Bicycle Advocacy

City Hopes to Make the Willy B Safer for Bikers

Author: 
Aaron Short
Media Outlet: 
Brooklyn Paper
Date: 
March 17, 2010

Biking over the Williamsburg Bridge should soon be a lot easier, thanks to a makeover of the ramps on the most heavily cycled bridge in the city.

New Bike Lanes on the Lower East Side Will Steer Cyclists Away from Deadly Delancey Street

Author: 
Suzanne Ma
Media Outlet: 
DNAinfo
Date: 
March 15, 2010

LOWER EAST SIDE -- New bike lanes leading to and from the Williamsburg Bridge will provide cyclists with a safer commute, keeping them away from accident-prone Delancey Street, a Department of Transp

LaHood: Bikes are Cars, Too

Author: 
Collin Campbell
Media Outlet: 
WNYC
Date: 
March 15, 2010

Okay, that isn't exactly what he said. But U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today issued what he's calling "a major policy revision, a sea change.

Submitted by volunteer on March 18, 2010 - 16:35. categories [ ]

Safer Bowery, LES Bike Lanes Clear Manhattan CB3 Committee

Author: 
Ben Fried
Media Outlet: 
StreetsBlog
Date: 
March 11, 2010

NYCDOT unveiled a slate of pedestrian and bicycle improvements to the transportation committee of Manhattan Community Board 3 last night.

Submitted by volunteer on March 18, 2010 - 16:33. categories [ ]

Large Scale Street Construction Projects About to Begin on the LES

Media Outlet: 
The Lo-Down
Date: 
March 11, 2010

It was a Power Point Fiesta.

Submitted by volunteer on March 18, 2010 - 16:30. categories [ ]

Streetfilms: Fixing the Car-Centric City

Media Outlet: 
Grist Magazine
Date: 
March 11, 2010

"Fixing the Great Mistake" is a new Streetfilms series that examines what went wrong in the early part of the 20th Century, when our cities began catering to the automobile, and how those decisions co

Submitted by volunteer on March 18, 2010 - 16:28. categories [ ]

Festival for ‘All Things Bike’

Media Outlet: 
Your Nabe
Date: 
March 11, 2010

The Spring Cycling Festival is coming to Brooklyn, March 19-21 at Ride Brooklyn, 468 Bergen Street in Fort Greene.

Submitted by volunteer on March 18, 2010 - 16:24. categories [ ]

Wheels Are In Motion

Subtitle: 
Monica Glare rides a surge in cyclist confidence in New York City on its growing network of bike lanes.
Author: 
Monica Glare
Media Outlet: 
Sydney Morning Herald
Date: 
March 13, 2010

The decision to bring my bike with me when I relocated to New York City a year ago was more out of sentimentality than a belief that I'd be pedalling much.

Submitted by volunteer on March 18, 2010 - 16:22. categories [ ]

Streetfilms: Michael Musto, Il Ciclista Dolce

Author: 
Clarence Eckerson Jr
Media Outlet: 
StreetsBlog
Date: 
March 10, 2010

Village Voice entertainment columnist Michael Musto has been riding a bike in New York City for more than 25 years, long before it was fashionable or we had bike lanes and cycletracks.

Submitted by volunteer on March 18, 2010 - 16:13. categories [ ]

Google Gives City Bikers Bum Steer

Author: 
Lachlan Cartwright and Bill Sanderson
Media Outlet: 
New York Post
Date: 
March 11, 2010

A helmet may not be enough to protect cyclists from Google Maps' latest feature.

Submitted by volunteer on March 18, 2010 - 16:10. categories [ ]