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Voice Choices
May 16, 2012
HOT WHEELS
Fuel up before your next ride
Blogs
May 13, 2012
Bloomberg Gives a Resounding "Eh" on NYC Bike Share Program
This is definitely not good for PR.After we did a borough breakdown of the NYC bike share map yesterday, the Hozziner made a few remarks about the program set to launch in two months time. A quick summary: the blue wheels labeled "Citibike" are simply "eh."(We didn't make this point yesterday: ... More >>
Blogs
May 7, 2012
Bike Share Program Hitting Streets in July; Mike Bloomberg May Actually Ride One...Once
The city will officially launch its bike share program in July -- and Mayor Bloomberg might actually give one a ride...at least once. But that's only so that if someone asks him how it is, he'll be able to respond. "I will certainly pay and ride one," the mayor told reporters this morning, standin ... More >>
Blogs
March 28, 2012
Grant Tied to Major Blackout in 2006 Gives Boost to Biking in Queens
Thanks to a devastating blackout six years ago, biking in Queens in 2012 might become a little bit easier. In 2006, a major electrical power outage hit Western Queens in a damaging nine-day blackout that impacted 174,000 people in the borough. Six years later, those neighborhoods in Queens are ... More >>
Blogs
January 9, 2012
Texting While Walking: The Proper Technique
Casey Neistat, the guy who brought you that video on bike lanes in which he willingly crashed into whatever happened to be parked in said bike lanes for PSA purposes, has brought us another informative guide to living in the city. This latest Op-Ed, with video that merges the old-timey PSA-st ... More >>
Blogs
December 29, 2011
New York City Traffic Fatalities at 100-Year Low
This week has brought a wave of PR-department-approved good news to New York City residents. We have less crime! We are healthier! We might just live...forever! And...we're better at driving and/or walking, apparently. Mayor Bloomberg along with Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and Department of ... More >>
Blogs
September 1, 2011
Science Solves Age-Old Mystery of Why the Trip Home Always Seems Shorter
Pondering the long-held befuddler of why getting somewhere always seems to take longer than coming home afterward (and it's not because you're running late, or had a few drinks upon arrival at your location), science has determined that the return trip seems shorter because...your expectation ... More >>
Blogs
August 3, 2011
Two More Bicyclists Killed in NYC Traffic This Week
Salim VirjiTwo more NYC cyclists were killed in traffic this week.Two more bicyclists were killed in New York City traffic this week. Last night a 60-year-old man was killed near Rockaway Beach as he attempted to change lanes. The cyclist, whose identity hasn't yet been released, was taken to ... More >>
Blogs
July 5, 2011
Marilyn Dershowitz and Ray Deter Killed in Separate Bicycling Accidents
Salim VirjiTwo bicyclists were killed in Manhattan traffic in the last week.It's been a bad week for bicyclists in New York. First came the news that Ray Deter, the owner of the popular d.b.a bars, was hospitalized Wednesday after a silver Jaguar hit his bicycle on Canal Street. Friday, Deter ... More >>
Voice Choices
June 29, 2011
Cibo Matto+Sxip Shirey
Salim VirjiTwo bicyclists were killed in Manhattan traffic in the last week.It's been a bad week for bicyclists in New York. First came the news that Ray Deter, the owner of the popular d.b.a bars, was hospitalized Wednesday after a silver Jaguar hit his bicycle on Canal Street. Friday, Deter ... More >>
Blogs
June 16, 2011
Skirts on Bikes Ride Planned to Celebrate 'Freedom and Fashion'
Earlier in the week we told you about Jasmijn Rijcken, the Dutch tourist in town for the New Amsterdam Bike Show who was stopped by a New York City police officer and told that her skirt, which she was wearing while cycling in Soho, was dangerous and distracting. Now one of her friends, Joann ... More >>
Voice Choices
June 15, 2011
RIDE THE BIG SCREEN
Films about your favorite recreational activity. No, the other one.
Blogs
June 14, 2011
NYC Bike Lanes Blocked by Everything, Including Cops
The Bike War of 2011 has many fronts, including the NYPD against cyclists, with tickets at an all-time high, and the public (or politicians) against bike lines, with no one able to agree on how useful they are. Well maybe, DNAinfo proposes today, they're not getting the use they're meant to b ... More >>
Blogs
June 9, 2011
Casey Neistat, NYC Cyclist, Crashes Into Shit on Video to Protest NYPD Bike Ticket Blitz
Casey Neistat created the above public service announcement in response to an ongoing issue: the NYPD's record-high ticket writing for cyclists, often for infractions that aren't really on the books as illegal in New York City. Neistat, like so many others, was hit with a $50 fine for not riding in ... More >>
Blogs
May 25, 2011
Can't We Just Put Bike Lanes in the Sky?
That's what Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz wondered about the problematic bike lanes, which he opposes, in our fair city. "Elevated bike lanes -- that's the answer," Markowitz told Brooklyn Paper, for some reason. That way, cars could be reckless and cyclists could be where they b ... More >>
Blogs
April 25, 2011
Bike Tickets Up 65 Percent in 2011; Every Cyclist Is An Asshole, New York Post Reports
Bike-hating newspaper the New York Post dispatched four reporters to two bike lanes in Soho in order to observe how many of the riders broke the rules thereby putting everyone's life in danger, as the NYPD continues to crack down on "dangerous" riders. The Post "investigation" counted 7,182 c ... More >>
Blogs
January 9, 2011
Magnolia Bakery Treats Bleecker Street Bike Lane as Private Parking Lot
Winter or summer, fair weather or foul, patrons of Magnolia Bakery park their cars in the bike lane in front of the store. It happens all year long but is particularly noxious for bikers when the pavement is icy: Magnolia Bakery customers park their cars -- often unattended -- in the bike la ... More >>
News
January 5, 2011
Portrait of an Immigrant Detainee as a Young Man
Meet New York bike-scene fixture Pablo Airaldi. He made friends with everyone—except ICE officials.
Blogs
January 5, 2011
This Week in the Voice
This week in the Voice, Camille Dodero profiles Pablo Airaldi, a New York bike messenger, fixture in the bike community, and legal permanent resident of the U.S. who's been detained indefinitely in New Jersey's Hudson County jail by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after pleading guil ... More >>
Voice Choices
November 10, 2010
GIVE CRANKS
Race to feed the homeless
Blogs
November 2, 2010
Bicycle Habitat Is Now the 'Official' Birdbath Bakery Bike Shop
Tony the Misfit/Flickr Along with fruit tarts, quinoa cookies, and hippie sandwiches, Maury Rubin spends a lot of time thinking about two-wheeled transportation. When he opened the first branch of Birdbath in 2005, he began offering a 50 percent discount to anyone who traveled to the bakery b ... More >>
Blogs
September 23, 2010
Parks Department Finally Reveals Plans for Controversial Staten Island Beach Club
Yesterday, the Parks Department finally released its plans for the development and the demolition of Cedar Grove Beach Club, the beach bungalow community on Staten Island that we wrote about for last week's cover story. The city is taking back the beach -- which is public land -- from 41 fam ... More >>
Blogs
September 8, 2010
Broadway: Now Offering Free Valet Bike Parking With Your Ticket to Anything But Cats
Starting tomorrow, you'll be able to ride your bike to the Broadway show of your choosing (not Cats, 'cause it's not running), drop it off with a friendly valet, and then pick it up and ride on home after the fat lady sings -- or at your leisure. Now, while the intersection of bike-riding and ... More >>
Blogs
August 20, 2010
Police Seek Suspect in Rape of Brooklyn Parks Worker
The NYPD is looking for a man who raped a Parks Department employee on Thursday, August 19, at 9 a.m. in Brooklyn. The victim, a 29-year-old woman, was inside the park house at St. Andrews Playground on Atlantic and Kingston Avenues when she was assaulted by a man armed with a box cutter. The suspec ... More >>
Blogs
August 3, 2010
Asian Feastival Comes to Queens for Labor Day
Robert SietsemaM&T's pepper with bean curd sheets.Food nerds still hemming and hawing about making Labor Day plans, take note: September 6 witnesses the first "Asian Feastival," a smorgasbord of eats in Queens.
Blogs
July 8, 2010
Charmingly Pragmatic Prince Seeks Louboutin-Losing Cinderella (Q&A)
Moshe BilletMoshe Billet found a black leather peep-toe Christian Louboutin pump at 96th Street and Broadway on June 23. Knowing Louboutins are expensive ($600-$800) and that someone was probably upset to have lost it, he posted an ad on Craigslist and messages on Facebook and Twitter, as wel ... More >>
Blogs
January 7, 2010
From Baby Ebert to Survivalist Sheep: Studies in Crap's First Terrible Coloring Book Round Up
Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. Helping With Bike Safety Author/Illustrator: Betsey Douglas MacDonald Date: None gi ... More >>
Blogs
October 12, 2009
GOP Public Advocate Candidate Does ACORN Joke, Gets Press
Since his run-off victory, Democratic public advocate nominee Bill de Blasio has been taking it slow and cautious, as may be wise in a race where Democrats are heavily favored. But his Republican challenger Alex Zablocki (pictured) isn't lying down for him. Zablocki, not a me-too party hack but a Te ... More >>
Blogs
August 18, 2009
Yes In My Backyard: Download Dizzy Spells Martian's "Summer"
Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing MP3s from new and emerging local talent. The demented punk-pop of Dizzy Spells Martian is like a cheery, hand-scribbled K Records valentine frayed at the edges by New York cynicism. The delightfully sloppy, ill-recorded three-piece is led ... More >>
Blogs
August 6, 2009
Staying In Shape When You Eat All Day: Fork in the Road Tells All
Probably inspired by Frank Bruni's soon-to-be-published book about his struggles with eating disorders, The Times runs a piece today about how people who eat for a living manage to stay in shape. It focuses on Padma Lakshmi, who shoots Top Chef for five weeks at a time, and then goes on a "food deto ... More >>
Voice Choices
July 22, 2009
GOING THE DISTANCE
Who are all those dripping wet runners?
News
June 24, 2009
The Queer Issue: Gay Motorcycle Clubs in New York
The wild ones, a new cycle of cruising
Blogs
April 9, 2009
City: 1/5 of Killed Cyclists Were Drinking; Few Helmeted Riders Die
Having pedaled home after a few ourselves, we find it easy to believe the finding by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene that among city cyclists injured badly enough in bike accidents to die within three hours, a fifth had alcohol in their bodies. This is not to say they were drunk or impai ... More >>
Blogs
December 11, 2008
Yassky Defends Bike Lane Letter; TransAlt Says He "Should Know Better"
Having pedaled home after a few ourselves, we find it easy to believe the finding by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene that among city cyclists injured badly enough in bike accidents to die within three hours, a fifth had alcohol in their bodies. This is not to say they were drunk or impai ... More >>
Voice Choices
November 26, 2008
New Borough: The Real World Does Brooklyn
Having pedaled home after a few ourselves, we find it easy to believe the finding by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene that among city cyclists injured badly enough in bike accidents to die within three hours, a fifth had alcohol in their bodies. This is not to say they were drunk or impai ... More >>
Blogs
September 12, 2008
Billburg Hasids Seek to Re-Route Sexy Bikers
Having pedaled home after a few ourselves, we find it easy to believe the finding by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene that among city cyclists injured badly enough in bike accidents to die within three hours, a fifth had alcohol in their bodies. This is not to say they were drunk or impai ... More >>
News
July 24, 2007
His Dream Deferred
East Harlem man dares to build greenway. DOT commish dares to cork it.
Blogs
July 13, 2007
Crash Test Smarties
East Harlem man dares to build greenway. DOT commish dares to cork it.
Blogs
July 13, 2007
Parks Department Seizes Bikes--That's Not Green!
East Harlem man dares to build greenway. DOT commish dares to cork it.
NYC Life
March 14, 2006
Mutant Bike Gangs of New York
Tall-bike clubs live free, ride high, and don't want your stinking logo
Blogs
December 22, 2005
Nightmare Gridlock: Tough Going Even for Bikers
Tall-bike clubs live free, ride high, and don't want your stinking logo
Blogs
December 21, 2005
Bike the Strike: Tips, Pools, Etc.
Tall-bike clubs live free, ride high, and don't want your stinking logo
News
December 20, 2005
How to Spot an Undercover Cop
Photo guide from the NYC Republican convention
Film
May 3, 2005
Film
Photo guide from the NYC Republican convention
News
August 24, 2004
Bikes Against Bush Gets a Flat
Photo guide from the NYC Republican convention
News
July 6, 2004
Time's Up!
Cycling for a better city
NYC Life
May 11, 2004
Close-Up on Tudor City
Cycling for a better city
News
January 15, 2002
SRO Limbo
After Arrests in the HUD Scandal, Will Its Victims Lose Their Homes?
Film
January 8, 2002
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Vincent Cassel Lets His Hair Down
News
September 19, 2000
Spin City
Fast Times at the Bike Messenger World Championships
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