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To NYPD Commissioner Caban and the 24th Precinct CO: Get Your Priorities Straight

The NYPD’s approach to e-bike fatalities and to citizen complaints about e-bikes is to crack down on slow-moving traditional cyclists, presumably because they are easier to catch.

March 11, 2024

Wednesday’s Headlines: Twisted Statistics Edition

Cyclist deaths hit a 23-year high in 2023 — but if you ask the New York Times, that grim statistic comes with a big asterisk. Plus more news.

March 6, 2024

#StuckAtDOT: City Delays Suggest Safe Cycling Rule Changes are Dead

Department of Transportation has still not implemented city regulations that it said more than three years ago would improve safety — and one activist thinks the rules are dead.

February 27, 2024

Every E-Biker Should Be Worried About NJ’s Proposed Insurance Law

Instead of ensuring safety on Garden State roads, requiring bikers to carry insurance could make roads more dangerous, inequitable and polluted.

February 14, 2024

Electeds Roll Out ‘Bike Safe’ Campaign While Admitting Cars are the Real Source of Danger

A trio of elected officials on the West Side are asking cyclists to be more mindful of pedestrians on the sidewalk, stop at red lights, and refrain from biking the wrong way in traffic.

January 19, 2024

Cyclists, Delivery Workers Fume After City Fails to Clear Icy Bridge Paths

Bike commuters and delivery workers faced treacherous, unplowed pathways on the four East River bridges long after it stopped snowing.

January 17, 2024

Comics Enraged After Brooklyn-Based Performer Dies in Tragic Crash

Comedians are calling out the dangers of cars and the need for better cycling infrastructure after one of their own was killed while biking in Brooklyn last week.

December 14, 2023

Council Repeals Decade-Old Law that Stalled Bike Lane Installation

The City Council repealed a notorious. out-dated law that imposed lengthy delays on the city before it could break ground on new bike lanes.

December 7, 2023