Bike Theft
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Meet the Oonee Pod, Secure Bike Parking Designed to Be Flexible Enough for NYC
Co-founders Shabazz Stuart and Manuel Mansylla hope the Oonee Pod will become a fixture of New York City's public spaces. They unveiled their prototype Tuesday night.
April 20, 2018
Hal Grades Your Bike Locking 2014
It's hard to believe, but it's been nearly five years since we last went traipsing around SoHo grading people's bike locking with Hal Ruzal from Bicycle Habitat. So it was time for the next chapter with the mechanic who wears pink-purple socks, admonishing you about how to lock your wheels, frame, and seat correctly.
May 6, 2014
Why Does Bike Theft Persist? Because There’s No Enforcement
Here's some Labor Day weekend reading on one of New York's vexing problems: bike theft, which, is up 25 percent over last year. As of July, 1,694 bikes were reported stolen this year, according to the NYPD, which encourages bike owners to have their frames etched with identifying codes. Actual thefts are likely much higher than the reported number.
August 31, 2012
Canadian Web TV Producers School Police on How to Catch Bike Thieves
Bike theft in New York City is so famously bad that Kryptonite names their top-of-the-line lock after the Big Apple. Because bike theft generally goes unreported, hard data on just how rampant the problem is can be hard to come by; a 1992 Transportation Alternatives study found that, on average, every cyclist in the city had lost a bike.
March 2, 2012
Theft and Vandalism Just Not a Problem For American Bike-Sharing
Even as bike-sharing spreads across the United States, it remains dogged by one persistent doubt. Critics, and even some boosters, fear that the bikes will be routinely stolen and vandalized. It's time to stop worrying about crime, however. In America's new bike-sharing systems, there have been essentially no such problems.
November 29, 2010
East Village Bike Shop Manager Speaks on NYPD Bust
Yesterday we reported that police have shut down the Busy Bee bike shop in the East Village for criminal possession of stolen property. In a phone call with Streetsblog last night, store manager Joe Malewich said he's not sure what his staff could have done to prevent the three arrests which resulted in the store's closure.
February 24, 2010
Police Shut Down Bike Shop Suspected of Selling Stolen Property
Are police starting to take bike theft seriously? In the East Village, officers with NYPD's Civil Enforcement Unit have shut down a bike shop on East 6th Street as the result of what one officer characterized as an ongoing undercover investigation.
February 23, 2010
Community Councils: Your Chance to Put Street Safety on NYPD’s Agenda
How many motorists, hurtling down city streets at deadly speeds, have prompted you to ask, "Why is this allowed?" When bikes gets stolen, again and again, do you wonder why there isn't a system in place to discourage theft? How come no one ever seems to get a ticket for running a red light?
January 21, 2010
Banned From Bringing Your Bike to Work? The Law’s on Your Side Now
Today is a historic day for bicycling in New York City. Local Law 52, a.k.a. the Bikes in Buildings Law, took effect. People all over the city are talking to their bosses about bringing their bikes inside the workplace. And lots of those bosses will be talking to building managers about how to make bike access happen.
December 11, 2009
Eyes on the Street: Columbia on the Lookout for Bike Thieves
Streetsblog regular Glenn McAnanama sent in a flier from Columbia University police [PDF] alerting faculty, staff and students to a recent bike theft.
October 13, 2009