Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Confrontations

Rage on the Bikeway

By Jason Varone | Jul 2, 2007 | 28 Comments

The Boston Globe ran a front-page story yesterday about confrontations among users of the super-popular tree-lined Minuteman Bikeway in Boston. Police have already filed more reports of clashes between users of the bikeway this year than the previous two combined. As the Arlington Police Chief noted, "We have road rage, and now we have bikeway […]

Man “Tasered” and Arrested for Leaving Airport by Bike

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 13, 2007 | 4 Comments

If you think handing out traffic tickets to Central Park cyclists or random seizures of locked bicycles qualifies as outrageous police behavior, check out what happened to Stephan Orsak when he tried to leave the Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport on his Brompton folding bicycle. He says that he was pulled over by a police […]

Hit by a Car? Nothing Can be Done Unless You’re Hurt.

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 1, 2007 | 15 Comments

A letter in the Daily News this week reminds us of the need for better enforcement as well as the open source hit-and-run investigation conducted by Streetsblog readers last November: Brooklyn: Last week, as I rode my bicycle along Third Ave. in Brooklyn, I was hit by a car as it cut around traffic in […]