Bicycling

70th Precinct Has a Suggestion During the Gas Shortage: Bike

The Flatbush Bicycle Coalition tipped us off to this piece of advice, which was issued a week ago but feels just as relevant today, from Deputy Inspector Eric Rodriguez, commanding officer of NYPD's 70th Precinct:

By Ben Fried

1:27 PM EST on November 9, 2012

The Flatbush Bicycle Coalition tipped us off to this piece of advice, which was issued a week ago but feels just as relevant today, from Deputy Inspector Eric Rodriguez, commanding officer of NYPD’s 70th Precinct:

You don’t hear that from Ray Kelly’s NYPD very often. We emailed the department’s public information office to see if NYPD has a citywide policy to encourage bicycling for local trips during the gas shortage. We’ll let you know if we hear back.

Ben Fried

Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.

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