We read with great interest Heather Haddon’s article on New York City’s proposed bike-share program that mentions our company, Worksman Cycles, and makes note of several of our concerns regarding the planned system (“Bikenstein,” PostScript, May 8).
While we do question some of the assumptions regarding the proposed plan, we strongly belief that a bike-share program would be a positive development for our city. We also applaud DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan’s steadfast support of bicycling in the city in spite of the withering attacks that have been heaped upon her.
As America’s last remaining large-scale manufacturer of bicycles — and a 113-year corporate citizen of New York City that has continuously manufactured our products here since our inception in 1898 — we share a common vision with the commissioner that bicycling can be an integral part of our city’s public-transportation system, and we wish to be an integral part of making that vision a reality.
Wayne Sosin, President
Bruce Weinreb, Marketing Director, Worksman Trading Corp., Ozone Park
The bike plan in Paris is seen as a debacle.
Bicycle usage in China has diminished largely due to better highways and mass transit.
Experiments in other countries such as Germany remain on college campuses. The idea doesn’t work in a planned large city. Mayor Bloomberg should grow up.
Joseph J. Lyons, Astoria
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