I know, there’s a whole lot of emphasis on bike lanes in this town. As if they are some sort of litmus test for gauging weather we can function more like a European city, less dependent on motor vehicle transportation. To the seasoned cyclist who’s been biking in NYC long before we had green [...]
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Apparently Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz isn’t on board with safer streets and a greener future. He’s trying to rally his rich friends who live in the Prospect Park Neighborhood and win political favors by meeting in private to remove the new Prospect Park West bike lane. Please sign this petition put forward by [...] Local officials congratulate themselves for…doing their job. Well the good news is we are getting more bicycle infastructure. This in from the dailynews: “With one last dash of paint, New York became the self-proclaimed “bike capital of the nation” Wednesday. City leaders gathered on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx to paint the final [...] I got sent this news report on the DOT’s “Look” campaign. It is an awareness campaign to highlight the work of the The New York City Bicycle Safety Coalition which was formed in 2006 in response to a 40% increase in cyclist fatalities over the prior year in the five boroughs. Their [...] This just in from Brooklynbybike: The DOT has a nice map showing off the bike racks in NYC. Check it out here. This is part of the Cityracks program. The New York Times had an article on the rise of bicycling in New York City. An annual report from the Department of Transportation says that the popularity rose 35% in 2008. “MORE BIKES” a bit from the article by Sewell Chan. “Based on figures from an annual count of bicyclists conducted since 1984, [...] |
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