Dave Colon

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Look at the peaceful happiness you can achieve just from working on a bike. This could be you! Photo: Mechanical Gardens Bike Co-op

Red Hook Gets An Outdoor Bike Co-Op Starting This Weekend

By Dave Colon | Oct 30, 2020 | No Comments

If your bike has been making that weird clicking noise when you shift gears, Mechanical Gardens has a place for you.

The DOT and MTA agree: It's time to paint bus lanes like there's no tomorrow.

NYC Transit Boss: City Has To Speed Up Bus Lane Installation

By Dave Colon | Oct 28, 2020 | No Comments

We'll never paint the town red at this rate.

The Citi Bike expansion into Astoria puts bikes where they belong: the street.

Astoria District Manager Demands Citi Bike Docks Take Sidewalk Space To Save Parking

By Dave Colon | Oct 27, 2020 | No Comments

Every battle that has already been won has to be waged and won again and again and again.

Beryl founder Emily Brooke on one of her company's rentable bikes, the kind of bike that will no longer debut on Staten Island.

DOT Reveals Draft Map For Staten Island Bike Share System in 2021

By Dave Colon | Oct 26, 2020 | No Comments

Staten Island's latest bike share pilot is taking shape, as the Department of Transportation revealed a preliminary map for the next company to provide the service in 2021.

Whole Foods parks bike on the sidewalk on Houston Street, which could probably also use a cargo bike corral.

Manhattan Panel Kills Proposed Cargo Bike Corral … To Save Five Parking Spots

By Dave Colon | Oct 22, 2020 | No Comments

"A loss of parking spaces in Lower Manhattan is a travesty," says one community board member.

The NYC Ferry, which just got more expensive for some and cheaper for others. Photo: NYCEDC

Real Estate Snafu Sinks NYC Ferry Service in Greenpoint

By Dave Colon | Oct 19, 2020 | No Comments

Greenpoint has lost ferry service for three days and counting after the city was seemingly caught unaware about the sale of the India Street dock.

De Blasio Says, ‘Busways? Busways? But I Fixed Alternate-Side Parking!’

By Dave Colon | Oct 16, 2020 | No Comments

Once again, the mayor's brain is stuck in park.

We know a place where some cars go. Photo: Dave Colon

So Far, So Good: Early Results Show Faster Transit Trips on Jay Street Busway

By Dave Colon | Oct 15, 2020 | No Comments

Bus speeds are up 50 percent!

Hat's in the ring: Mayoral candidate Maya Wiley. Photo: Dave Colon

New Mayoral Candidate Maya Wiley: Bike Lanes Are The Future (Um, They’re Already the Present)

By Dave Colon | Oct 9, 2020 | No Comments

Maya Wiley, the latest high-profile entrant in the 2021 mayoral sweepstakes, said the right things about public transportation on Tuesday — but left advocates wanting more.

Is this guy replacing a trip he'd usually take in a car? Photo: Dave Colon

E-Scooters Are Already Here — And The City Needs To Adapt

By Dave Colon | Oct 8, 2020 | No Comments

Say it now: We already need bigger bike lanes — and with more people riding scooters, we need them now.

Just try to sleep easy after seeing this, we dare you. Photo illustration (or is it?): Streetsblog

Gov. Clean: Five Reasonable Arguments For 24/7 Subway Service that Cuomo Simply Ignores

By Dave Colon | Oct 5, 2020 | No Comments

The reasons to bring back overnight subway service as starting to pile up — but Gov. Clean won't have it.

A cyclist rides through the harsh Oslo winter, which means that you can too. Photo: Eric Solheim via Flickr

Letter From Norway: Here’s How to Do Outdoor Eating Right This Winter

By Dave Colon | Sep 28, 2020 | No Comments

We asked the Norwegian consulate for advice ... and got it! Nyt måltidet, everyone!

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