't you go before the ENTIRE COUNCIL when they had the hearing on extending the time of riding on the BW? That was the time to tell the world of the Reidy and Kinmon promise and wh

[AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-05 Thread asburyparkpedaler
And, I respectfully disagree. I think that if you want to ride your bike on the boards; enjoy the scenery, the air, and the (illegally in AP) scantilly clad people, you need to concede that everyone needs to be safe. And I understand why peoiple feel threatened by bikes. If you want to do 20MPH

[AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-05 Thread asburyparkpedaler
Exactly. You'd be hard pressed to find anyone that came in my shop that I didn't exhibit some form of goodwill to. Not to mention thousands of dollars worth of donations to charities within city limits. To all of those who see this a a black and white issue of ordinance vs. common sense, and wo

[AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-05 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Allan Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So surries would be allowed in a special lane but not bikes? What you suggest is that the boardwalk cater to the business. Isn't that the idea? Should we screw them? Cater buisnesses that cater to the public, s

[AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-05 Thread asburyparkpedaler
That's why it makes no sense that Reidy came to me so sure that a lane was imminent. Was I set up? --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "dfsavgny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "wernerapnj" > wrote: > > Which goes to my original reason for refering to the Portl

[AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-05 Thread asburyparkpedaler
I'm not criticizing you. Believe me, I have faults! The difference between myself and the opposition, is that I CAN ADMIT IT --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "dfsavgny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "asburyparkpedaler" > wrote: > > > > Regarding me having

[AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-05 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "wernerapnj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Which goes to my original reason for refering to the Portland > article. > > It's an issue of planning. Not just locally, but on a regional level. > > Asbury Park is cursed with myopic thinking, tunnel vision, not be

[AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-05 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "asburyparkpedaler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Regarding me having should have hung out, feel free to see the new > words of wisdom I added to my website; to see the reasons, that in > retrospect, my flight is a blessing in disguise. I am not finding fault

[AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-05 Thread asburyparkpedaler
is that the boardwalk cater to the business. > > > > - Original Message > From: dfsavgny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, March 5, 2007 10:20:37 AM > Subject: [AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the

[AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-05 Thread asburyparkpedaler
gt; > > > - Original Message > From: dfsavgny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, March 5, 2007 10:20:37 AM > Subject: [AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ? > > --- In [EMAIL PROT

[AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-05 Thread asburyparkpedaler
and why hang out and wait for potential business, when viable business is to be had NOW outside asbury? --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "dfsavgny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, firemer@ wrote: > > > > In theory you are correct, a 5 MPH limit. But, unfortuna

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-05 Thread Allan Peterson
lk cater to the business. - Original Message From: dfsavgny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 5, 2007 10:20:37 AM Subject: [AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ? --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com, [E

[AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-05 Thread asburyparkpedaler
And as a side note, Asbury Partners, LLC would have, and in fact did, tell me anything I wanted to hear; to get me to be the first to sign a lease. And so my playing pawn to politics here began. Did not the developer, or the city, or the C of C have any moral or ethical responsibility to disco

[AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-05 Thread wernerapnj
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "dfsavgny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Had he hung out, AND had a bike lane been put on Ocean, it would have > been amenable. There should be a bike lane from town to town along the > ocean street. >= Which

[AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-05 Thread asburyparkpedaler
Regarding me having should have hung out, feel free to see the new words of wisdom I added to my website; to see the reasons, that in retrospect, my flight is a blessing in disguise. I was not in my space long before I learned to keep one eye over my shoulder at all times. So I respect any comm

[AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-05 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In theory you are correct, a 5 MPH limit. But, unfortunately, people don't play by the rules. Most will speed recklessly and cause much anxiety for those walking on the boardwalk. > The limited hours for bike riding were fine, h

[AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-05 Thread asburyparkpedaler
speed recklessly and cause much anxiety for those walking on the boardwalk. > > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 9:39 AM > Subject: [AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the tr

[AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-05 Thread asburyparkpedaler
selective enforcement is the norm anyway --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "wernerapnj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "asburyparkpedaler" > wrote: > > > > It's like we had mutually agreed, It didn't need to be a difficult > > issue. A lane with a 5 MPH

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-05 Thread firemer
9:39 AM Subject: [AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ? It's like we had mutually agreed, It didn't need to be a difficult issue. A lane with a 5 MPH limit. Period. For youths and Spandex clad racers alike. Period. Outside of these parameters

[AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-05 Thread wernerapnj
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "asburyparkpedaler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's like we had mutually agreed, It didn't need to be a difficult > issue. A lane with a 5 MPH limit. Period. For youths and Spandex clad... == As m

[AsburyPark] Re: Redevelopment vs Train Line, or Never the train shall meet ?

2007-03-05 Thread asburyparkpedaler
It's like we had mutually agreed, It didn't need to be a difficult issue. A lane with a 5 MPH limit. Period. For youths and Spandex clad racers alike. Period. Outside of these parameters, your asked to leave, warned, fined, whatever. Period. Simple? Simple to me, but maybe I'm the simple minded