Over the weekend I developed a separate page on this blog to deal with the NYPD crackdown on cyclists that they are calling, “Operation Safe Cycle.” Kind of like saying, “Operation Iraqi Freedom.” Yeah right. Not safe for your wallet if you get a $270.00 ticket for failing to stop at one of [...]
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Looks like the city is spending more on pothole repair then bike infrastructure. Latest from Gothamist. Extra Pothole Filling Costs More Than NYC Bike Lane Budget By John Del Signore on Feb 17, 2011 For drivers, bad potholes are typically more costly than they are dangerous, but for cyclists they can be [...] The latest news on the current direction the NYPD and certain city officials are taking towards cyclists is rather endless. I’m striving to make bikeblognyc an archive so I’m compiling news articles into more of a news feed. Here are the latest developments. Not all of this “crackdown news” is negative to cycling…their [...] Time’s Up had a rocking party on Friday to show love for all cyclists in NYC. Their bash included a chocolate fountain and burlesque dancers, what more do you need. See more photos here. Meanwhile the press is continuing to show hate towards cyclists and continuing to tow the party [...] In civilized cities, who recognize the true culprits of danger, (motorists) as seen here in Copenhagen: (photo by copenhagenize.com) The bike cops ticket the cars. In car culture, “Drill Baby, Drill” cities like NYC… “You Betchya…” The automobile is sacred and can do no wrong. Therefore the city has turned it’s sights on law [...] Only in America, with our car culture running so deep to the days of Henry Ford and Robert Mosses would our politicians like Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz bash bike lanes. Infrastructure that has already been approved by the city council, local community boards, been painted, constructed and reviewed by the DOT. Here [...] According to Streetsblog’s Ben Fried, “Earlier this week, friends and family members of traffic violence victims wrote to Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, asking him to stop standing in the way of street improvements to make walking and biking safer. They had lost loved ones and seen lives disrupted by crashes that could have [...] Charlie McCorkell is the founder and owner of Bicycle Habitat a massive bike shop on Lafayette St. in Manhattan. Charlie has also dedicated his life to fighting for bicycle rights and advocating for more space on our roadways. He recently wrote a piece on the changing face of the city and preserving the bicycle [...] Another video from Time’s Up Token Tickets of Love. Yesterday on the Manhattan Bridge. Time’s Up Ben Shepard writes a piece on the recent NYPD crackdown on cyclists for the Huffington Post. New Yorkers: Fight the Bike Backlash Benjamin Shepard Assistant Professor of Human Service at New York School of Technology/CUNY Posted: January 31, 2011 04:37 PM Anthropologist Jeff Ferrell has suggested that while the term hegemony [...] |
       
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