The NYPD issued over 5000 summons last year to bicyclists and has issued over 8000 this year according to CBS News. If you walk around the streets of Manhattan, you have no doubt probably come close to being hit by a cyclist that either has not stopped at a traffic lot, is going the wrong way or even riding on the sidewalk.

I remember a point about 2-3 years when the NYPD was constantly giving summonses around Central Park and you could even see cyclists stopping at the traffic lot on Park Drive near Tavern on the Green. Many pedestrians are concerned about their safety whether walking with small children or their dogs in and around Central Park.

Apparently according to CBS, there was a legislator who had proposed and then dropped the idea of having cyclists have licenses and some states in the US do require licenses for cyclists.

What do you think? Would this make it safer to walk on Manhattan’s streets as well as  in Central Park?