Here’s the latest portrait in Streetsblog’s “Why I Ride” series. Janet first started riding a bike in New York in the late 80s, when she was one of the few cyclists bold enough to brave the wild streets of Manhattan. It was an adventure, but certainly not for everyone. After living in Minnesota for a […]

Here’s the latest portrait in Streetsblog’s “Why I Ride” series. I met Michele at the foot of the Brooklyn end of the Manhattan Bridge cycle path. She is a freelance scenic artist and regularly commutes over the Manhattan Bridge to Steiner Studios in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where she paints sets for a TV show. […]

Here’s the latest portrait in Streetsblog’s weekly “Why I Ride” series. If you’ve biked on the Queensboro Bridge in the last couple of years, you have seen the massive reconstruction project underway at Queens Plaza. A few months ago, we saw a brand new bike path leading west from the bridge entrance, and the last […]

Here’s the 13th portrait in Streetsblog’s weekly “Why I Ride” series. Jessica is the fitness editor for Prevention magazine. She’s lived in New York for ten years, but has only been commuting from Brooklyn to Manhattan for the last couple of months. Not that she hasn’t been riding. She’s ticked up countless laps in Prospect […]

Here’s the 12th portrait in Streetsblog’s weekly “Why I Ride” series. Andrew is a New Jersey native, a longtime Brooklyn resident, and a painter. I happened upon him and his bike/trailer at the waterfront park in Williamsburg, where he was completing a depiction of the new condominiums along the water. As it turns out, Andrew […]

Here’s the 11th portrait in Streetsblog’s weekly “Why I Ride” series. This is Cynthia and her son, Adam. They were out for a leisurely ride on Prospect Park West along with Cynthia’s two older daughters, who were on their own bikes. Cynthia just graduated from a paralegal studies program and is looking for a job, […]

Here’s the tenth portrait in Streetsblog’s weekly “Why I Ride” series. Saito is an artist and animator living in Long Island City. Originally from Okayama, Japan, he’s been living and working in New York for 20 years. This rusty and somewhat squeaky bike, a gift from an old roommate, has been his ride for the […]

This is the ninth portrait in Streetsblog’s weekly “Why I Ride” series. Lloyd is a social worker living and working in the East Village. He’s on vacation this week, and was taking advantage of the warm weather to ride from lower Manhattan up to the George Washington Bridge. I caught up with him on the […]

Here’s the eighth portrait in Streetsblog’s weekly “Why I Ride” series. Enjoy the long weekend everyone. We’ll see you back here on Tuesday. A lifelong New Yorker, Gloria has lived most her life in the Bushwick area and has been riding a bike for nearly as long as she can remember. She grew up in […]

Here’s the seventh portrait in Streetsblog’s weekly “Why I Ride” series. Originally from the Bronx, Manny now lives in Queens. All told, he’s lived in New York for 58 years and has been cycling here for about 50 of them. During that time he has had about half a dozen bikes, two of which he […]

Here’s the sixth portrait in Streetsblog’s weekly “Why I Ride” series. I always like to see bikes like Erin’s – elegant, but clearly bearing the scuffs and scratches that come with regular use. I ask her how she likes it. “I love it. It’s a great city bike.” Erin lives in Brooklyn and on this day […]

Here’s the fifth portrait in Streetsblog’s weekly “Why I Ride” series. Maureen is a filmmaker who has used a bike to get around New York in all seasons for the last seven years. She rides to commute and run errands and sometimes goes for a long city ride with no destination in mind, just to […]