November 2012
12 posts
A Moment of Sorts
In post-storm New York, the bike is having a moment of sorts.
Photo: Benjamin Norman for The New York Times.
Utility of The Bike
Riding in Japan
Interesting how presence changes perspective. After the Tsunami, the Japanese rode bikes and continue to do so in a mini bike boom. Post Sandy, NYC is discovering the utility of the bike and that’s what we’re posting about here. Local bike advocates are responding with #bikesandy events, commuter stations, free rental bikes, and blinkies.
Rapid Response by Bike in Fukushima
Photos by Robin Low and Japanese Red Cross Society.
Bicycle Industry Helps #ridesandy →
bicycleretailer.com
The bike industry in New York and nationally is pitching in to help commuters use bikes in post-Sandy New York City this week.
Bike Industry Helps Sandy Recovery →
bicycleretailer.com
“The bike industry in New York and nationally is pitching in to help commuters use bikes in post-Sandy New York City this week.”
Bikes Ridden Again in NYC After Hurricane Sandy →
blogs.wsj.com
WSJ blogs how bikes are getting ridden again in NYC after Hurricane Sandy.
“I haven’t used this in like a year,” said 29-year-old Jeffrey Johnson, who works at an Internet marketing company in Manhattan. He brought his bike into Atlantic Bicycles Thursday to have a new lock put on. “But I had no choice.”
After Sandy, Brooklyn by Bike →
nyti.ms
Many frequent bike commuters said that, with sparse traffic in downtown Manhattan, conditions were ideal to bike.
Sandy Bike Boom →
cnbc.com
In the midst of congested transit left in Super Storm Sandy’s wake, more New Yorkers are opting to ride bicycles.
Bicycling Info Ladies Deliver Internet by Bike →
bigstory.ap.org
Post Sandy, expect many NYC cyclists are thinking of ways to help more people with bikes and this is one of them. The bicycling Info Ladies of Bangladesh bring the Internet to villages by bike.
October 2012
12 posts
Ride a Bike Instead →
go.bloomberg.com
Don’t drive, ride a bike. Commuters are filling bike lanes in greater numbers than usual this morning. Staring out the window of an idling car, I wished I were one of them. The sun is shining and the streets are full of optimism
