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Helen Rosenthal stands with NYPD Chief of Transportation Thomas Chan and anti-electric bike crusader Matthew Shefler at Amsterdam Avenue and W. 72nd Street, site of Mayor de Blasio’s e-bike crackdown announcement and the location where a semi driver fatally struck Abu Rifat on October 10. Photo: Edwin J. Torres/Mayoral Photography Office

A Trucker Killed a Cyclist at the Spot Where de Blasio Announced His E-Bike Crackdown

By Brad Aaron | Oct 20, 2017 | 5 Comments

Abu Rifat has died from injuries sustained when a tractor-trailer driver ran him over as he biked on Amsterdam Avenue earlier this month, NYPD said yesterday. The crash happened at the intersection where Mayor de Blasio announced his crackdown on food delivery workers who use electric bikes.

Council Member Helen Rosenthal speaking this morning alongside Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez and State Senator Michael Gianaris. Photo: David Meyer

Council Members Press for Investigation of High MTA Construction Costs

By David Meyer | Oct 16, 2017 | 6 Comments

City Council members are speaking up about the runaway price tag of subway infrastructure in New York City, pressing the MTA to rein in capital construction costs that outstrip those of peer cities across the globe.

Tonight: Testify Before CB 7 Votes on Riverside Park Greenway Detour

By David Meyer | Nov 1, 2016 | 17 Comments

A late addition to the calendar: Manhattan Community Board 7 will vote on the Parks Department’s proposal to route cyclists away from the waterfront greenway between 72nd Street and 83rd Street. If you want to preserve access to the flatter, straighter, better-lit waterfront path during the majority of the year when crowding is not an issue, […]

CB 7 Parks Committee Votes for Hilly Greenway Detour in Riverside Park

By David Meyer | Oct 18, 2016 | 95 Comments

Manhattan Community Board 7’s Parks and Environment Committee voted 4 to 1 last night in favor of the Parks Department’s proposal to route cyclists away from from Riverside Park’s waterfront greenway between 72nd Street and 83rd Street. The plan would direct cyclists inland at 72nd Street through a hilly wooded path passing through the 79th Street Rotunda, which has a particularly steep incline. […]

Three Bills Enhancing Bike Access to Buildings Get Council Approval

By David Meyer | Sep 14, 2016 | 16 Comments

This afternoon the City Council voted in favor of a package of bills aimed to improve bike access to commercial and residential buildings. The bills augment the 2009 Bicycle Access to Buildings Law, which required office building owners and managers to create bicycle access plans when tenants request them. That law had a number of limitations. For one, it only required access to freight […]

New Riverside Park Master Plan May Send Greenway Cyclists on Hilly Detours

By David Meyer | Jun 29, 2016 | 62 Comments

The waterfront greenway in Riverside Park is one of New York’s most popular places to bike and walk. During the summer, it can get crowded — so crowded that the Parks Department is proposing new detour routes to divert cyclists away from the waterfront path. Those routes are hillier and poorly lit, however, and advocates are worried that the department will compel […]

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