Comments on: Police Poo Poo http://www.thebigfelafel.com/police-poo-poo/ Essential Tips for Living in Israel Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:00:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Molly http://www.thebigfelafel.com/police-poo-poo/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Molly Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:32:07 +0000 http://www.thebigfelafel.com/police-poo-poo/#comment-99 Bike lanes- I wish- that would be too much for Israel. I could imagine how it would turn out...the taxis would use the lanes and honk at the bikers for getting in the way. Bike lanes- I wish- that would be too much for Israel. I could imagine how it would turn out…the taxis would use the lanes and honk at the bikers for getting in the way.

]]> By: aliyah06 http://www.thebigfelafel.com/police-poo-poo/comment-page-1/#comment-62 aliyah06 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:14:43 +0000 http://www.thebigfelafel.com/police-poo-poo/#comment-62 Yes, we care....and we're REALLY P.O.'d about it, too....the government has used the "security situation" as an excuse for decades to do nothing about the environment, about law enforcement and about education....my husband is a retired cop from California, and he watches the Keystone Cops here in amazement. "Give me 6 months and a minimal force of traffic cops and I'll make a fortune for this city," he mutters. He'd start by ticketing every car parked on the sidewalk in Jerusalem--which is most of them. "Lane lines are just a suggestion," he noted once on Highway One as cars sped by, using two lanes at a time. Speaking of lanes, how about BIKE LANES??! This is the perfect city for biking around, especially as the Municipality wants to close off the downtown to cars....but do you see BIKE LANES anywhere? No, that would actually require urban planning, something no one here seems to know about.... Yes, we care….and we’re REALLY P.O.’d about it, too….the government has used the “security situation” as an excuse for decades to do nothing about the environment, about law enforcement and about education….my husband is a retired cop from California, and he watches the Keystone Cops here in amazement. “Give me 6 months and a minimal force of traffic cops and I’ll make a fortune for this city,” he mutters. He’d start by ticketing every car parked on the sidewalk in Jerusalem–which is most of them. “Lane lines are just a suggestion,” he noted once on Highway One as cars sped by, using two lanes at a time.

Speaking of lanes, how about BIKE LANES??! This is the perfect city for biking around, especially as the Municipality wants to close off the downtown to cars….but do you see BIKE LANES anywhere? No, that would actually require urban planning, something no one here seems to know about….

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