Bicycling
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Elected Officials to Mayor: Finish the Brooklyn Greenway
Elected officials want the city fill a hole in Brooklyn's protected bike network as cycling surges — and newbie riders will need safety when all the cars return to the roads.
May 20, 2020
Op-Ed: Survey Shows Demand for More Bike Lanes
Upper West Siders urgently want more protected bike lanes in order to accommodate an expected surge of newbie cyclists after the coronavirus pandemic — pointing the way forward for our city.
May 19, 2020
BIKE SPIKE: Sales Are Up As NYC Embraces Socially Distanced Transportation
Williamsburg bike shop King Kog has reportedly done four years' worth of sales in just the two months since the coronavirus pandemic swamped New York.
May 18, 2020
Deep Dive: The Mayor’s ‘Surface Transportation’ Panel is Heavy on Car Interests
We reached out to ever member of the panel. Here's a full, long, scintillating report.
May 14, 2020
Op-Ed: A Tale of (Transporting) Two Families
Mobility options are unequal for different classes of New Yorkers — but not if we decide to invest in transportation alternatives.
May 11, 2020
Court Swats Away NIMBY Anti-Bike-Path Claim on East Side
A bike bridge isn't a seizure of parkland — it IS parkland, the court essentially said.
May 11, 2020
Corey’s New Ride: Speaker Johnson Has Talked the Talk, Now He’s Biking the Bike
The city's second most powerful official is now the city's First Cyclist.
May 5, 2020
Cyclists Injuries Soaring in The Bronx — An Area With Few Protected Lanes
Cyclist injuries in the only part of the city on the mainland are up nearly 30 percent, even though they are down nearly 68 percent, citywide.
April 27, 2020
MUST-WATCH: ‘Delivery Guys are Not Trash’ — They’re Heroes
If you watch nothing else today, please watch this four-minute video by producers Jon Hsu and Law Chen featuring New York's hard-working delivery cyclists.
April 24, 2020
Upper East Siders Back Safe Routes for Cyclists Through Central Park
“The unfortunate death of Dr. Cammerman was not an accident. It was inevitable," said one person at the online hearing.
April 23, 2020