Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bike Theft

Stolen Bike Rescued by Online Geeks

By Brad Aaron | Nov 14, 2007 | 8 Comments

City Room has the amusing tale of a stolen one-of-a-kind bike, recovered with the help of the Internet, an avenging bike messenger, and inspired plots involving underwear worn on the outside. When Agata Slota’s bicycle disappeared from a spot near Union Square one day in September, the odds were that she would never see it […]

New York City Ate My Bicycle

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 25, 2007 | 34 Comments

Streetsblog reader Stephen Kling submits the following: I pedal my little folding bike to the Metro North station every morning, fold it up, and ride the train from Larchmont to Grand Central, nearly every morning, then glide downtown to Union Square. My fellow commuters eye me warily over their Wall Street Journals. Clearly, I’m a […]

How Do Bike Seizures Fit Into Bloomberg’s “Green Plan”

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 13, 2007 | 17 Comments

On Tuesday afternoon the Parks Dept. seized dozens of bikes parked at the Forest Hills train station Lauren Philson was out running some errands near the Forest Hills train station in Queens on Tuesday when she spotted three or four men using large clippers to steal bicycles. The men weren’t your typical bike thieves. "They […]

Report: New Parks Dept. Policy to Clip Locks and Seize Bikes

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 12, 2007 | 15 Comments

Just in case you thought all of the bike-related news today was good, a Streetsblog tipster in Queens reports that Parks and Recreation Dept. agents were clipping bike locks and seizing bicycles in Forest Hills, Queens yesterday. She was told by a city employee that the bike seizures are part of a new, citywide Parks […]

Biking [on the Wrong Side of the Road] is “Normal” [in London]

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 18, 2007 | No Comments

Emily Thornberry, Member of Parliament for Islington South and Finsbury in London and chairwoman of the all-party parliamentary cycling group, debunks 10 persistent myths about bicycle commuting in this op-ed for London’s Guardian: In London, cycling to work is at last becoming "normal": it is no longer the reserve of Lycra-clad men. As a member […]

Cyclists Be Warned: New City Bike Racks May Not be Secure

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 8, 2007 | 24 Comments

From: stephanie — redbike606[at]yahoo[dot]comSent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 11:54 PMTo: tips@streetsblog.orgSubject: atlantic ave bike racks Hi Streetsblog, You may have noticed that there are new bike racks all up on Atlantic Avenue [in Brooklyn]. They’ve been installed all along Atlantic, from Clinton to 4th avenue, on both sides of the street. Initially, I […]

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