(photo courtesy of Courtney Williams) Meet Courtney Williams. A fellow League Cycling Instructor, a Bike Advocacy Consultant (see her amazing website) and the first-ever People’s Bike Mayor of New York City, Courtney weaves the interrelated […]
Tag: New York City
Bikes fix things
We are carrying so much trauma right now, in so many ways. Bikes help. They may even fix things — not all of them, but maybe enough to keep you (and your city) going. I […]
Bravo, NYC, UPS (and Citibike)
So here is the windy-day photo my 86-year-old dad took of me two weeks ago standing in front of something like 100 Citibikes in New York City between the two historic original buildings of Metropolitan […]
Public plazas
Let’s kick off a week of looking back at this past decade with this photo, taken in New York City in the summer of 2010. That’s how long ago we started reclaiming our public space, […]
As Ludlow goes
As Ludlow Street goes, so goes New York City. And it’s going. Many of the iconic little shops on this historic Lower East Side street that served as footholds in a new land for waves […]
Look
Look at a quick selection of street photography taken while Traveling at the Speed of Bike. It serves as a glimpse of life in public in a city and country facing the pain and pride […]
Megabus to NY
And then after Boston, we took the Megabus to New York City and I eventually, of course, ended up riding Scwhinneola in Mineola again. (See my book for context here, folks. It’s fun stuff.) I […]
Amazon’s list hits close to my heart
Amazon just announced its short-list of city finalists for its new headquarters. Five of the twenty cities are close to my heart — New York City, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, and Boston. I grew up […]
