Tag: new york

December 11, 2023

Being a transit geek in NYC

I am writing this post from a subway train in New York City. Did you know it is possible to have more than one subway line? Wild! And when they connect to each other, you can take trains to a lot more places. Seattle should really give this a try. I’m here for fun and…
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tagged: new york, New York transit museum, vacation
September 26, 2013

New York guerrilla bike lane painters hope city takes cue from Seattle

The Reasonably Polite Seattleites just wanted to push the city to make some bike lanes safer. I doubt they imagined their small, “polite” statement about road safety would be used by New York City residents to pressure their leaders to complete a Midtown Manhattan bike lane. But now Atlantic Cities reports that the Cherry Street…
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tagged: atlantic cities, dongho chang, new york, reasonably polite seattleites, right of way
May 28, 2013

New York launches bike share, soon to be the biggest system in the nation

The long-awaited launch of Citibike in New York City finally arrived Monday mostly to cheers. Seattle should be watching for a couple reasons. It is the biggest bike share system in the nation, and sure to set a lot of new standards. New York is a very crowded city with a lot of demand for…
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tagged: bike share, citibike, new york, new york times, puget sound bike share, streetfilms
April 15, 2013

Like Chicago, New York is also using bike lanes to compete for Seattle tech jobs

Remember when Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel called out Seattle during a press conference opening Chicago’s first protected bike lane through the dense downtown Loop? He said, “I expect not only to take all of their [Seattle and Portland’s] bikers but I also want all the jobs that come with this, all the economic growth that…
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tagged: new york, new york times, rahm emanuel
July 16, 2010

On other blogs: ‘Golf Ball From Army Navy Country Club Fifth Hole Hits Baby’

OK, that didn’t happen. But Navy Capt. (Ret.) Louis Kriser is worried that headline could someday run if a public bike path goes in next to the Army-Navy Country Club in Arlington, Virginia. Biking Bis has good analysis, as always.
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tagged: bike intelligencer, bike nerd, biking bis, car free days, critical mass, military, new york, other blogs, publicola