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Pedicabs licensed and up-to-code, safe on NYC streets

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

Yea, though ye walk through the Great White Way in the shadow of the Times building, ye shall fear no pedicab. On November 20th, the deadline...
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Borough President candidate John Luisi best for Staten Island--and its cyclists

My first introduction to John Luisi, Democratic candidate for Staten Island Borough President, was not at a fund-raiser or rally, but outside Borough...
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Hope and cynicism battle over bike lane

Upon reading the introduction of this Sunday's City Room article “Idealism and New York Reality Collide in the Bike Lane” by Robert...
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Sept 13 is Harbor Day: New Yorkers and Dutch celebrate 400 years of peace, love, and bicycles

When Dutch sailor Henry Hudson sailed on the Half Moon in 1609, he was, like many oceanic navigators of the day, looking for an eastern trade route to...
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Staten Island cyclist assaulted by motorist for being in bike lane

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Some Staten Island motorists are, in fact, in favor of bike lanes--as long as they get to drive in them, too. This morning at 9 AM, cyclist Gregory...
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Pedicab regulation law: a background

Yellow cab drivers, it seems, get away with murder on a regular basis--but one pedicab gets into a wreck, and the whistles are blown for immediate...
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Verrazano-Narrows Bridge needs a bicycle-pedestrian lane

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I attended the Siren Music Festival at Coney Island this past weekend. One of my co-workers is a fan of the Raveonettes, who were scheduled to...
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NYC DOT needs a more reasonable plan for SI Ferry cyclist searches

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As I've previously reported, all cyclists riding the Staten Island Ferry must submit to mandatory bag searches, while non-cyclists are subject to...
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Staten Island City Councilmen don't 'see the point in bike lanes'

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What's wrong with this picture?Very little, until you put it alongside this one.Images from NYC Bike MapsQueens has 27 bike lanes, paths, and routes....
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Five Boro 2009 riders brave the rain