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DOT Answers #bikenyc Prayers With Bike-Lane Inspector Program
Want to spend all day riding a bike in the great outdoors, help the city improve its bike network — and get paid for it?
December 19, 2019
City Council Could Make Gov. Cuomo Irrelevant in E-Bike Debate
City Council Member Rafael Espinal says he will press ahead with his bill to not only legalize the currently illegal throttle-controlled e-bikes that delivery workers favor.
December 17, 2019
New LaGuardia Bike Policy Blames Cyclists for Ruining Drivers’ Lives
The very wording of a new policy makes it clear that the agency considers bikes a nuisance.
December 9, 2019
Gov. Cuomo: Sign the E-Bike Bill Now!
De Quan Lu of the Chinese Mutual Support Labor Union spoke eloquently of workers living in fear of having their bikes seized by the police simply for doing a job that more and more New Yorkers want them to do.
December 6, 2019
ANALYSIS: New City Cargo Bike Delivery Program is Absolutely Perfect, Except…
The city's collaboration with delivery companies to use cargo bikes instead of behemoth trucks is an absolute good in a city mired in congestion, pollution and carnage. But...
December 5, 2019
Op-Ed: Don’t Forget Us, Bike Mayor!
The position should focus on bringing infrastructure to the under-served, outer-borough areas that need it most.
November 29, 2019
Op-Ed: Ticketing an Unresponsive Cyclist is a New Low for NYPD
The NYPD's awful treatment of a Manhattan crash victim underscores why bikers don't trust them.
November 27, 2019
New Council Bills Will Create a Bike and a Pedestrian Mayor
A package of bills seek to create two new agencies: an Office of Active Transportation, and an Office of Pedestrian (final names are pending, we're told).
November 25, 2019
Advocates: Cuomo Must Save Delivery Riders From More NYPD Enforcement
With Mayor de Blasio unwilling to rein in the NYPD, advocates are calling on the governor to put a stop to the ongoing harassment with his pen.
November 22, 2019
E-Citi Bikes Will Return this Winter — With Per-Minute Fees, Not a Flat Rate
Several hundred pedal assist e-bikes, which vanished from the streets in April amid safety concerns, will return at some point after Dec. 21 and before March 21, the company now promises.
November 22, 2019
