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So just exactly do we quantify all the harassment of cyclists in 2011 in their “Operation Safecycle?” Alex Goldmark of the blog, Transportation Nation had this report: NYPD Issued Almost 50,000 Bicycle Tickets in 2011 The NYPD doled out 48,556 summonses to bike riders in 2011. That figure was reported by Executive Officer [...] Neighborhood watch cycling blog, Brooklynspoke has a nice recap about police harassment in Prospect Park, following an announcement that cyclists had better start behaving. The 78th Precinct was in Prospect Park this weekend,(12/8-12/9) ticketing cyclists for such violations as red light running and speeding. There are no official counts available, but a few [...] Well it looks a if the NYPD are wrapping up their year of harassment (yeah I said it.) otherwise known as “operation safe cycle,” by setting their sites on Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. Safe cycle, would be an appropriate title, if the cops truly were into a safety campaign instead of what we’ve seen through [...] While a major bike sharing program is coming and the D.O.T. continues to make changes to make the city better for cyclists of all levels, the NYPD are up to there usual tricks of harassment. Gothamist recently posted an article on cops handing out tickets on the Williamsburg bridge. Once again the NYPD [...] Here is more about the now famous prudish behavior of the NYPD for stopping a woman due to her skirt length. The village voice has a story about it on their blog-Running Scared. Here Jasmijn Rijcken confirms this was harassment and not a publicity stunt. She made the following statement: “I understand [...] Did everbody see this? The latest in the NYPD embarassing harassment of bike riders. Jasmijn Rijcken, the general manager of VANMOOF bicycles in Amsterdam was in town at the end of April to attend the New Amsterdam bicycle show in NYC. The NYPD welcomed her to our fair city by almost writing [...] WNYC did some crowdsourcing to gather information about cyclists receiving tickets. They’ve created a map based on reports sent in by those ticketed. Reporter Alex Goldmark recently posted results of the NYPD’s landmark ticket blitz and the information gathered. WNYC News Blog: Map | Tracking Bike Ticketing in the Five Boroughs By Alex [...] Here is a letter by lawyers Gideon Oliver, David B. Rankin and Steve Vaccaro on the current worsening situation between the NYPD and NYC cyclists. This is also an excellent timeline of the recent history of legal affairs and the crackdown on the biking community. NYPD’s Ongoing Bicycle Crackdown by Gideon Orion Oliver, [...] The law firms of Oliver & Oliver and Rankin & Taylor, citywide defenders of civil liberties and bicyclists rights are now bringing a class action lawsuit against the NYPD. According to Gothamist the crackdown on cyclists by the police is riddled with false charges to the point where the cops aren’t even sure of [...] Not necessarily an original idea, crowd sourcing and mapping the tickets being handed out to cyclists, but Transportation Nation the blog by WNYC transportation reporter Andrea Berstein is getting into the game. Hey, the more the better, and maybe this will lead to good press about a bad harassment campaign by the NYPD. More [...] |
       
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