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Spontaneous group rides are crushed in NYC

I guess we all saw it coming. We’ve been waiting on a ruling by Judge Lewis Kaplan on the status of the parade laws which state, that people need a permit in order to have group rides of more than 50 people. On Tuesday, Judge Kaplan handed down his decision and said that [...]

Bike Lane Debate

(Cyclist/Messenger Heather Loop {far left} engages in a debate about Bedford Avenue Bike Lane removal at Pete’s Candy Store in Greenpoint, Monday Night–photo by: (Gothamist/Ben Muessig)

I missed this debate on Monday in Greenpoint but there was some good coverage of it.

In the on-going discussions of the Bedford Ave bike lane removal, there was [...]

The Year of Ideas: “Bicycle Highways”, from the NY Times Magazine

Famed Jewish writer and Zionist activist of the early 20th Centrury Theodor Herzl said: “If you will it, It is no dream.” Maybe the Hasidic Community of Williamsburg, should take solace in these words from their elder idea man when thinking about bike lanes and their recent removal on Bedford Ave.

Copenhagen has [...]

I am being ripped off…with another site.

So this website: mountian-bike-racing.info is basically reposting my postings word for word and not giving me any credit. He has also set up google ads so this person is making money off of my work.

If you respect what I have been doing for 5 years (and haven’t asked for [...]

Ok people…

If you don’t ride your bikes and they sit in the garage collecting dust…this is what can happen.

This takes twitter to a whole new level…
So get out there and USE those bikes.

Here is a little wrap up from last weeks…National “Bike to Work Week,” part of Bike Month.

Here in NYC.. www.streetsfilms.org. [...]

Sunday on Backstage Live, CBS news webcast.

Saturday morning I was invited onto CBS news early morning show webcast called “Backstage Live.” They wanted a bike celebrity such as myself to talk about bike culture in New York City, current state of critical mass and ways of keeping your bike safely locked. Coming from someone who gave his bike away [...]

Bike Sharing in NYC.

The Department of City Planning, bet you didn’t know we even had this organization, has just released a feasibility report on the possibility of having a Paris-like bike sharing program in NYC. (although I can’t seem to find the report)

However,

Paul Steely White, executive director of Transportation Alternatives was on WNYC’s [...]

Brooklyn’s Courier Company gets Press

Hugo and Colin from Brooklyn’s newest courier company, Snap Delivery,
got a nice story in the Daily News.

photo by Siegel/News

Shoestring approach has some messengers pedaling to success
by Alex J. Berkman
Monday, April 20th 2009, 1:19 PM

They weave nimbly through traffic, don’t use even a drop of gasoline and can promise speedy delivery, so it’s [...]

Follow up with David August Trimble

After getting a good healthy buzz off of Gothamist and the NY Times I thought it would only be fitting to follow up with David August Trimble and find his personal insights to the Redhook Criterium.
I asked him the following questions:
Who won? (race results)
Only 7 riders finished on the lead lap and were scored.

1. [...]

Bikeblognyc in the NY Times…again.

Hey I got a mention in the Times.
Nice.
A Brooklyn Bike Race Worthy of James Dean

In the Red Hook Criterium, cyclists rode 16 laps of a route on city streets, without any brakes.
photo by: Casey Kelbaugh for The New York Times
article by: Colin Moynihan
Published: March 29, 2009

The old cobblestones on the Red Hook waterfront in [...]