In today's Daily News [4], transportation advocate Paul Steely White and restaurant workers' advocate Daisy Chung pushed for Sen. Krueger's legislation that would lead to safer driving by bicycle delivery cyclists.
There is a simple solution, championed by City Councilwoman Jessica Lappin locally, and Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh and Sen. Liz Krueger in Albany: Change the law so that restaurant owners are responsible for the cost of their workers’ traffic violations... Education campaigns and greater enforcement could help, too. But nothing will be as effective as tying restaurants’ bottom lines — to some extent — to how well their workers follow traffic rules.
Read the full op-ed here [4].
Publication date:
Thursday, September 6, 2012 - 00:00
