Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'bicyclists'
August 18, 2008
This past Saturday was the city's second of three Summer Streets weekends. One of the bigger issues from last week's first try seemed to be that pedestrians and bicyclists weren't as aware of each others' space as they could be. And so the Department of Transportation responded with fast and slow lanes. How was this second weekend of Summer Streets? ( surveys) However, a Streetsblog writer wonders how effective the lanes were, given: The second......
Continue Reading "Summer Streets' Second Weekend"May 19, 2008
Yay for dog days! Over the weekend, Times's Up! held its first annual Doggie Pedal Parade, highlighting bicycles adapted to transport pets and the benefits of adopting homeless animals. Bicyclists learned how to pimp their bikes for their pups pets and then humans and canines alike celebrated with a Pupnic at Washington Square Park's dog run.......
Continue Reading "Video of the Day: Pups, Pedaling, Parade"December 13, 2007
If you thought noticed a group of bicyclists playing dead on 6th Avenue near 33rd Street, your eyes weren't fooling you. Time's Up led a Bike Lane Action to "dramatize the fatal last moments of David Smith’s ride up 6th Avenue." Smith was killed when a passenger in a truck, parked in the bike lane, opened a door; Smith was knocked off his bike and into the path of a truck. A Time's Up......
Continue Reading "Protesting the City's Supposed Bike Lanes"
