In a post by Andrew Besold, he examines how in the world New Jersey, Queen of cyclist and pedestrian fatalities, and state that refused to enact a safe-passing law, still manages to come up as the seventh best place to ride? Writes Besold in his blog WalkBikeNewJersey, “In a state where bike lanes remain a...
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Houston, TX – May 13, 2013 By Jen Benepe A town in the deep South has adopted a three-foot passing rule for cyclists and other vulnerable users. The move adds Houston, Texas to a growing list of states, cities and towns that now require motorists to give three feet of space to cyclists, pedestrians,...
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To view this latest video from Brooklyn, taped by a cyclist who is practically mowed down by an abusive driver on a narrow street, is harrowing, scary, and displays the ugly underbody of cycling in New York City. In the video, cyclist Rafael Huerta is subjected to repeated assaults by a driver in his...
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By Jen Benepe The Ghost Bike carried to it’s final resting place by Peter Meitzler is this week’s bike of the week. Meitzler painted the bike in his studio and then carried it along the route of the Ghost Bike Memorial ride, which eventually ended in Queens. Cyclists from all of the five boros...
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Rides will be held throughout the five boroughs of New York this weekend to honor the 20 cyclists who have fallen on city streets since last year. The event will also memorialize and recognize the 136 pedestrians who were killed by automobiles in the same time period. The annual Ghost Bike ride will be...
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The new bike shares for New York City residents and visitors is now available, and they are offering the first 5,000 members a “limited edition Founding Member key fob.” The fob will entitle members to a 24-hour Citi Bike pass “to share with a friend and discounts on great local bicycling events,” said the Citibike...
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By Jen Benepe– April 11, 2013 –New York City In a startling turnaround, Bike New York has won its lawsuit against the city of New York, and now may ride the TD Five Boro Bike Tour– without paying the toll. In rendering her decision, Judge Margaret Chan said that the Police Department erred when...
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When you set out for a ride every day, do you wonder whether you’ll make it home in one piece? If you do, there is good reason because American drivers are using more devices and are more distracted than other drivers worldwide, says a new report. Almost 70 percent of Americans ages 18 to...
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The head of the League of American Bicyclists is asking Americans to appeal to the federal government for safer cycling. In a letter from LAB’s director Andy Clarke, he writes, “The US Department of Transportation is required by the new transportation law to establish national safety goals and performance measures to guide the states....
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Anxious musings and dire predictions are surfacing among cyclists and advocates over the future of bike lanes in New York City, reported the NY Times today. The expectation that the next mayor of the big Apple might not appreciate the two wheeled conveyances the way Michael Bloomberg has is justified. For one, the bike...
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Thanks to that messy Sandy who showed up last Sunday and caused havoc across the tristate area, many polling places will be closed on election day, Tuesday Nov. 6. All of the voting locations will be moved to other addresses, but getting the word out will be the challenge. And it’s anyone’s guess if...
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Opinion, By Jen Benepe Umm excuse me everyone who objected to the Marathon, the Knicks held one of their big money games in the Garden last night, but I heard no chorus of objections. There is a lot of hypocrisy in that. A Knicks game will do nothing for the city, bring no money to...
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Cycling in New York was not always as good as this. Yes, hard to believe but true, cycling used to be MORE difficult in New York City and Northern New Jersey (it’s still bad in southern New Jersey, but that’s another story.) Thanks to the hard work of cycling advocates before you, many paths...
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August 24, 2012–By Jen Benepe Seven time Tour de France winner, and cancer survivor is giving up the fight. This time it’s not against 190 riders in a Tour de France, or 2,500 competitors in an Ironman competition, nor even the cancer that has ravaged his body. The fight Armstrong is giving up is against...
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New York, NY–August 20, 2012 The Tappan Zee Bridge plan was approved this morning in a surprise vote held in New York City. According to Riverkeeper, an advocacy group, the vote was called without sufficient notice to the community and to advocacy groups. Riverkeeper had a few lead attorneys present at the meeting, where...
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We have difficulty understanding how the reporters knew the speed of the cyclist, and how a cyclist riding a mountain bike could achieve such speeds on a portion of roadway that has a very moderate decline, East 95th Street, on the Central Park Drive north.  I mean my goodness if he really was going...
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Residents living along Route 9W learned this week that lawmakers and the state transportation agency will be posting signs warning cyclists of the danger of the route. This decision, agreed to between Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffe and the state Department of Transportation sidesteps the more difficult and politically unpalatable step of reducing the speed limit,...
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In the News Randy Cohen wrote a piece for the New York Times recently that discusses the ethics of cyclists cautiously going through red lights (coined the Omaha Stop, because it’s legal in the state of Omaha.) His reasoning, cyclists should not be subject to the same laws as motorists because among other things,...
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