Blue Monday: CitiBikes, Satan’s Map, and NYC Websites that Don’t Work
As of this writing, the joint effort of Citi and tech superstar Emperor Penguin Michael Bloomberg has a slick blue website which does not have a working map. You can, however, try to download the app, or just come here and grab the map.
CitiBike NYC Opens Memorial Day 2013
The privately funded Citi Bike bike-share program will launch with 6,000 bikes at 330 docking stations in Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn. Officials hope to expand to 10,000 bikes and 600 docking stations in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens.
Clown and Sculptor on Rooftop with View of Williamsburg Bridge
This past winter sculptor Robert Hickman and co-founder of Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Keith Nelson made history when they unicycled across the Florida Keys as part of Sculpture Key West—over 130 miles and 55 bridges.
The Considerate Cyclist: The current state of cycling in NYC
Please be safe and cautious on your bicycle. While the city and the NYPD may not be eager to help you, there are bicycle advocacy groups like Transportation Alternatives (TransAlt.org), BikeBlogNYC.com, BikeNewYork.com, and BikeSafeNYC.com that can be excellent resources for New York City cyclists.
Bicycling: How I Learned to Ride a Straight Line
. . . from an Older Belgian Woman By John D. Eustice I went to Belgium in the mid 1970s as part of a wave of American riders who wished to infiltrate the…
Shriek of Dragon Breath
Shriek of Dragon BreathA poem by Marc Nasdor Public Notice: Vehicles entering Event Horizon of Designated Comfort Zone of Designated Bike (2001 Trek 7700) & your assumed trajectory intersecting bike & body in…
Op-Ed / “No Bike is Safe on Bedford Av” says Williamsburg Courier
A front page story in this week’s Williamsburg Courier got our attention, “No Bike is Safe on Bedford Av”—about a local vigilante who’s been injecting glue into bike locks to protest the overwhelming…