Originally Posted by
arbee
[MENTION=314122]wilfried[/MENTION]:
This!
Not much to add; you omitted Dorothy Rabinowitz's querulous "Begrimed!" from the end-of-the-world predictions preceding the Citibike's rollout.
Good times, good times.
A Fond Look Back At The Hysterical Anti-Citi Bike Hysteria: Gothamist
I keenly remember that terrorists would use Citi Bike to blow up Dag Hammerskjold Plaza, Comptroller John Liu predicting blood in the streets, and massive liability, and 99 Bank St.'s lawsuit, "HOW MANY LITTLE OLD LADIES HAVE TO BREAK A HIP BEFORE BIKE SHARE IS DESTROYED?!" (I now take a bike from that station almost every Sunday, not a dead little old lady in sight; I bet they tout it as an amenity). And of course, the inimitable Dorothy Rabinowitz.