Colbert Gets in on This Whole Rabinowitz Thing
It’s not quite as brilliant as Al Madrigal’s segment on the Daily Show last week, but Stephen Colbert’s riff on Dorothy Rabinowitz at the end of this clip is totally worth your time this morning.
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Fox Business Tries and Fails to Capture the Dorothy Rabinowitz Magic
By Ben Fried |
Watch the latest video at <a href=”http://video.foxbusiness.com”>video.foxbusiness.com</a> Might the talking heads at Fox Business turn their gaze to the Plaza Hotel’s lawsuit against a nearby Citi Bike station and sneer at the frivolous litigation tying up our courts? Not a chance. Watch Dorothy Rabinowitz wannabes Melissa Francis and Fred Tecce spend four and a half […]
Dorothy Rabinowitz vs. Veronica Moss: Which One Is Satire?
By Brad Aaron |
Again we have to hand it to the Wall Street Journal: They know link bait when they see it. Having apparently decided that pageview count is more important than credibility, the Journal editorial staff is back for more. Watch as editorial board member and cyclist-hater Dorothy Rabinowitz, buoyed by a star turn on the “The Daily […]
Upper Manhattan’s First Protected Bike Lane Goes Green [Updated]
By Brad Aaron |
Update: The Manhattan Community Board 12 transportation committee will consider an agenda item tonight that would call on DOT to remove the Fort George Hill bike lane. Yes, really. The meeting will be held at the Isabella Geriatric Center, 515 Audobon Avenue, at 7 p.m. Here are more photos from reader Jonathan Rabinowitz of Upper […]
Viral Anti-Bike Content — The Daily News Is Doing It Wrong
By Ben Fried |
The Wall Street Journal schooled the world on how to generate pageviews with this instant classic of anti-bike insanity starring editorial board member Dorothy Rabinowitz. Approximately 3.4 million websites embedded this video before Streetsblog got around to it, and “Dorothy Rabinowitz” is still rocketing up the Twitter trend chart. Meanwhile, the Daily News posted an […]
Eyes on the Street: Bike Lane Stripes on Tremont Avenue
By David Meyer |
DOT has striped the first pieces of the Bronx’s newest bike route on Tremont Avenue. The city is putting down bike lanes and sharrows on the 4.1-mile stretch of Tremont Avenue between Cedar Avenue and Boston Road, following a 2014 request from Council Member Ritchie Torres for a cross-town route on Tremont. Reader Jonathan Rabinowitz snapped the photo above of freshly-painted […]
Can Cargo Bike Delivery Flourish in NYC?
By Stephen Miller |
In a city as dense as New York, with gridlocked streets and need-it-now demands, bicycle delivery serves a vital role. The city keeps its stomach full with pedal-powered food delivery, while couriers, whose numbers have dwindled as communications technology has advanced, still ply the streets of Midtown. Somewhere in the mix is the humble cargo bike, […]