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Even Before Congestion Pricing, City Must Expand Bike Network: Advocates
"We want a piece of the action in the form of space on the streets for a much better bike network," said Bike New York’s Jon Orcutt.
June 6, 2019
The Outlaw Biker’s Illustrated Guide to the Triboro Bridge
As authorities plot their annual spring crackdown on the RFK Bridge, a regular rider calls for changes to make the span truly bike friendly.
June 6, 2019
Manhattan Board Rejects DOT Rotunda Plan
The Department of Transportation must go back to the drawing board with its controversial $200-million redesign of the 79th Street rotunda because the current proposal remains unsafe for cyclists, a Manhattan community board voted on Tuesday night.
June 5, 2019
Construction Firms Must Create Safe Detour For Cyclists — Or Have Their Permits Revoked
Manhattan Council Member Carlina Rivera's bill would require construction companies to provide safe detours for cyclists, instead of spitting them out into lanes of speeding traffic.
May 29, 2019
Bayonne Bridge Bike-Ped Path Opens — With No Safe Way to Get There
The Goethals Bridge pathway, meanwhile, is set to open "in the coming weeks" — once the Port Authority and DOT figure out a safe route for cyclists.
May 24, 2019
Rogue Riders Hit Bayonne Bridge — Before it Opens to Public
Cyclists are sick and tired of long-delayed project.
May 23, 2019
Cyclists Deserve Their Own Lane During Fleet Week, Like They Had in 2003
It’s simple: close a lane of car travel on the West Side Highway.
May 23, 2019
Whew! Sen. John Liu’s Bill to Criminalize Walking Is Likely DOA
An upstate lawmaker appears ready to stop a bill that no real New Yorker would ever have introduced — Queens Senator John Liu's absurd bill to empower the NYPD to write tickets to "distracted" pedestrians.
May 20, 2019
Cyclists Are Not the Enemy, Says a Widow Whose Husband Was Killed By a Cyclist
The death of a pedestrian was a devastating reminder for Hindy Schachter — but it also reinforced the idea that the real threat is a car culture that prioritizes speed and parking over safety.
May 14, 2019
NYPD: Driver Hits and Kills Cyclist Robert Sommer in Marine Park
The victim is now at least the 66th person — and at least the eighth cyclist — killed by a car this year.
May 13, 2019
