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The hilarious and painful cost of obeying "the law"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzE-IMaegzQ&feature=player_embedded
It is quite possible that you may spit out your beverage of choice while viewing this. You have been warned. ;]
This is appalling!
The video Darren (dortsman) posted takes your breath away. Thank you, Darren.
The video linked to it of police videotaping cyclists while parked in a bike lane and, seemingly, ticketing cyclists for not riding in the very lane they are blocking, is upsetting.
But, this, THIS, is appalling! http://blog.ronconcocacola.com/2011/06/02/nyc-goes-three-ways.aspx Most appalling of all here: the cyclists!
See reference to it in this article from Crain's about traffic deaths: http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20110608/FREE/110609878
After Sig Series - Chaste Skirt Ride - CANCELLED
SUNDAY 6/12, B17/70, USTS #14 "Return to Stormville"
SUNDAY 6/12, B17/70, USTS #14 "Return to Stormville"
START: Meet 8:30AM at Grand Central Terminal
FINISH: 6:00PM-ish at Croton Harmon (trains every half-hour)
LEADERS: Michael Notaro, Neile Weissman
WHAT: Due north from Purdys through Upper Westchester and Putnam and nudging into Dutchess before turning south. Features nature preserves, reservoirs, farms and a section of the North County Trailways.
TERRAIN: Hilly. Estimate 4-5000' climbing.
BRING: Front/rear flashers, liquids, spare tubes/tire. Sunblock. Food/bail money. Maps, GPS - what ever you need to navigate.
Central Park usage study released
The Report on the Public Use of Central Park, the most ambitious and comprehensive scientific survey of visitor use in the Park's 150-year history, is now available for download from centralparknyc.org
Some highlights:
The names of the gates are on P55
Riders that didn't stop for interviews were counted.
85% of park users are engaged in passive recreation..
Bicycling is the 2nd most common form of active recreation.
5.8% of park users list bicycles as somthing they dislike about the park. 8% list traffic as a dislike.
NYC Bike Lane YouTube Video
As if the Central Park cops, runners, peds and dogs are not enough . . .
Our group almost got taken out this morning at the "S" descent before Harlem Hill by a mother raccoon with a baby in its mouth zipping across the road. Mother, baby and cyclists doing well.
Expect the unexpected.
Cheap Shoes!
Am thinking that we flood their website with multi-thousand dollar orders using fake cards and arrange for expedited shipping to Kandahar. [User name "nyccgoaway"]
ticketed for not riding in bike lane
this is so funny that i had to share - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzE-IMaegzQ&feature=youtu.be
event in central park tomorrow
