Tag: bicycles

The city has revealed the pricing structure for its bike sharing program, which is expected to be rolled out this summer. In the program, 10,000 bikes will be docked at 600 stations in Manhattan and Brooklyn, and you can "borrow" them with a credit card for a fee. The sponsor ...

For all you two-wheeled warriors out there in the neighborhood (and those who love and hate them), there's a lot of news you should know about. Let's review:

By Malcolm Carter Add me to the legion of Manhattanites who complain about cyclists who race the wrong way on streets, barrel along sidewalks and ignore traffic lights. My complaint is about the men — only men, I think — making deliveries on bicycles and their employers.  I should say ...

Bicycles may be mostly peaceful instruments, but talking about bicycles is a full-contact sport on the Upper West Side. On Tuesday night, the DOT presented stats for the Columbus Avenue protected bike lanes from 77th to 96th Street, claiming that since the lanes were installed the avenue has had 34% ...

On the front page of this weekend's New York Times opinion section, columnist Frank Bruni wrote a love letter to the city's transportation commissioner Janette Sadik-Kahn. In it, he refuted critics of protected bike lanes -- without talking to a single one of them -- and proceeded to lionize Sadik-Kahn ...

The Department of Transportation recently converted some old parking meters to bike racks on Columbus Avenue, attaching shiny silver circles onto the poles. They look somewhat like ancient alien symbols brought to earth for an M. Night Shyamalan movie, meaning the aliens will soon be here and will turn the ...