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‘Fairest City’ Mayor Orders More Crackdowns on Lowly E-Cyclists
Mayor de Blasio, who is running for president on a progressive platform that bills New York as "America's Fairest Big City," deployed the NYPD on Tuesday morning to confiscate the electric bikes of delivery workers — costing them roughly one-week's pay in fines.
June 4, 2019
Op-Ed: Breaking Down Barriers to Disabled Cyclists
Because disabled people are often left out of the conversation, few abled cyclists seem to consider how non-traditional bikes can add to mobility for disabled people and provide many with a healthy mode of exercise and transportation.
June 3, 2019
Streetfilms in Amsterdam: Remove Parking and Watch a City Bloom
Amsterdam's plan to remove 10,000 parking spaces will change the city for the better — and maybe point the way for New York.
June 3, 2019
Streetfilms: More Incredible Bike Porn from Holland!
This is the second in Clarence Eckerson Jr.'s series of films about how the Dutch reclaimed their streets from the automobile. Today's topic: The low-lying nation's busiest bike path: The Vredenburg in Utrecht.
May 30, 2019
Op-Ed: Paint The Bike Lane, Dammit, Before Someone Dies!
When is a parking-protected bike lane — a street design pioneered in this country by our own city Department of Transportation — no longer a parking-protected bike lane?
May 30, 2019
‘Bike Mayor’ Job Seekers, Brush Off Those Resumes! Council May Create Key Position
Look out, Mayor de Blasio — you're getting a bike mayor whether you want one or not!
May 29, 2019
Construction Firms Must Create Safe Detour For Cyclists — Or Have Their Permits Revoked
Manhattan Council Member Carlina Rivera's bill would require construction companies to provide safe detours for cyclists, instead of spitting them out into lanes of speeding traffic.
May 29, 2019
Bayonne Bridge Bike-Ped Path Opens — With No Safe Way to Get There
The Goethals Bridge pathway, meanwhile, is set to open "in the coming weeks" — once the Port Authority and DOT figure out a safe route for cyclists.
May 24, 2019
Rogue Riders Hit Bayonne Bridge — Before it Opens to Public
Cyclists are sick and tired of long-delayed project.
May 23, 2019
Cyclists Deserve Their Own Lane During Fleet Week, Like They Had in 2003
It’s simple: close a lane of car travel on the West Side Highway.
May 23, 2019