One of the keenest and most unforgiving observers of bike culture in this town, in all its glory and absurdity, is the blogger Bike Snob NYC. A couple of weeks back, he posted a chronicle of his bike commute from Brooklyn to Manhattan that had me shaking my head in recognition at every turn. Read it and weep through your laughter.
Photo: Bike Snob NYC
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The price of a yearly Citi Bike membership has grown by 77 percent in inflation-adjusted dollars since the bike-share program launched 2013, the Independent Budget Office said.
And more people bike than drive on the Brooklyn street!
The DOT is once again slow rolling the completion of public charging infrastructure as the city continues to face a battery fire crisis.
The Urban Institute found an overall increase in capital investment in ground transportation — mostly on highways — and flat investment in public transit.
It was horrific, it was depraved, it was predictable. And it will happen again. Plus other news.
Zohran Mamdani likes taking the train and riding a Citi Bike — but the demands of being New York City’s mayor may not be compatible with his transit habit.
