@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.

On ’submerged’ innovations. The Fietsvak Travelogue.

Perhaps thats the thing about the Dutch. When you’re submerged below sea level you can never stick your head in the ground. You’re always making new ground. You’re ground-breaking. You make the rest of the world look, well, submerged.

via Bespoke :: The online magazine of Fourth Floor Distribution :: On ’submerged’ innovations. The Fietsvak Travelogue..

Pedal Power in Amsterdam « Flickr Blog

“When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking.” -Arthur Conan Doyle

via Pedal Power in Amsterdam « Flickr Blog.

the bubble against PPW

She also took issue with the assertion that the Facebook counts indicate that most people don’t share her views. “We as a community have to have a say,” she said, meaning the people who live right on Prospect Park West. “Not the people that live five blocks away, not the people that come in from all over the city to use this.“

via PPW Bike Lane Support Outnumbers Opposition 4 to 1.

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.

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

how she rides in this weather

Being a firm believer in making bike riding a regular and normal part of one’s life I wear my normal clothes but add some extra layers to the ensemble. Today’s forecast is clear and cold! Sunny with wind at 22 mph gusting to 31. The ensemble today will be quite ordinary. The addition of a base layer is the critical difference. – from why she rides, a new #BikeNYC’r

photo from Chicago’s Let’s go ride a bike

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

biking = red pill

In a way our society is like a real life Matrix movie. We are conditioned to think certain ways based on rules established by those who came before us. Metaphorically, maybe bike lanes are the red pill our society needs to swallow to see things from a different perspective.

– via Bikehacks.com