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Judge: Restaurant Owners, Not Workers, Must Pay Fines for E-Bikes
It's only one judge, but a big legal hole just got blown in Mayor de Blasio's crackdown on delivery e-bikes.
August 28, 2018
Stop The Presses! Mayor de Blasio Rode a Bike Today! (Now Updated!)
He took a Citi Bike and went up the big hill in Prospect Park.
August 24, 2018
Ninth Street Protected Bike Lane Taking Shape, Albeit With Narrower-Than-Normal Bike Lanes
Overall, however, the roadway will be much safer, city officials said.
August 23, 2018
Citi Bike May Expand East Into Bushwick Before the L Train Shutdown
A substance-free mayoral press conference on a weighty topic.
August 21, 2018
Oonee, a Safe Bike Parking Pod, Coming Soon to Lower Manhattan
Finally, someone is offering something better than locking up on a traffic pole and hoping your bike is there when you get back.
August 13, 2018
NYPD Says Cops Can Block Fire Hydrants With Personal Vehicles, Because They’re Cops
There's no such thing as authorized illegal parking. That's not how laws work.
August 6, 2018
It’s Time to Stop Tinkering With Bike-Share and Go Big
Mayor de Blasio can say bike-share is available in all five boroughs, but he still can’t stake a claim to expanding bike-share as a real transportation option.
August 3, 2018
Bus Drivers and Riders Call on Mayor de Blasio to Build 60 More Miles of Bus Lanes
Really, the only thing that will make buses move faster is giving them their own lanes — and then keeping everyone else out.
July 31, 2018
Mayor de Blasio Gushes Over Dockless Bike-Share in Weekly Radio Show
He hasn't expanded Citi Bike and seems to be looking for a dockless stopgap.
July 27, 2018
A Brief History of New York City Mayors on Bicycles
Six months into his second term, Bill de Blasio became the first New York mayor since Ed Koch to be recorded riding a bicycle, or at least the first one to leave a record that Google image search is capable of retrieving.
July 13, 2018