The New York Times is soliciting bike questions for Joshua Benson, the bicycle program coordinator for NYC’s Department of Transportation. I already got mine in about my issues with Queensboro Bridge access. I hope he answers it!
…on one bike. Check this out:This and other great old dutch bike pictures can be found on Andre Koopman’s photostream.
I asked a half dozen or so NYPD about my bit of street justice. Get this: not one of them could think of any crime I committed! A few other items of note: 1) If I were on private property, they could definitely get me for something. But I wasn’t. 2) They too mentioned that…
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Putting the charm back in Charm City, Baltimore is becoming more bike friendly. Having lived and loved in Baltimore from 1999 to 2001, I can attest that the city is a good biking town that isn’t very bike friendly. I lived and commuted by bike and without a car there for the first 6 months.…
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There’s a not too great article in the Times about cars parking in bike lanes. But what is great is that a group of vigilantes have started to spay paint no car stencils in bike lanes. Power to the people. I wish there were a single bike lane I rode on. Then I could complain…
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Speaking of DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan [smile], I think I will send her my no-brainer proposal for Queensplaza. Click here for a higher-res image. It’s dangerous to bike against traffic heading back into Queens off the bridge. But we do, because we have to. The only legal alternative is a four block detour (two of…
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…but I think I’m in love with DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan. You can watch a video of her speaking on Streetsblog. She says all the right things [swoon].
I can’t believe she’s starting to sound like George Bush. The Times reports: Clinton Presses on Gas Tax HolidaySenator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s decision to take on members of Congress over her proposal for a federal gas tax holiday this summer -– “are they with us or against us” –- is tempting fate a bit, as…
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A friend of mine, well versed in debating the nuances of ethical matters, writes: Let air out of her tire! You’re my hero. I am going to visit you in the hospital every day. And bring cake. So says my heart. But my head says, no, I don’t think we get to disable the cars…
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