Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Safety

Hit by a Car While Biking? Don’t Waste the NYPD’s Time

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 12, 2008 | 37 Comments

A Streetsblog reader named Jessica sends along yet another story of the NYPD’s failure to treat bike commuters as full-fledged citizens of the City of New York: This evening around 8pm I was biking home down 2nd Avenue in the bike lane. I had a front light, back light, a bell, and was wearing a […]

Hudson River Greenway Bike Path Sabotaged

By Brad Aaron | Mar 11, 2008 | 9 Comments

Streetsblog received this tip last night: I was riding North on the Greenway tonight at about 9:15, and after clearing 60th street and entering the stretch under the elevated Miller Highway a southbound cyclists yelled at me, "Watch out! There’s a pile of rocks across the bike path ahead." I slowed down and carefully rode […]

The Vicious Cycle of Anti-Cyclist Bias

By Ben Fried | Mar 5, 2008 | 16 Comments

From the National Bike Summit: At a panel on cyclists’ rights, Bob Mionske, a Portland, Oregon attorney and founder of Bicycle Law, offered a cogent explanation of the obstacles cyclists face when it comes to public perception, police enforcement, and holding motorists accountable for injuring and killing cyclists. “Anti-cyclist bias is endemic in the police, […]

The New DOT is Still Using the Old Measuring Stick

By Ben Fried | Feb 21, 2008 | 10 Comments

Setting the tone: In its performance report, DOT starts off by measuring how quickly it fixes traffic lights. A preliminary version of the 2008 Mayor’s Management Report was released last week [PDF], and the Department of Transportation section is déja vu all over again. Ten months after the end of the Iris Weinshall regime, DOT […]

Mary Beth Kelly: From Tragedy to Advocacy

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Feb 18, 2008 | 7 Comments

Mary Beth Kelly’s story is as inspirational as they come. In June 2006, she and her husband Dr. Carl Henry Nacht were bicycling home from dinner on the Hudson River Greenway in Chelsea when an NYPD tow truck turned sharply into the bike lane at 38th Street and 12th Avenue. Despite signs telling drivers to […]

Tale of Two Cities: Bicycling in Chicago and Los Angeles

By Aaron Naparstek | Feb 7, 2008 | 5 Comments

Two news stories came across the wire yesterday that highlight vast differences in the way U.S. cities treat the use of bicycles for transportation. First, there was this story out of Chicago: Chicago bicyclists, Mayor Daley (pictured right) knows your pain. The mayor introduced an ordinance Wednesday that would slap fines ranging from $150 to […]

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