Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Athletes and Celebrities

D-Wade Is Traffic — Heat Star a Regular at Miami Critical Mass

By Ben Fried | Dec 4, 2012 | 3 Comments

Via BikeBlogNYC, the Miami Bike Scene recently posted this post-game clip of Dwyane Wade in which the All-Star Heat guard shares his fondness for going on bike rides with thousands of other people. On Friday, it seems, Wade and teammates LeBron James and Mario Chalmers warmed up for the next day’s match against the Brooklyn Nets […]

My MSNBC Biking Story: Chris Hayes

By Ben Fried | Jun 14, 2012 | 34 Comments

Here’s an intriguing promo from the cable news network that’s ahead of the pack when it comes to livable streets. MSNBC host Chris Hayes is pitching his show with a foreshortened look at his Brooklyn-to-Rock Center bike commute. You’ll have to forgive the sidewalk riding that bookends the trip. Brooklyn Bridge Park, the Brooklyn Bridge […]

Spot the Celebrity Bike-Share Planner

By Ben Fried | Feb 7, 2012 | 4 Comments

It was another evening of hands-on bike-share station planning at Manhattan Community Board 2 last night, as New Yorkers hunched over maps of SoHo and Greenwich Village, marking the best places to site bike-share kiosks. If you live or work in the bike-share service area, you really ought to mark your calendar for the station […]

LeBron James Bikes to Work “All the Time”

By Ben Fried | Jan 30, 2012 | 11 Comments

This Twitter photo of LeBron James biking to American Airlines Arena before facing off against Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls last night has gone viral on sports news sites all over America. There are some interesting sociological currents swirling around LeBron James, bike commuter. While the photographer labeled James a “manchild” for taking to […]

Unsolicited Personal Image Advice for Jennifer Lopez: Film a Bike Ad

By Ben Fried | Nov 23, 2011 | 16 Comments

Before Streetsblog goes offline for the Thanksgiving weekend, I’d like to reiterate my unsolicited advice for Jennifer Lopez: There is an easy and, I believe, highly effective way to control the damage from the revelation that you did not actually film this Fiat 500 Cabrio commercial on the streets of the Bronx. For those just […]

Utility Cycling Tips From Bike Zealot Martha Stewart

By Brad Aaron | Apr 28, 2011 | 11 Comments

In addition to nerve-wracking weather, one sure sign of spring is the re-emergence of the bicycle as pop culture totem. If you’re on many catalogue mailing lists, you’ve probably seen them — gleaming utility bikes and cruisers at the ready as toned and tanned models relax at the outdoor cafe or by the pool. And […]

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