Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Why I Ride

Here’s the latest portrait in Streetsblog’s “Why I Ride” series. Janet first started riding a bike in New York in the late 80s, when she was one of the few cyclists bold enough to brave the wild streets of Manhattan. It was an adventure, but certainly not for everyone. After living in Minnesota for a […]

Here’s the latest portrait in Streetsblog’s “Why I Ride” series. I met Michele at the foot of the Brooklyn end of the Manhattan Bridge cycle path. She is a freelance scenic artist and regularly commutes over the Manhattan Bridge to Steiner Studios in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where she paints sets for a TV show. […]

Here’s the latest portrait in Streetsblog’s weekly “Why I Ride” series. If you’ve biked on the Queensboro Bridge in the last couple of years, you have seen the massive reconstruction project underway at Queens Plaza. A few months ago, we saw a brand new bike path leading west from the bridge entrance, and the last […]

Here’s the 13th portrait in Streetsblog’s weekly “Why I Ride” series. Jessica is the fitness editor for Prevention magazine. She’s lived in New York for ten years, but has only been commuting from Brooklyn to Manhattan for the last couple of months. Not that she hasn’t been riding. She’s ticked up countless laps in Prospect […]

Here’s the 12th portrait in Streetsblog’s weekly “Why I Ride” series. Andrew is a New Jersey native, a longtime Brooklyn resident, and a painter. I happened upon him and his bike/trailer at the waterfront park in Williamsburg, where he was completing a depiction of the new condominiums along the water. As it turns out, Andrew […]

Here’s the 11th portrait in Streetsblog’s weekly “Why I Ride” series. This is Cynthia and her son, Adam. They were out for a leisurely ride on Prospect Park West along with Cynthia’s two older daughters, who were on their own bikes. Cynthia just graduated from a paralegal studies program and is looking for a job, […]