View from 22nd Street between 6th and 7th Aves. “The streets are so quiet, and all I can hear are the sounds of cyclists’ voices coming up from the street. It’s lovely, no cars, peaceful,” said Morag Benepe.
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View from 22nd Street between 6th and 7th Aves. “The streets are so quiet, and all I can hear are the sounds of cyclists’ voices coming up from the street. It’s lovely, no cars, peaceful,” said Morag Benepe.
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The TD Five Boro Bike Tour and Gran Fondo takes place on Sunday, May 5, 2013. Many roads will be closed to drivers. If you aren’t in the great ride yourself, please be mindful of the following closures: Rolling street, bridge and highway closures will occur on Sunday, May 5 throughout the city. Rolling...
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A local artist who often designs cycling clothing kits, has now created the Campagnolo New York Gran Fondo 2013 Poster. Alex Ostroy is a prolific graphic artist whose work graces the cycling industry. He brings a new-found elegance to cycling graphics that recalls the days of 6-day racing posters in the U.S., and travel posters...
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In response to the bombings at the Boston Marathon more than a week ago, the TD Five Boro Bike Tour will be adopting new security measures at its big ride on May 5. In an announcement today, the tour’s CEO Ken Podziba said they had been working with city, state and federal agencies to...
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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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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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After a morning of terse questioning in front of a New York City judge, it was looking favorable that Bike New York would be able to ride free this May. Though a decision will not be ready until Friday earliest, and possibly by next Tuesday, Judge Margaret Chan sharply questioned the city’s legal representative...
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In an unusual defense from a man normally opposed to cycling lanes, New York City Council Member James Vacca has come out in support of Bike New York in their bid to remain a non-profit when it comes to charges by the Police Dept. to provide manpower at the group’s biggest event of the...
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March 22, 2013 OPINION, By Jen Benepe A recent post in the Brooklyn Paper has unfairly stigmatized neighborhood activists who have gathered a petition to prevent the building of a bike lane through their historic district. The article points to two recent petitions being circulated by residents asking the city’s Department of Transportation to...
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New York, NY, February 1, 2013 The 2nd Annual Halachic Organ Donor Society Race will take place at 10 a.m. on Sunday, March 3, in Central Park to raise money for the Halachic Organ Donor Society, and they need at least two cycling escorts for the race. They are also welcoming participants to the race. The...
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These three women rode into the city on Christmas Eve day. Jessica, Amanda and Tami are from New Jersey. They drove with their bicycles to Fort Lee, NJ, parked, and rode across the George Washington Bridge. They found their way to 50th St. and Madison Ave., where they stopped for a cup of hot...
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A group of cyclists who volunteered in the post Hurricane Sandy relief will hold a ride this weekend to help homeowners and others in hard hit areas get back on their feet. The ride to take place this Saturday, Dec. 15, will seek donations from riders, with 100 percent of the monies raised going...
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Thanks to Richard Benfield, we have this video of what happened to our favorite town, on our favorite ride up Route 9W into Piermont. Water was everywhere during the storm. Streets and homes, subsumed. According to reports from Deborah Brenner of Cafe Portofino, all their equipment, electrical and other items have to be replaced....
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The third annual Gran Fondo of New York has decided to eliminate the medium-distance ride from its mass ride up the Hudson River Valley in 2013. In an email to next year’s would-be participants, the organizers wrote,”What happened to the Medio?”–referring to the option to ride 66 miles. Well, it’s gone. Only the distance...
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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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By Jen Benepe New York will be hosting Summer Streets again this year, and you can get there by ferry. Last year Benepe’s Bike Blog went to the event that occurs three weekends in August, a bike-only freeway down Park Avenue from 72nd Street to the Brooklyn Bridge, when the avenue is closed to motorized...
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