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Satirical “Bicycle Lobby” Twitter Account Fakes Out Media Giants
The @BicycleLobby Twitter account is a parody inspired by last year's unhinged rant about bike-share from Wall Street Journal columnist Dorothy Rabinowitz. Its running joke for the past 13 months has been that "the all-powerful bike lobby" envisioned by Rabinowitz is real -- and yes, it controls the universe.
July 22, 2014
Portland Newscast Offers Biking Conditions With the Weather Report
Here's a local newscast that's getting something right. FOX 12 in Portland, Oregon, has taken to reporting the conditions for cycling along with the weather report.
June 25, 2014
Marcia Kramer on Vision Zero: Why Isn’t City Hall Sticking It to Pedestrians?
She's back. Marcia Kramer is here to defend unsuspecting New Yorkers from Bill de Blasio and his nefarious goal to eliminate traffic deaths in the city.
June 24, 2014
Anonymous NYPD Sources Blame Another Victim of Motorist Violence
A motorist killed a cyclist near Citi Field Tuesday afternoon. The driver was ticketed for speeding, but true to form, anonymous police sources and the media blamed the victim for his own death.
June 11, 2014
NYPD Fails to Charge Driver Who Killed a Child in Red Hook This Morning
A motorist killed a teenager in Red Hook this morning.
June 2, 2014
NYPD Transpo Chief Breaks Down Street Safety Basics for Local Press
At a press conference this morning unveiling a street safety redesign at 96th Street and Broadway on the Upper West Side, the first three questions from reporters were all about what the police are doing to deter jaywalking. So it was no surprise when, after a discussion of NYPD's crackdown this week on drivers who text and fail to yield to pedestrians, Juliet Papa of 1010 WINS cut right to the chase for her drive-time audience.
May 13, 2014
After Jill Abramson’s Powerful Traffic Violence Piece, What Now for the NYT?
Over the weekend, the New York Times ran a powerful piece by executive editor Jill Abramson about recovering from injuries sustained on city streets, based on her own experience and those of three other Times employees. Their stories, along with accompanying maps of New York City's most dangerous intersections, conveyed the widespread and profound impact of traffic violence more effectively than anything the Times has published before. Now the question is: Will the Times continue to beat the drum for safe streets?
May 5, 2014
Can Vision Zero Survive NYC’s Tabloid Editorial Boards?
New mayor. New DOT commissioner. Same old myopic Daily News editorial board.
April 14, 2014
NYPD and the Press Parrot Driver’s Account of Crash That Killed Lisa Julian
Yesterday's fatal East Village crash is another example of how NYPD and the press blame deceased pedestrians and cyclists based mostly on the word of the drivers who killed them.
March 28, 2014