This is the new bike lane on Lafayette? Really?

This is the new bike lane on Lafayette? Really? – May 6, 2011 – @jcns photo on picplz.

@naparstek’s advice for Brooklyn Borough President #bikenyc

a sensible Borough President would see which way the wind is blowing and would decide, you know what? I’m going to brag about the fact that Brooklyn is one of the best places in the entire United States of America you can come and live if you want to be able to get around by bike. If Marty lived with us here in the 21st century rather than being stuck in 1958, he would be taking credit for NYC DOT’s innovations and improvements. He’d be bouncing around shouting, “Come to Brooklyn. You can ride your bike from Park Slope to Williamsburg now. You can take your child on a bike to the new parks on our waterfront. You can bike to your job at the new offices in DUMBO. You can bike to great local restaurants where food is being grown on our rooftops in Greenpoint. Who needs Manhattan, folks? We’ve got it all here. And you don’t even need to bother with a stinking car or expensive mass transit. Blah blah blah blah. Yay Brooklyn!”

via Streetsblog New York City » Three Myths From Marty About the PPW Bike Lane.

Anti-bike vigilante is gluing locks in Williamsburg

This fracker should have his hands chopped off.

“We need to clear the sidewalk for people in wheelchairs and people getting out of cars,” the Crusader said, adding that the vigilante “never wanted to turn to this,” but “the Yuppies … have turned this beautiful neighborhood into an eyesore. Watch out for your locks.” – The Brooklyn Paper: Sticky situation! Anti-bike vigilante is gluing locks in Williamsburg.

Flushing Ave Bike Lane Arrives!

WOOT!! This street is one of my fav connections between North and South Brooklyn. I can’t wait to parade in it. Flushing Ave Bike Lane Arrives! – Gothamist.

#BikeNYC Tweetup this Friday

I’ll be there with my Dutchy!!

From @noneck

With summer in full swing, who wants to ride a bike like Lance Armstong? This is why we’re swinging by Adeline Adeline to show you some stylish rides, an opportunity to meet other #bikeNYC’rs and catch up on some refreshing refreshments.

Please join us at 6:30 at Adeline Adeline, 147 Reade St (btw Greenwich & Hudson), TriBeCa.

After 7:30 or so, and possibility weather dependent, we’ll head up the west side greenway to a little port of call with drinks, food and sunset on 70th street, pier i cafe.

*btw, a few people will be meeting up at Kiva Cafe, just a few doors down from Adeline Adeline, around 5:30 or so for tea and crumpets.

**what’s a tweetup? it’s a physical gathering of NYC cyclists who also use social media. you can see our on going conversation at #BikeNYC.

ps -> facebook event page here.

the pedal project: frm DAA to LON & AMS by bike

The TV Series is 3 part documentary on cycling in Dublin. The main premise of the series will be to look at how a cycling culture can be developed in Dublin and what that might look like. To that end, one programme will be a kind of travelogue where we go on a journey from Dublin to Amsterdam via London by bike, ferry and train. We will follow Ciaran Fallon (the new Cycling Officer at Dublin City Council) on his journey as he meets various people involved in the cycling cultures of London and Amsterdam to see what is happening from a cycling perspective in those cities and what Dublin can learn from them.
– via amsterdamize

btw, there was an American pedal project and you can find that over at “Pedal.” it has nothing to do with this project…

Port Authority Statement Supports Cycling

from today’s century road club association blog…

March 29, 2010 – Bicycling is a rapidly growing mode of transportation and the New York-New Jersey region is facing increased demand for expanded bicycle infrastructure, safer bicycle routes, access to transit connections and secure parking facilities. While we recognize that many Port Authority facilities currently provide some accommodations for bicycle users, we need to prepare more systematically for the growing use of bicycles as a mode of travel within the regional transportation system.

even our unicyclists are cooler!

even our unicyclists are cooler! – photo from @benlim

Bike Buddy – Vote early & Vote often!

Transportation Alternatives needs you and your friends to vote for BikeBuddy. This new program is a kin to a biking version of Meetup.com. Imagine networking with fellow commuters who use the same bike paths, or discovering someone else’s shortcut across town OR, better yet, finding fellow foodies for a taco run!

All you need is a BikeBuddy! Every day, until Feb 28, TA needs your vote; VOTE EARLY, VOTE OFTEN!

Sidenote – @noneck, one of the curators of this site, has been hired by TA to help organize their social media.

potholes to gardens

“…one man has had enough. And he’s using flowers to prove it. Forget stuffing them down the barrels of guns, Pete Dungey has been tirelessly ridding Oxford of its potholes by filling them up with primroses…” from Guardian Bike Blog.

Photograph: Pete Dungey

just watching this stresses me out!

doesn’t this video remind you of #BikeNYC?

“…olsen gets around on her bicycle — or by kayak.”

“In Hamilton, Mass., where the couple owned a 3,600-square-foot house, they had to drive to everything. In Rocky Neck, Ms. Olsen gets around on her bicycle — or by kayak.” – From the Fast Lane to the Bike Lane – Photo: Jodi Hilton for The New York Times

yarr all idiots!

Cycling’s enemy is not the car; it is the idiot. And idiots travel by foot, car, and bicycle. If anything, the bicycle has more in common with the car than it does with the pedestrian, since the bicycle is a vehicle too. Really, the problem is that too many people don’t consider bicycles vehicles (which is why they tell us to “Get on the sidewalk!”), coupled with the fact that too many cyclists don’t ride like they’re operating vehicles in the first place. Also, try telling a pedestrian who’s been hit by a cyclist that his real enemy is the car. – BikeSnob via @bikingtoronto

Monday Afternoon Biking Zen

All ages, all sizes, easily cruising through a city. Just pour a cup of tea and watch…

Livable Streets Look Like This: Grand Street

Grand Street, with its “parking-protected bike path” is what more and more bike lanes in NYC need to be like.

Heading home to the LES or one of the East River Bridges? Take the safest and most scenic route through Soho and Chinatown, stop for dinner to meet with friends. Experience what a truly Livable Street is.  (And don’t forget to always brake and politely ding for pedestrians, they’ll think you’re awesome. Even more than we do.)

Grand Street’s bike lane is also one of the safest ways to avoid dangerously non-Livable Delancy Street, here’s a map:

Ride safe & ride often, with friends!