Bike Riders Vie to Join the Work Cycle
City streets are more bike friendly these days -- but many would-be two-wheel commuters have nowhere to park. Now the City Council wants to make building owners open their doors to bicycles.
Topic: Transportation
Yellow Cabs Go Green
Veteran Guillermo Montero recently bought his first hybrid taxi, saving him $30 a day in gas. Montero’s Toyota Camry is now among the 1,020 hybrid cabs in the city. Officials are hoping that all 13,150 yellow taxis will go green in the next few years.
Used Bike Business Booms
With gas prices at a record high and environmental awareness growing, bike use is on the rise in the city. Some new businesses are popping up to help meet the demand.
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“L” is For Love Train
Straphanger who use the L train's Bedford Avenue stop in Brooklyn take to the Internet more often than riders on any other line to turn subway flirting into trysts, an examination of craigslist.org's "missed connections" thread shows.
Bike Fans Peddle Traffic Plan
Residents along Pennsylvania Ave. in East New York have long contended with…
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Clowning Around For Bike Lanes
"The trickster, the jester, there's a long history of getting the attention…
New Bus Ferries Staten Islanders
Angela Huggins works in Staten Island, but lives in Jersey City, N.J. For …
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Bike Lane's Backpedaling Business
A new bike lane on Ninth Avenue has yielded a dip in the number of parking spaces, hurting sales for Chelsea merchants, small business owners say.