A few weeks ago I finished editing and formatting the 2009 NYC Cycling Map and the final product can now be found in bike shops all over the city. You’ll also be seeing the map in the new bike parking shelters and as a poster that may be available at the NYC CityStore. If you happen [...]
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A flurry of letters to the editor defend the 8th Ave protected bike lane that area merchants attacked in the previous issue of Chelsea Now. City Room Spokes does the math on the bike commuting tax benefit and says amen to the Blessing of the Bikes . Cycleicio.us posts the full Idaho Stop Law and Spencer Boomhower’s terrific [...]
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Last year the DOT issued a Request for Expression of Interest to explore the feasibility of a bike-share program in New York. Several vendors responded, each presenting their vision for how a bike-share system could be implemented here. Yesterday, the Department of City Planning released a comprehensive study entitled “Bike-Share Opportunities in New York City” [...]
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Often people tell me that they cannot commute by bicycle because they must wear a suit or formal attire to work. Well I’m sorry, but that excuse just doesn’t cut it. I bike to work in a suit or business casual everyday. A friend of mine bikes to the Opera, in a tuxedo. Now, [...]
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Last night there were three Community Board meetings for DOT projects. In Harlem, Bicycle Program Director Hayes Lord presented the proposal for Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd. In Midtown, the pedestrian group described the redesign of Broadway. And in Greenwich Village, DOT bike program staffer Wallace Murray and Alt. Modes director Josh Benson introduced new lanes for [...]
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The NY Examiner wonders why our buses don’t have bike racks. GM and Segway plan to make wheelchairs, er P.U.M.A.s Uh, wow, a two-wheeled vehicle that can quickly and easily move you around the city. And I was worried about the future of the U.S. auto industry. Jeff Mapes, author of Pedaling Revolution, tracks the [...]
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It’s actually safer to bike in New York than in most other American cities. Most people believe that it its much more dangerous to bike in New York than in other parts of the country, but after reading my friend’s article about biking in Chattanooga, I’m no longer convinced. True our traffic is horrendous, [...]
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Dave Burdick at The Huffington Post selects his top music videos featuring bikes. Streetfilms has a great collection of bike related videos. The “Hal grades your bike locking” and its 2008 follow up were mentioned in the City Room Spokes post about bicycle theft. Business owners along 8th Avenue complain about the new bike lane being installed. Let [...]
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