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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BUT WITH MAIN SPONSOR CITI CUTTING JOBS, IS NYC BIKE SHARE SECURE? The city announced yesterday that it’s long promised bike share program will go on this spring, despite damage to its storage facility and many bicycles from Hurricane Sandy. Bicycles and hardware at NYC Bike Share’s Brooklyn Navy yard were damaged by water,...
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Organizations around the city have been helping those in need get out of the mess they are in. First and foremost, many people are without some of the most basic essentials, such as water and food. But then as the temperatures drop they also need heating supplies, gas for generators, and other essentials that...
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Bicycle Habitat , a store located in Lower Manhattan reported that they are open for business despite still not having any power. Photos of the shop employees fixing bikes inside the darkened store, and outside on the sidewalk were shown on their wordpress site. Charlie McCorkell, Bicycle Habitat owner said their Brooklyn store had...
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You love your bike, you ride almost every day. And you work a real job in Manhattan. But the rents in New York are ridiculous! And just last week you got two $80 tickets when you were trying to get your workout in Central Park. So where to live if you are a cyclist?...
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New York, NY., August 9, 2012, By Jen Benepe Four industrious NY Daily News reporters wasted their time and ours by going out and clocking the speed of cyclists in Central Park, as published in their report today. Their finding? Cyclists were going over the “speed limit” of 25 mph in the park, and ergo–posing...
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Cammie Kornely on her way to work today, Bike to Work day. Last week she escorted 14 kids to school on Bike to School day. “It was pouring rain,” she said. Meanwhile, around the corner just one block away in Fort Lee, NJ, parents lined up for an hour dropping their kids to school...
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The male cyclist who was struck by a vehicle in Lower Manhattan Monday is still in critical condition. The incident was first reported this morning by the New York Daily News. Today a website called Ev Grieve claimed to know the identity of the cyclist as Ray Deter, owner of dba, a restaurant on First...
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