Cyclist Slapped With $1,555 In Fines During A Single Traffic Stop
By Christopher Robbins on October 8, 2012 3:55 PM Source: Gothamist Not the cyclist/cop in question. (Flickr User Hudson) Today WNYC reported that the “cycling crackdown” of 2011 has mellowed into a...
View ArticleAt Least 24 Cyclists Were Killed In NYC Last Year, But Gawker Wants More
27 August 2012 Source: Gothamist Mathieu Lefevre’s mother Erika speaks at a rally demanding NYPD accountability for accident investigations involving cyclists. (John Del Signore/Gothamist) This morning...
View ArticleManhattan Lawyer Sued For Allegedly Assaulting Cyclist By Central Park
By John Del Signore on November 28, 2012 12:53 PM Source: Gothamist (Marshall Feiring, the lawyer, and Courtney Fullilove, the injured cyclist) In June, Courtney Fullilove, an assistant professor of...
View ArticleDOT Dispatches “Street Safety Managers” To Scold Scofflaw Cyclists
By John Del Signore on April 26, 2013 9:36 AM Source: Gothamist (DOT) The DOT has sent out a team of workers in reflective jackets to hold signs along heavily-trafficked bike corridors in an attempt to...
View ArticleThe Dutch Are Evidently ‘Stupid’, They Espouse Training Cyclists
Background Reading Citi Bike Rider Headed For Hospital Can’t Stop Stressing About Time Limit (Gothamist) Bike Sharing Can Mean Safer Biking (NYTimes) Cycle proficiency classes give immigrant women more...
View ArticleCiti Bike Rider Headed For Hospital Can’t Stop Stressing About Time Limit
By Lauren Evans on June 12, 2013 5:57 PM Source: Gothamist The true injury will be to the victim’s wallet. A second Citi Bike crash has been reported, though according to one witness, the most alarming...
View ArticleIn Defense Of Cyclist Salmoning
By Jake Dobkin on June 21, 2013 1:12 PM Source: Gothamist Bikers who ride the wrong way up a one-way street or bike-lane are called salmon. You should never salmon. It will lead to certain death for...
View ArticleSomebody Owes This Kind Soul ‘A Design Idea Fee’
Photo: A Citi Bike Dock Is Not Your Bike Rack Source: Gothamist We’ve spotted plenty of Citi Bikes in places they shouldn’t be—on the subway, at a comedy show, hovering in the sky—but this is the first...
View ArticleCop Allegedly Knocks Woman Off Bicycle To Give Her A Ticket
By Lauren Evans in News on Aug 20, 2013 4:22 PM Source: Gothamist Thanks to the arrival of Citi Bike, there’s been an appreciable increase in cops ticketing cyclists. What cops are still figuring out,...
View ArticleStudy: Bikes Hit More Pedestrians Than Previously Thought
By Garth Johnston in News on Sep 19, 2011 2:24 PM Source: Gothamist In the ongoing bike lane debate (now with added bike shares!) there always seems to be a little old lady who complains about being...
View ArticleNancy Gruskin, Pedestrian and Cycling Safety Advocate
By Krista Ciminera in News on Feb 17, 2011 9:10 AM Source: Gothamist The City Council unanimously voted to passa package of traffic bills yesterday that finally requires the city to collect data on...
View ArticleTeen Cyclist Kills Elderly Jogger In Central Park
Rebecca Fishbein on Aug 14, 2014 10:19 am Source: Gothamist A 75-year-old jogger was killed earlier this month after he was struck by a teenaged cyclist in Central Park. According to authorities,...
View ArticleWoman In Critical Condition After Getting Run Over By Cyclist In Central Park
John Del Signore on Sep 19, 2014 8:58 am Source: Gothamist A cyclist on a racing bike plowed into a pedestrian on the west side of Central Park yesterday afternoon, sending the woman to the hospital in...
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