Immigrant Experience: Transit Pioneers and Cycling Soldiers

A local Korean newspaper reports:

Nothing is more exhilarating, efficient and enjoyable than getting on a bicycle zipping through the crowded streets of New York City, provided the rider does not mind assuming the role of transit pioneer and cycling soldier… there is a daily battle taking place on the streets of New York City between automobiles and bicycles.

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What was billed as a book reading by famed Talking Heads frontman David Byrne on Tuesday evening took on the air of a teach-in on cities and bicycles, with Byrne and fellow cycling superstars Janette Sadik-Khan and Paul Steely White taking turns extolling New York City’s blooming bicycle infrastructure before a packed house at the […]
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In Miami, Cloaking an Anti-Cycling Proposal in Bike-Friendly Language

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A county commissioner in Miami has introduced legislation to “provide greater flexibility to the Florida Department of Transportation related to bicycle lanes.” In other words, flexibility not to include them, even though federal rules require state DOTs to give “due consideration” to bike facilities in all federally-funded projects — a directive that US DOT clarified in 2010, […]

The Bicycle Uprising, Part 5

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This is the concluding installment of a five-part series looking back at the victory over the Midtown bike ban, 25 years ago. Read parts one, two, three and four for an overview of the bike ban, the advocacy of the 1970s and 80s, and my recounting of the activism that followed the uprising against the ban. Activists are […]

Bikes as Transit: New Study Envisions Possibilities for NYC

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The Department of City Planning released a study this weekend about the possibilities for bike-share in New York City, and if you can spare the time to look it over, it’s a rewarding read. The best news: The city is thinking about bike-share on a scale that would successfully integrate cycling into the public transit […]