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Recent cycling links
0 Comments | Posted by Padraic in New York, Ottawa, Toronto, bike lanes, provincial government, safety, video
1. Cycling in Ottawa contributor appears on CTV News to discuss bike safety in the wake of recent cycling deaths.
2. The New York Times’ ethics columnist goes for a bike ride around New York City and discusses cycling ethics.
3. The 2010 Bikeway Network Improvements pass Toronto City Council, but the high-profile plan for a segregated [...]
Robert Sullivan’s piece in the New York Times is getting a lot of attention from bike blogs for its four suggestions to improve the image of cyclists (it’s also a great description of what it’s like to bike in New York City). They are:
Stop at major intersections.
Don’t go the wrong way on one-way streets.
Stay off [...]
Streetsblog reports that New York City has seen an incredible 35% increase in cycling between 2007 and 2008. A response to rising gas prices? To increased commuting times in a congest city? Pure bike fever? I don’t know, but that is an impressive stat. Let’s hope Canadian cities are seeing similar surges in cycling popularity.
As [...]
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And people say the NYPD hates cyclists…
2 Comments | Posted by Padraic in New York, police, video
We’ve expressed ambivalence towards Critical Mass rides in the past, but I think most can agree this is outrageous:
[link to video]
Now, contrast that with the NYPD’s version of events:
The biker, Christopher Long, of Hoboken, N.J., was arrested because he was obstructing traffic in the heart of Times Square, a criminal complaint said. He was charged [...]
For fans of the New York Times column “The Ethicist“, Streetfilms has produced a video of an interview with its author, Randy Cohen, in which he makes a firm case for the immorality of urban cars and the ethical imperative to use alternative transportation.
I like how Cohen roots this criticism in a simple, traditional maxim: [...]
