An excellent NY Magazine feature profiles DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and documents the remarkable change in the agency and on the streets of New York. Definitely worth reading.
Streetfilms looks at Brazilian bike parking and has Hal grade your locking one more time.
Critical Mass takes the NYPD to court and the NY Post follows the case.
Public Advocate candidate Norman Siegel campaigns on a bicycle.
Seven planners and developers contribute to a Times piece that wonders what it would be like to be Car-Free in America.
Streetsblog starts a debate about the perception of bike commuting and whether or not there is too much emphasis on safety. In a follow-up post, Editor Aaron Naparstek talks about his helmet-wearing policy.
Colville Andersen promotes cycling in Copenhagen with the video “Copenhagen – City of Cyclists”.
AMNY plugs Bike to Work Day 2009 and Streetsblog has pictures and video from DOT Commissioner Sadik-Khan’s Bike to Work Day Ride.
Obama’s Energy Secretary bikes to work for a day, but no longer commutes regularly.
The Post reports a 143% increase in commuter cycling since 2000.
A British study says more cyclists means fewer accidents.
Roosevelt Island bans overnight bike parking on public racks to combat abandoned bicycles and gives cyclists a week to clear racks. Its time we find a comprehensive solution to this problem.
An Illinois Senator is pushing for a bike-friendly transportation bill.
Streetsblog covers the launch of TA’s Biking Rules! campaign that offers a street code of conduct.
CB6 in Brooklyn asks for a curbed buffer for the new Prospect Park bike lane and CB 10 votes against the new bike lane for Adam Clayton Powell.
Construction on Broadway Boulevard begins!
Finally, a study released by one of my professors at Hunter says that NY cyclists routinely break the law. The story was picked up by the Post and the Times, and tomorrow I’ll give my opinion.
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