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The Wild Bunch

Author: 
Robert Sullivan
Media Outlet: 
New York Times
Date: 
March 6, 2009
Image: 
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SOMETIMES, when I am biking, I remember the '80s, and I shudder.

Image Caption: 
Todd Heisler/The New York Times -- A cyclist speeds through the crosswalk at 34th Street and Broadway.
Submitted by volunteer on November 5, 2009 - 18:36. categories [ ]

Some Better-Biking-in-NYC Suggestions

Author: 
Jen Chung
Media Outlet: 
gothamist
Date: 
March 8, 2009
Image: 
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The NY Times' City section has a sprawling feature about biking in the city by writer Robert Sullivan.

Image Caption: 
Photograph by luluinnyc on Flickr
Submitted by volunteer on November 5, 2009 - 18:32. categories [ ]

Walkers Say Bikes on Pulaski Bridge Pose Hazards

Author: 
John Lauinger
Media Outlet: 
New York Daily News
Date: 
March 24, 2009
Image: 
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Pamela Smith of Greenpoint looks over her shoulder when she walks over the Pulaski Bridge - but the hit man she fears is no thug or hired gun.

Image Caption: 
DelMundo for News -- Cyclist Julie Lawrence avoids pedestrians as she rides her bicycle on Pulaski Bridge near Jackson Avenue and 11th Street in Queens.
Submitted by volunteer on November 5, 2009 - 17:48. categories [ ]

Biking Rules, and Has Rules, Too

Author: 
Matthew Schuerman
Media Outlet: 
WNYC
Date: 
May 15, 2009

NEW YORK, NY May 15, 2009 --Today is National Bike to Work Day. A leading advocacy group is doing something that shows just how far bicyclists have come. WNYC's Matthew Schuerman reports.

Submitted by volunteer on November 4, 2009 - 17:03. categories [ ]

The Rules of the Road Are Everyone’s Responsibility

Author: 
Sarah Goodyear
Media Outlet: 
StreetsBlog
Date: 
June 9, 2009
Image: 
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I've been trying a little experiment lately as I ride around town on my bike: doing my level best to follow the letter of the law. I've been inspired by both the carrot and the stick.

Image Caption: 
LAPD Officers ride the Hollywood/Vine crosswalk until they defer to the primacy of the motor vehicle and ride out into the oncoming traffic. Photo by SoapBoxLA.
Submitted by volunteer on November 4, 2009 - 16:47. categories [ ]

LOOK and Share the Road Safety Campaign

Author: 
Beth Salzman
Media Outlet: 
Queens Courier
Date: 
June 24, 2009

LOOK out for new public service announcements.

Submitted by volunteer on November 4, 2009 - 15:55. categories [ ]

Pedicabs Roll Toward Regulation

Author: 
Simon Akam
Media Outlet: 
New York Times Blog
Date: 
June 29, 2009
Image: 
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Nearly three weeks after a pedicab collided with a yellow taxi at the foot of the Williamsburg Bridge in Brooklyn -- leaving the pedicab driver seriously injured -- the City Council's Consumer Aff

Image Caption: 
Theodore Parisienne for The New York Times -- Pedicab regulation was the focus of a City Council hearing after a June 10 accident.

NY1 For You: Cycling Group Tries To Break Bad Habits

Author: 
Susan Jhun
Media Outlet: 
NY1
Date: 
July 2, 2009

With more and more New Yorkers choosing cycling as a viable mode of transportation, concern over cyclists who do not obey the rules of the road, has pedestrians and one local cycling advocate group sp

Submitted by volunteer on November 3, 2009 - 17:50. categories [ ]

It Turned Out Well

Author: 
Henrik Krogius
Media Outlet: 
Brooklyn Eagle
Date: 
August 12, 2009

Finally, after 25 years of proposals, designs, public sessions, changes in state and city administrations, controversy, and lawsuits, we are seeing a park beginning to take shape along the piers below

Submitted by volunteer on October 29, 2009 - 16:32. categories [ ]

In Toronto, Bike-Car Road Rage Escalates

Author: 
Anita Elash
Media Outlet: 
NPR
Date: 
September 7, 2009

In the interest of the greening of the world, using less gas, decreasing carbon footprints and getting healthy, many municipalities are encouraging bicycle use.

Submitted by volunteer on October 27, 2009 - 15:11. categories [ ]