1. Incorrect. Emergency vehicles get through fine in EY where the roads are closed. It in fact probably assists them in getting through quicker.
Please explain to me how it is possible that an emergency vehicle can get through an obstructed street faster than an unobstructed street.
2. Its a small inconvenience affecting a small number of people.
No, it’s not. It affects anyone who takes a bus, taxi or bicycle through Boro Park and now must veer far out of their way. For a bus ride, that can easily add a half hour to the trip each way. That’s not a minor inconvenience.
And, furthermore, even if it *is* a minor inconvenience, so what? What gives you the right to inconvenience them with your religion — especially when, according to the Torah, they don’t have any obligation to avoid driving through Boro Park (or anywhere else) on Shabbos?
3. I don’t believe you are correct on this point about the number of non-frum residents. It is almost negligible. Take a stroll through inner BP.
It doesn’t matter if it’s even one. The streets are a public accommodation and belong to all members of the public.
4. If it were a virtually 100% Pakistani neighborhood, then yes, I’d have no objections.
I highly doubt that.
5. I disagree. It would be spent wisely on this initiative.
Why do you feel that this is so imperative that it outweighs other needs?
The Wolf