October 2010
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Photos from the Prospect Park West #bikenyc rally
They’re saying between 200 and 300 bike-friendly folks turned out for the rally at 8 a.m. this morning in support of the Prospect Park West bike lane.
Here are a few nice roundups posted earlier today:
Hundreds Rally in Support of Prospect Park West Bike Lane (Streetsblog)
Dueling Protests Over a Brooklyn Bike Lane (NY Times City Room blog) Park Slope Bike Lane Protest Pits Seniors...
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10 reasons why Prospect Park West is better with a...
You may have heard about the rally planned for tomorrow morning in support of the new Prospect Park West bike lane… Here’s some of what’s running through my head the night before.
Here are 10 reasons why I love the PPW bike lane:
1) Speeding has been reigned in on PPW. According to surveys conducted by Park Slope Neighbors, average car speeds are down 25 percent since the lane...
Why I feel so safe biking in Brooklyn... (knock on... →
yopinksushi:
Last week Grist had a great article about “safety in numbers” for cyclists. Research within the US and around the world has shown that as bicycling rates go up, the total number of crashes stays flat, resulting in a significant decrease in bicycle crashes per trip. While this might…
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Take the Prospect Park West bike lane survey! →
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Brooklyn's most bike-friendly crossing guard
Every morning as I pedal up Clinton Street on my way to work, I pass by my favorite crossing guard at the intersection at Warren Street. She’s the most bike-friendly crossing guard I’ve ever encountered in Brooklyn.
Maybe you’ve seen her yourself. She’s the one who, every morning as commuters pedal by her on their way to the East River bridges, she says, without fail,...
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NYPD allows churchgoers to block bike lane in... →
I personally don’t really care that the Henry Street bike lane is going to be blocked for 2.5 hours every Sunday. That’s not really going to affect my life too much. I can deal with riding down the center of the street for a few blocks if I happen to pedal by at that time.
What bothers me is the precedent that this might set. I can only assume precincts in other parts of the city are...
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