A few months back, the Village Voice ran a cover story about what a low priority it was for the NYPD to investigate cyclists maimed or killed in motor vehicle accidents, with reporter Camille Dodero laying out a pretty convincing argument. Read more »
The DOT finally got around to making Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza a little less deadly. An overhaul of the notoriously dangerous traffic circle has been completed. The upgrades include controversial things like bike lanes, crosswalks, traffic signals. Read more »
Here’s some cute video reportage from the Bicycle Film Festival, at the site of New York’s first ever “Tweed Run” wherein ’30s and ’40s aficionados strut their ‘staches and threads in an olde fashion-y flash mob/bike parade through the city. Read more »
At around 10:45PM last night, the third “energy bike” designed to help power Occupy Wall Street after the FDNY seized its generators, was finished and ready for a test ride. Read more »
Check out this behind the scenes video from Treats! magazine’s latest photoshoot, an editorial titled ‘Breaking Away’ which features an assortment of topless models on brightly colored bikes. Basically, every guy in Williamsburg’s dream. Read more »
Midtown Manhattan is the most dangerous and likely place in the entire city for pedestrians to be hit by cars according to Transportation Alternatives’s newly overhauled Crashstat website. Between 1995 and 2009, there was 8,604 vehicular crashes with walkers. That’s almost twice as much as second place finisher, Jamaica, Queens, which totalled 4,741. See where else to avoid while strolling around NYC over here.
Transportation Alternatives has revamped their Crashstat website and as cyclists continue to be villainized, it’s more relevant than other. The interactive map shows precisely where people have been hit by vehicles, whether they were walking or biking, and plots it. The sheer number of these visual representations is a staggering and potent reminder to what the real danger is: cars.
With wealth comes power, but not even Community Board 8 on the Upper East Side, has the authority to force cyclists to be licensed and registered in the same way cars are, making their latest proposal patently absurd. Read more »
Here it is, The Beauteous Bike Lanes of New York City map from minamalist design specialists, the Pop Chart Lab. It only shows “the important parts” — crisscross bike lanes, bike paths and routes, all charted neatly in earthy, happy colors, “pressed with vegetable-based inks in Red Hook, Brooklyn” on the purest of recycled paper. Doesn’t it sound holy? Get your 18″ x 24″ print here. Hang it on your wall. Pray on it. Rub it for good luck. Scribble more bike lanes on as they sprout up. Dot on some bike share hubs, if they ever come. It’s your city. (Click to enlarge)
On Wednesday night, a preliminary proposal to build protected bike lanes on 8th and 9th Avenues between 34th and 59th Street was approved by Community Board 4′s Transportation Planning Committee in Hell’s Kitchen. But things didn’t go as smoothly as they did in Harlem, with some area business owners denouncing the plan. Read more »
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