October 2009
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Union Street bike lane desperately needs a pave!
Definitely time for some resurfacing, wouldn’t you say?
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Brooklyn Bike Links: Week 5
(sorry I missed week 4!!)
The Department of Transportation was hard at work improving the entrance to the Manhattan side of the Williamsburg Bridge. (via Streetsblog New York)
Voice of America reports on Brooklyn’s bamboo bike makers.
It’s almost November. Thank goodness we have some tips for bike commuting in the cold! (via Brooklyn Vegan Biking)
Streetsblog New York reports on...
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Gears & Grub wrapup
I had a fantastic time today on the Gears & Grub ride with Dan Delaney from VendrTV and Anita Singh from Brooklyn By Bike. Met some great peeps, and the weather was incredible.
Here are some pics I took with my iPhone along the way.
We met under the Grand Army Plaza arch:
Then rode through Prospect Park on the way to Sunset Park.
I tried some wings on a stick from one of the vendors...
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Brooklyn Bike Links: Week 3
New York Magazine and Outside both publish stories on commuting by bike.
MSNBC on cities becoming more bike-friendly.
A Brooklynite tells of his experience in a recent Critical Mass ride.
Brooklyn By Bike recaps El Tour de Taco — which I wish I could have participated in!
(Photo credit: dorywithserifs)
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Why I don't commute by bike (yet)
Outside magazine has a great little article in this month’s issue called “Bike Commuting 101.” It answers what it decides are some of the most common excuses people have for NOT commuting by bike. Many of them rang true for me.
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about starting to bike to work (instead of by subway), and so far my own excuses have kept me from starting. So,...
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El Tour de Taco???
If only I weren’t going out of town this weekend…
Saturday is the “El Tour de Taco Bike Ride” around NYC, and Anita Singh of Brooklyn By Bike is leading a group of Brooklynites from Grand Army Plaza starting at 10:30. You can follow her updates from the road on Twitter!
Check out the deets from offManhattan and Bike Blog NYC.
(Image courtesy of Tishon.)
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Brooklyn Bike Links: Week 2
Found via Flickr.
Some North Brooklyn cyclists are annoyed at cops’ practice of cutting bikes apparently “abandoned” along Bedford Ave. (via The Brooklyn Paper)
The always stylish Copenhagen Cycle Chic visits New York City — and posts here, here and here about rides in Brooklyn and across the Brooklyn Bridge.
Brownstoner reports the DOT is about to start work on a...
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Checking in on Columbia Street greenway
I live just a few blocks from a short, completed section of the planned Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway along Columbia Street. The path runs from Atlantic Avenue to Degraw Street, near the northern tip of Red Hook.
Soon, the path will go all the way south to Bay Ridge. For now it ends here:
There’s also a strange guy who lives (or at least hangs out) near the southern end of the path and...