Archive for the 'newyorkcity' Category

I'm a little horrified and intrigued to discover that I've only had *two* of these, #31 and #11. 

Picked up Names on the Land again tonight, apposite.

Good reference.

Summary - riding in the bike lane is recommended but in some cases not required, you are not required to ride single file (though i wish you were), you are required to wear no more than ONE earbud, you can't ride on the sidewalk (but regular cops can't ticket you for this, since it's under the jurisdiction of the Environmental control board), signal when you're turning, and you need to have head- and rear-lights and reflectors when it's dark out, and a bell. Also, bikes are afforded the general rights and responsibilities of drivers, meaning (among other things) stay out of the crosswalk, don't run reds, one-way streets are one-way. Not covered: I believe that New York City (rightly) affords pedestrians the right of way *no matter what.*

Question? Is there a law specifically prohibiting vehicular and pedestrian traffic/standing in marked bike lanes?

"I'm not here to wax poetic about what Josh Ozersky has dubbed "the platonic ideal of a hamburger"—rather, I'm here to talk about a way to skip the line that doesn't involve standing outside at 9 p.m. on a rainy Tuesday night: Just make the Shack Burger at home. Easier said than done."

I, for one, was somewhat surprised to learn that subway ridership in NYC peaked in the late 40s.

Photoblog documenting New York City block by block. Most recent entry is about the block I work on. He shot the lightpole I lock my bike to!

Ongoing feature on the NYTimes cityroom blog on cycling in the city.

"Riding a bike in New York was like spelunking or white-water rafting, and in those days, bikers traveled best at night, when traffic was light."

"Experience as a ground person is not acceptable towards meeting this requirement."

from Union Square to Grand Central, 1905.

"This time of year, I have to visit the hives every two or three weeks. I have the help of Antoine, who is a taxi cab driver, who stops every day that I'm in the market to talk about bees and he takes me around to my locations. I teach him everything I know about bees, and so he doesn't charge me."

Thanks to the valiant combined efforts of the Housing Works staff and Happy Cog, the new Housing Works website is live.