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The Times Seeks a “Dialogue” About Bikes Clogging NYC Streets

By Ben Fried | Jul 1, 2013 | 33 Comments

Who can resist this tasty New York Times linkbait? Not us. The paper wants responses to this preposterous rant from reader Gary Taustine. Mr. Taustine sees Amsterdam, with its 32 percent bike mode-share and minuscule pedestrian death rate, as a cautionary tale for NYC, with its 1 percent bike mode-share and 150+ pedestrian deaths per year: […]

Share Your NYC Cycling Tips on the Times’ New Interactive Bike Route Map

By Stephen Miller | Jun 7, 2013 | 11 Comments

With New Yorkers lining up for Citi Bikes, the New York Times today unveiled a map asking for readers’ wisdom on the city’s best and worst bike routes. The map went live with advice from names Streetsblog readers might recognize, including our editor Ben Fried, transport economist Charles Komanoff, Brooklyn Spoke’s Doug Gordon, writer Tom Vanderbilt, […]

Dorothy Rabinowitz vs. Veronica Moss: Which One Is Satire?

By Brad Aaron | Jun 7, 2013 | 38 Comments

Again we have to hand it to the Wall Street Journal: They know link bait when they see it. Having apparently decided that pageview count is more important than credibility, the Journal editorial staff is back for more. Watch as editorial board member and cyclist-hater Dorothy Rabinowitz, buoyed by a star turn on the “The Daily […]

Viral Anti-Bike Content — The Daily News Is Doing It Wrong

By Ben Fried | Jun 4, 2013 | 27 Comments

The Wall Street Journal schooled the world on how to generate pageviews with this instant classic of anti-bike insanity starring editorial board member Dorothy Rabinowitz. Approximately 3.4 million websites embedded this video before Streetsblog got around to it, and “Dorothy Rabinowitz” is still rocketing up the Twitter trend chart. Meanwhile, the Daily News posted an […]

Amidst Tabloid Attack on Bicycling, Another Child Killed By Reckless Motorist

By Brad Aaron | Jun 4, 2013 | 50 Comments

Update: The Post and DNAinfo have identified the victims as Ariel Russo, 4, and her grandmother, Katia Gutierrez. The driver has been named as Franklin Reyes, 17. Correcting information released earlier today, NYPD now says Reyes has a record of one arrest, and it was not for robbery, according to the Post. A young child and […]

Another Cyclist Killed at East Harlem Intersection, NYPD Again Blames Victim

By Brad Aaron | Jun 3, 2013 | 40 Comments

For the second time in less than a year, a cyclist has been killed by a motorist at the intersection of E. 108th Street and Park Avenue, in East Harlem. On Sunday evening at around 7:40 p.m., 18-year-old Marvin Ramirez was riding east on E. 108th when he was hit by the driver of a […]

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