Outdoor Bike Parking

When Old Parking Meter Poles Go, So Often Does Bike Parking

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Media Outlet: 
StreetsBlog
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Toronto's Post and Ring solution for bicycle parking on old parking meter poles. [Photo: David Baker]
Author: 
Matthew Roth
Date: 
July 1, 2009

When Oakland installed its first pay-and-display parking kiosks in early 2007, parking managers ordered employees to remove the heads of the approximately 5,000 single-space meters they were replacing

Submitted by rick on July 2, 2009 - 14:48. categories [ ]

Celebrate Brooklyn With Valet Bike Parking

Media Outlet: 
StreetsBlog
Author: 
Robin Urban Smith
Date: 
July 1, 2009

[Video at originating article]

Submitted by rick on July 2, 2009 - 14:37. categories [ ]

Metropolitan/ Municipal Design, Part 2: Bicycle Racks

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Media Outlet: 
Core77
Author: 
hipstomp
Date: 
June 3, 2009

NYC recently undertook a citywide purging of all parking meters, replacing the old coin-and-post types with a lesser number of solar-powered Muni-Meters, which can dispense chits, service more cars an

Submitted by rick on June 4, 2009 - 17:00. categories [ ]

Bike Advocates Launch City's Biggest-Ever Campaign for Safe Cycling

Subtitle: 
"Biking Rules!" aimed at promoting civic riding and easing bike-pedestrian friction
Release Date: 
May 19, 2009
Press Release Contact: 
Wiley Norvell

National Bike to Work Day

When: Friday, May 15, 8 am

Where: City Hall Park, corner of Chambers Street and Centre Street

Subtitle: 
With 185,000 daily cyclists, NYC celebrates with rides and six commuter rest-stops
Release Date: 
May 14, 2009
Press Release Contact: 
Wiley Norvell

The Bicycle Thieves Among Us

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Media Outlet: 
New York Times Blog
Subtitle: 
Spokes
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[Photographs by J. David Goodman/The New York Times] So-called beater bikes on 13th Street near Union Square. Note the Kryptonite lock on the floored bike protecting only the frame. Neither bicycle has its back wheel lock. Owners may assume it is hard for thieves to remove.
Author: 
David Goodman
Date: 
March 31, 2009

Bike theft and its cousin, bike abandonment, are aspects of urban cycling as sure as broken glass, potholes and the lurking threat of being doored.

Submitted by rick on March 31, 2009 - 14:15. categories [ ]

I’m back on the Road, Thanks to a Donated Bike

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Media Outlet: 
The Brooklyn Paper
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A vague e-mail sent Gersh Kuntzman to his old DUMBO office building where he was told he would find a used bike that had been donated to him. Upon arrival, he discovered the very bike.
Author: 
Gersh Kuntzman
Date: 
March 30, 2009

On the road again!

Submitted by rick on March 31, 2009 - 13:48. categories [ ]

Cuts to Bike Budget Cost NYC in the Long Run

Subtitle: 
Federal Funding, Cost-Savings and Lives at Risk
Release Date: 
December 12, 2008
Press Release Contact: 
Wiley Norvell
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New York Commuters Take to Bikes With Nowhere to Park (Update1)

Media Outlet: 
Bloomberg
Author: 
Leon Lazaroff
Date: 
December 5, 2008
Submitted by rick on December 11, 2008 - 12:25. categories [ ]