Quote Originally Posted by Geonz View Post
Do the Hasidim have the right to keep people from riding on the public streets? Do they have the right to have the facilities changed on those grounds? Closing bike lanes doesn't keep *all* cyclists away...

Since the Hasidim are going beyond logic it kinda makes sense to me that the cyclists are, too. If they really don't want the distractions, then they can ask for the bike lanes to be put back, and then the people will stop distracting. That's logical. If the distractions are truly their priority they'll go for it.
Yeah, this argument of "going beyond logic makes others do the same" doesn't make sense...if the removed the bike lanes, you have to go through legal channels to replace them...two wrongs don't make a right. Petition, protest, picket, whatever (as long as you don't interfere with others rights to move about freely) but repainting bike lanes illegally and a naked bike ride is not the way to go.
Police cannot enforce cyclists right to a bike lane if the lane is painted illegally anyhow. It may as well not exist.