It’s easy to say bikes shouldn’t bike the wrong way down one-way streets, but what’s the guy going short distances supposed to do? You want your egg rolls hot and crunchy, right? Well the guy delivering on the bike has to get to your place. Let’s say he’s at 57 and 10th and you’re just…
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I slept on Sullivan’s piece and today read some of the anti-bike comments following his article. Admittedly Sullivan is better than most because he rides a bike and because his rules are really generally quite reasonable. But the comments point out a basic problem with the “bikes-should-follow-the-rules” position. These are some of my rules: Be…
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A very thought provoking piece in the New York Times by Robert Sullivan. I like his four rules (not that I always follow them): NO. 1: How about we stop at major intersections? Especially where there are school crossing guards, or disabled people crossing, or a lot of people during the morning or evening rush.…
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I kind of resolved to write fewer bitching and complaining posts a while back. I mean, it’s just too easy to whine about what’s wrong. It’s hard to make things better. Haven’t written too much since then, I can’t help but notice. Yesterday I had $46 burning a whole in my pocket for a ticket…
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Wow. Too good to be true. 42nd St to 47th St. The city plans to close several blocks of Broadway to vehicle traffic through Times Square and Herald Square, an experiment that would turn swaths of the Great White Way into pedestrian malls and continue Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s effort to reduce traffic congestion in…
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Dan Baum has written an excellent book about New Orleans. Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans. Baum was the New Yorker reporter covering the aftermath of the flood. And it’s not just me who says this book is great. The New York Times gave it a great review. You can read an excerpt…
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The cop who assaulted the bicyclist by pushing him over in Times Square during Critical Mass has been canned. The New York Times reports: A police officer who was videotaped knocking a man off his bicycle and onto the ground during a cycling event in Manhattan last summer has been fired, the Police Department said.…
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The BBC reports: A popular bicycle rental scheme in Paris that has transformed travel in the city has run into problems just 18 months after its successful launch. Over half the original fleet of 15,000 specially made bicycles have disappeared, presumed stolen. They have been used 42 million times since their introduction but vandalism and…
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Next time you’re in my favorite bike store, Bicycle Repairman Corporation at 40-21a 35th Ave in Astoria, please congratulate Andres! This is a man who, through Guatemala and Mexico with his family in tow, traveled from Columbia to the U.S. via boat, foot, train, bus, and truck. And no, it wasn’t easy. And no, it…
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There’s talk in T.A. Land about the Pulaski Bridge. I propose the following: A strong argument can and should be made to change one lane ofsouthbound car traffic into a bike lane. It could be done with thesimple installation of Jersey barriers. All the roads heading in the bridge are two lanes… and the bridge…
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