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The NYPD’s history of disproportionately ticketing cyclists of color continued in 2021, new data show.

NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan’s seemingly ad-libbed comments came after a reporter at unrelated press conference asked why bikers are typically targeted for enforcement after they are killed by car drivers.

The assumption among NYPD brass seems to be that they're protecting cyclists from themselves. But it's preposterous to think people walking and biking will fear a ticket more than being battered by a motor vehicle.

NYPD precincts keep targeting cyclists in the name of Vision Zero. After drivers killed nine people in the first 10 days of 2017, reports came in of police taking action -- by handing out tickets to people on bikes.

As dangerous drivers continue to injure and kill with impunity, NYPD is targeting cyclists in parks.

NYPD is ticketing cyclists riding on the Hudson River Greenway after 1:00 a.m., which is the Parks Department's citywide closing time, according to a reader who was stopped by police on the greenway last night.

Via Bowery Boogie, two photos of bike-riding NYPD officers writing up two other cyclists for running red lights at the corner of Bowery and Delancey.

Today's Times editorial on cycling enforcement (the kicker: a few more tickets for bicyclists "would certainly calm traffic in New York City") is generating a stir. What I want to know is this: Why did the Times editorial writers choose to pipe up about this particular aspect of street safety? Correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as I can tell, the Times has not seen fit to print an editorial about traffic enforcement for at least as long as Streetsblog has been publishing.

A reader sends this note about today's commute:

Looks like NYPD is at it again.