Biking beautiful in NYC: A photo essay
The glasses, the bike, the outfit, the face. Love it all. (Seen on the Upper West Side.)(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Welcome to coverage of BikePortland’s visit to New York City. Publisher Jonathan Maus will attend the 2012 Designing Cities Conference hosted by the National Association of City and Transportation Officials (NACTO). In addition to the conference, he’ll report on NYC’s policymakers, activists, bike culture and projects.
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The glasses, the bike, the outfit, the face. Love it all. (Seen on the Upper West Side.)(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Art infuses the bicycling experience in New York City. (From our 2012 visit)
Molly Fair (right), was a bit unsure of what her first bike commute into Manhattan would have in store.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Livable streets activist Mark Gorton stands near the protected bike lane on Columbus Ave., just a few blocks from his home on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Huge lines formed for subway replacement buses, while bike traffic streamed by.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
New York bike commuters dared dark streets while biking the blackout in Lower Manhattan.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
East Village residents happily hop onto a free bike-powered charging station provided by activist group Times Up.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) Welcome to the latest installment of People on Bikes. Our last one showed the fantastic people riding into Brooklyn via the Manhattan Bridge. That was before Sandy came to town. In the spirit of reminding the world that biking is alive and thriving here in New York City, I now present … Read more
While the subway tracks sat empty, the path on the Queensboro Bridge was at capacity this morning.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Church St., Lower Manhattan(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Bushwick resident Avery Brooks rides past piles of bricks that fell of a building near Kent Ave. in Williamsburg. (Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) After last night’s dramatic storm, New Yorkers woke up this morning to see what Sandy had left behind. She made a mess. A big mess.
Commissioners on stage for, Raising the Bar: Building political capital to implement key design initiatives.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) What is the latest thinking on transportation politics and perspectives in America’s largest cities? How do transportation department chiefs view bicycling and transit? On Friday, the top transportation officials from Chicago, New York City, Boston, San Francisco … Read more