Hey cycling friends in New York City! Come join us this Friday (7/23) at Adeline Adeline for beer, good company and discounts on bicycle accessories. Adeline Adeline (147 Reade St in Tribeca) is friendly, female owned bike shop that specializes in dutch and city commuter cycles. We’ll be meeting up at 6:30pm followed by a ride at 7:30pm up the West Side Greenway to the Pier 1 Cafe on 70th St.
RSVP here. This event is a tweetup of our #bikenyc twitter community but all are welcome. You can follow the conversation on #bikenyc and check us out @brooklynbybike. See you Friday!
São Paulo has been drowning in a sea of automobiles (6 million and counting). This car-centric urban transport model is showing signs of exhaustion. The average São Paulo inhabitant spends almost three hours a day stuck in traffic jams. That’s about 15 hours a week – or almost 2 working days.
Enter, São Paulo Intermodal Challenge. “The challenge: to get from point A to point B as quickly as possible – during rush hour – using the mode of transportation of your choice.” [via PSFK]
And guess who wins?
What a fantastic way to bring bicycles into the mix as a potential solution for São Paulo’s transportation issues!
This morning on my commute from Brooklyn to Midtown, I photographed a few of my frequently traveled bike lanes. Some of you may know that I was thrilled to see the north side, segregated bike lane (cycle track) on Sand St. completed. This road is regular part of many folks daily route as they head onto the Manhattan bridge. With the new cycle track, cyclists have a safety barrier between them and downtown Brooklyn traffic, fantastic! Click the photos to see more from the Brooklyn by Bike Flickr set.
This fills up quick so I am putting the word out now. Reblog if you’re going to attend (or comment below!). Hope to see you there!
There are 42 miles of adventure ahead on May 3, when you can ride car-free through New York City! Join 30,000 cyclists for the largest recreational cycling event in America. Registration is limited, so act fast to assure yourself of a spot and save money by registering early. Entry Details and Registration >
The journey starts in Lower Manhattan. You’ll head north through the heart of Manhattan to Central Park and continue on to historic Harlem and the Bronx, returning south along the East River on the FDR Drive. From there you’ll cross into Queens and then Brooklyn, where cyclists take over the highway before making the thrilling climb up—and down—the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge to Staten Island. The route is 42 miles, mostly flat except for the bridges. Route Details >
New Charity Program
Would your charity like to raise funds by participating in the TD Five Boro Bike Tour? Check out our new program of charitable admissions to the Tour. Charity Entries >
Need a Bike?
Bike and Roll NYC is the preferred rental partner for the TD Bank Five Boro Bike Tour and your key to a hassle-free day. With a Bike & Roll rental package you get:
Your choice of Trek bicycles—hybrid, road, and kids bikes available.
Bike delivered to the start or picked up beforehand, tuned up and ready to go.
Bike drop-off on Staten Island, so you don’t have to wait in the bike line for the ferry.
Click here for details and reservations. Early reservation is recommended as some sizes and styles are limited.”
We are feeling a little bummed about staying in Brooklyn for the big discobama…I mean inauguration. CNN is calling it “The Moment” and wants you to send pictures of Obama raising his hand to themoment@cnn.com WTF!? Bombard those fools with dirty photos would you?
Anyways, there is good news for the cyclists out there! The Washington Area Bicyclist Association will perform a valet service with fully uniformed valets.
As an added bonus, commemorative spoke cards and valet claim check tickets will be available free of charge to everyone who uses the bike valet. While supplies last. [via WABA]
That alone makes us regret not biking into town.
The Washcycle suggest going early or biking around as the volunteers are preparing to check 1000 bikes for 1.5 to 3 million people and they “might” be overrun. Click the map below to check out the valet sites and bike paths. [via Washcycle]
When I read the news, I thought the blogosphere was lying to me but it turns out NPR posted something so it must be true, right? Well it is official! According to a new federal law enacted as part of the $700 billion financial bailout entitled the “Bicycle Commuter Act” companies can receive a $20/month tax credit per commuting employee. The money can be passed down to the employees or used in some other bike friendly way…one hopes. It sounds great for bike friendly business owners, but I have my doubts about larger companies.
We caught this trending topic on twitter (follow us!) today and wow, it really stood out to us as a great out of the box concept. The Light Lane is a virtual bike lane created by laser light. They write -
Only a small fraction of streets have dedicated bike lanes, and with an installation cost of $5,000 to $50,000 per mile, we shouldn’t expect to find them everywhere anytime soon. Instead of adapting cycling to established bike lanes, the bike lane should adapt to the cyclists. This is the idea behind the LightLane. Our system projects a crisply defined virtual bike lane onto pavement, using a laser, providing the driver with a familiar boundary to avoid. With a wider margin of safety, bikers will regain their confidence to ride at night, making the bike a more viable commuting alternative.
[Hear more via Minnesota Public radio 
