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LAUGHABLE: The NYPD is the Front Line of Mayor de Blasio’s ‘Crackdown’ on Bike Lane Parkers?
Mayor de Blasio's announcement that he had ordered the NYPD to crackdown on reckless drivers and cars parked in bike lanes is being ridiculed for one key reason: NYPD officers routinely drive recklessly in their personal cars and often park in bike lanes.
July 2, 2019
UPDATED: IT’S FIFTEEN NOW: Woman Cyclist Killed in Bushwick
A cyclist was killed by a cement truck in Bushwick on Monday at around 12:20 p.m., police said.
July 1, 2019
Memorial Vigil Will Seek Justice for Slain Cyclist Ernest Askew
Activists are planning a 6 p.m. memorial vigil for the dead cyclist at the scene of his death: Sutter Avenue at Chester Street in Brooklyn.
June 30, 2019
‘End Legal Murder In NYC’! Hundreds Mourn Cyclist Robyn Hightman in Memorial Ride
Hundreds of cyclists rode from Williamsburg to Chelsea last night, taking over the roadway from lower Manhattan to 23rd Street, in a memorial ride for 20-year-old Robyn Hightman, a bike courier who this week became the 12th cyclist killed on New York City streets in 2019.
June 28, 2019
NYPD May Stop Ticketing Cyclists After They’re Killed
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.
June 27, 2019
Op-Ed: Riverside Park Greenway Bike Bypass is An Accident Waiting To Happen
The newly designated detour on the nation’s busiest cycling path is well intentioned. Recently a 4-year-old child was injured by a speeding cyclist on the greenway. But the "solution" is deeply flawed — so flawed, in fact, that the city should reconsider its decision forcing cyclists to use the bypass.
June 27, 2019
Streetsblog Gets Action! DOT Repaints Basic Markings on the Brooklyn Bridge
The Department of Transportation, under fire for not ensuring safety on the Brooklyn Bridge bike and walking path, has finally painted a new center stripe and lane markings to discourage pedestrians and cyclists from mixing.
June 27, 2019
Council Members To DOT: How About Those Brooklyn Bridge Upgrades?
"Efforts to abate crowding and improve the experience for cyclists and pedestrians on the promenade have not been noticeable," a trio of pols wrote.
June 27, 2019
After Cyclist Was Killed, City Wrote 40 Percent of its Blitz Tix to … Cyclists!
New York’s Finest said they had written 77 moving violation tickets between the time when Hightman's blood was washed off the street and Wednesday morning — 29 tickets went to bikers and 48 to drivers of cars and trucks.
June 26, 2019
Delivery Cyclists Have One of the Most Dangerous Jobs, But No One Is Protecting Them
Working cyclists have one of the most dangerous jobs in the country, and they are dying at rapid rates on New York City streets — but instead of stepping in to protect them, Mayor de Blasio is off running for president and New York's Finest are focused on victim-blaming and ticketing bikers.
June 25, 2019
