He’s not just a mayoral candidate — he’s a bike share member. And we have photographic proof.
(via NYC Mayoral Candidate Weiner: The Bike Lane Debate Has Been “Venomous” - WNYC)
But despite the system’s popularity and continuing expansion, its users don’t fully reflect the region they live in. According to the survey, 90 percent of Bikeshare users are employed, and a majority are young, highly educated, male, and white.
A bike share key AND an app: this user is ready for NYC’s program, now only five days away from going live.
(via T Minus Five Days: New York’s Bike Share App is Now Live - WNYC)
“But I would absolutely expect that that’s exactly what WNYC would say, because you know liberal public radio always has an agenda. And so since I disagree with the premise of your question I don’t feel like I have to answer the rest of it.”
wnyc:
New York Public Radio president Laura Walker and the rest of the National Bike To Work Day posse. Ride on!
The A train to the Rockaways is coming baa-aaack — a full month ahead of schedules. Expect to see surfboards on the A train in two weeks.
(via BREAKING: A Train Service to the Rockaways To Begin May 30 - WNYC)
The city of Minneapolis lit the I-35 bridge like this Tuesday night to celebrate the passage of marriage equality in Minnesota.
Spire cam! Follow along (with sweaty palms and an increased heart rate, if you have acrophobia) as the Port Authority installs the spire atop One World Trade Center.
In 2012, extreme weather clean-up cost U.S. taxpayers nearly $100 billion — or $1,100 per taxpayer.
(via Report: In 2012 Feds Spent More on Extreme Weather Cleanup Than on Schools, Roads - WNYC)
