Criminal Crackdown on Cyclists 2025
‘It’s Bullshit’: DOT Deflects Concerns Over E-Bike Speed Limit
The cover-up is worse than the speeding.
SEE IT: Cops Violently Arrest Teen Riding Citi Bike in Alphabet City
Three cops slammed a teenager to the ground, pulled his hair and knelt on his head — for allegedly riding a Citi Bike "in a reckless manner."
Friday Video: Poor Bike Lane Design Shouldn’t be a Ticketable Offense
The Manhattan entrance to the Williamsburg Bridge bike path is confusing and dangerous, but that hasn’t stopped police from preying on cyclists.
SQUEEZED: Welcome to the Newly Unsafe Bedford Avenue ‘Bike Lane’
Bike riders are now endangered by parked cars and fast-moving traffic between Willoughby and Flushing avenues, as drivers revert to doing ... exactly what they had been doing.
NYPD Issues Fewer Traffic Tickets to Drivers As Criminal Tickets to Cyclists Surge
Mayor Adams's focus is completely backwards, safe streets advocates say.
Lower East Side Panel Joins Growing Chorus Against Tisch’s E-Bike Criminalization
Another New York neighborhood is calling for an end to the “disproportionate consequences” that e-bike users face under the NYPD’s sweeping crackdown.
Ex-DOT Official Warns NYC’s ‘Counterproductive’ E-bike Speed Limit Will Curb Biking, Safety
The mayor is working overtime to undo the decade of gains for cycling in the Big Apple, a former de Blasio administration official told Streetsblog.
The Mayor Doesn’t Know The Difference Between E-Bikes And Mopeds
... and it matters because he and his propaganda machine are waging war on one type of vehicle, while blaming another.
Double Whammy: NYPD Slaps Brooklyn Mom With Criminal Summons, $190 Fine
Meet Phaedra Paulson, a Brooklyn mom who is, apparently, Public Enemy #1.
Friday’s Video: A Recap on Mayor Adams’s ‘War on Cyclists’
Here's a nice synopsis by Emily Lipstein of how we got from a proposed "Department of Sustainable Delivery" to a criminal crackdown on bike riders.
