Hi folks, we are looking at the evening of Tuesday, December 16th for the Holiday Party!

I'll update this thread as we have more information.

The City Council Committee on Transportation held a hearing today on all things bicycle.  I spoke about Intro 544, the bill introduced by Council Member Mark Treyger with the intention of banning texting while cycling, and pointed out that the current language of the bill would cause confusion as to whether GPS units and cycle computers would become illegal. Both Committee Chair Rodriguez and Council Member Treyger are eager to find better wording that will simplify the bill to ban actual texting while riding and not ban GPS or other cycle computer units.  I will follow up with the Council Member’s staff.

http://www.aol.com/article/2014/11/20/man-arrested-at-taco-bell-takes-hilarious-mugshot-photo/20996770/?ncid=webmail6

(MB board watchdogs: feel free to delete this as this has nothing whatsoever to do with cycling.)

http://www.wnyc.org/story/little-girl-lost-and-justice-denied/

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20141119/upper-west-side/central-park-speed-limit-lowered-20-mph-amid-new-traffic-safety-measures?utm_source=Upper+East+Side+%26+Roosevelt+Island&utm_campaign=c02535c5b4-Mailchimp-NYC&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3e30a0999a-c02535c5b4-132136505

The horror!

http://pelotonmagazine.com/feedzone/astana-doping_worldtour19357/

Chairman Degnan, Commissioners.

Please join Gary Katz, Diane Goodwin and Howard Hall -- proud members of NYCC and 5BBC -- for Brooklyn's Backbone on Sunday 11/23/2014 at 9 AM at Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn.

This 30 mile ride is listed on 5BBC as advanced moderate, roughly the equivalent of B16 on the NYCC scale. To learn more or to sign-up, go to https://www.5bbc.org/rides-events/day-rides/2014/11/brooklyns-backbone

http://www.bicycling.com//news/advocacy/cyclist-blocks-car-beijing-bike-...

Neile Weissman, Linda Wintner and I represented the NYCC at a meeting of the Central Park Conservancy Recreational Roundtable this evening.  (Several other NYCC members were also there representing other organizations.)  Unfortunately, the Department of Transportation was unable to send a representative so many questions regarding changes to the park drives remain unanswered.

What we do know is as follows:

1. The speed limit will go down from 25mph to 20mph on the park drives.  We do not know when this will be implemented.  The NYPD will be concentrating their enforcement in areas where congestion is greatest and where there have been collisions.