Tag: Bikes
Officer Joshua Vincek, who works in the Upper West Side’s 20th Precinct, issued 1,249 tickets to cyclists between Jan. 1, 2012 and Jan 1, 2015, DNAinfo reports. Vincek, who rides a scooter, handed out more than 300 more summonses than his ticket-writing runner-up. The Wilt Chamberlin of cycling tickets apparently has a vendetta against bikes. […]
Citi Bike is revamping its fleet, adding 2,400 sturdier models that were designed by Ben Serotta, the legendary frame builder whose bikes have been ridden in the Olympics. The new bikes weren’t built with racing in mind, of course, but with customizability, functionality and safety. Serotta researched the bikes by talking with bike share employees, […]
Perhaps Upper West Side residents have cooled a bit to the idea of CitiBike a bit since last month. Locals are now up in arms over several proposed locations for CitiBike docks, calling them “horrible,” DNAinfo reports. The Post, with its usual flair for hyperbole, goes so far as to call the future bike zones […]
Cops in Fort Greene are handing out tickets to cyclists like Oprah giving out cars, probably yelling, “You get a ticket! And you get a ticket! And you get a ticket!” to riders caught running red lights. Summons for bicycle-related offenses have increased 600 percent in the 88th Precinct this past month, DNAinfo reports (from […]
Good news: New York City’s bike sharing program is expanding into Upper Manhattan and other areas. Bad news: Some of those areas uptown don’t have adequate bike lanes yet. Local residents and cycling advocates are hoping to change that reports the Columbia Spectator. “In the Upper West Side, there’s a safe streets network on Columbus […]
Friday morning’s 50th anniversary celebration for the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, which connects Staten Island to Brooklyn, has been overshadowed not just by recent news that its toll may increase, but also by the work of activist group Right of Way. The organization ran a banner that read “50 YRS & NO BIKE/PED PATHS? OPEN THE VERRAZANO […]
Since the city has tightened regulations and cracked down on pedicab drivers, the number of pedaling transit providers has taken a steep dive. Only 903 drivers decided to renew their license this year. That’s down from 1217 at the beginning of 2014. After an incident in which some tourists were charged $500 for a short pedicab […]
Move over Citi Bike — New Yorkers may soon have a better way to move around the city. Meet Impossible, a lightweight electric bike that folds into your backpack, has a waterproof battery case, and lets you go up to 12.4 miles per hour at a 45-minute stretch. Instead of pedals, the Impossible Bicycle is […]
A little after 9AM on Friday morning, an NYPD patrol car collided with a truck at the intersection of Bushwick and Flushing Avenues while trying to avoid a cyclist in the crosswalk. According to driver of the truck, Max, 59, the officer was heading east on Flushing Avenue and when the cop saw a cyclist in […]
Just because you’re not BMX master Tyrone Williams doesn’t mean you’re excused from knowing proper bike-docking etiquette. Let Redditor Matt Manhattan show you how its done. (Photo: Matt Manhattan) […]
