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Today’s Rally Against Pedicab Regulations
Chad Marlow of the Public Advocacy Group is at the podium.
February 13, 2007
Cyclists Ride with Pedicabs to Rally at City Hall
The City Council Consumer Affairs Committee is set to vote on regulations that would put a very low cap on the total number of pedicabs in the City and ban certain types of pedicabs from City streets. Time's Up! joins the Pedicab Owners' Association against these unreasonable regulations to say: NO CAPS! NO BANS! SAVE THE PEDICABS!
February 12, 2007
Time’s Almost Up on New Parade Regs
After months of debate, the NYPD's new parade regulations aimed at pedestrian and bicycle demonstrations which critics say were designed specifically to target Critical Mass rides were quietly filed on Jan. 26, and the 30-day clock has started ticking on their implementation. The new rules require a parade permit for any "procession or race which consists of a recognizable group of 50 or more pedestrians, vehicles, bicycles or other devices moved by human power, or ridden or herded animals proceeding together upon any public street or roadway."
January 29, 2007
Ding Dong Bruce Smolka’s Gone
Newsday is reporting that NYPD Assistant Chief Bruce Smolka has filed for retirement. Smolka is reknowned for his needlessly aggressive tactics in breaking up peaceful political demonstrations, his disregard of basic civil rights and his all-too-frequent abusiveness towards women. In one infamous video he was caught kicking a female demonstrator in the head at a May 2003 sit-in.
January 24, 2007
In Defense of Ghost Bikes
Aaron's piece questioning the memorialization of bike fatalities reminds us that cycle advocacy is rife with paradoxes. Drawing attention to cycling deaths and injuries can be powerful politically and symbolically but may also scare off would-be riders. Moreover, cycling is safer for all when there are more cyclists.
January 9, 2007
NYPD Parking Abuse Scandal Widens
Chinatown businessman Jan Lee was cuffed and detained for photographing police officers' illegally parked cars in front of his shop.
September 7, 2006