Environment

NYC pressures its workers to bike to work

by julianw | August 27, 2008 at 03:53 pm

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Another interesting environmental reform from Michael Bloomberg's New York: the city is pressuring city employees to bike, rather than drive to work, the NY Times reports.

The city has drastically cut the number of free parking permits it gives to city employees, including teachers. So how else are civil servants supposed to get to work?

On Wednesday, city officials said they would expand secure bicycle parking for employees at five municipal buildings in Lower Manhattan in the fall. Three existing bike parking facilities will be enlarged, going to 110 spaces from 46, and two others will be added, creating 24 new parking spaces.

“Bike commuting in New York has grown more than 75 percent since 2000, but one of the most frequent complaints we hear is that there’s nowhere to put your bike once you get to work,” said the city’s transportation commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan. “As our bike network expands and more New Yorkers make their commutes in this sustainable way, we need to do more to provide City employees a safe, secure place to lock their bikes.”

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Amy Judd

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at 16:08 on August 27th, 2008

julianw, I like this story. It's good stuff.

Another great environment story! The channel needs more!

Barbara McPherson

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at 16:15 on August 27th, 2008

julianw, I like this story. It's good stuff. They shouldn't forget the showers either. I used to bike to work, but quit when I ended up sweaty and no way to shower off. Yuk!

Janet Bike Girl

at 19:28 on August 27th, 2008

This photograph is by Barbara Ross, of Time's Up NYC, Ny.

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pupkingen1

at 00:17 on August 28th, 2008

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utsoftbl3

at 07:15 on August 29th, 2008

As I was walking in NYC, I saw many people either riding to work on bikes or taking a pedi-cab. Not only is it better for our environment, it was probably much quicker than sitting in all the taxi cab traffic! There was one thing missing though, and that is what julianw is reporting about. They need more bike racks or safe places to store their bikes.

This was a slightly open shutter shot where I moved with the moving object and the background becomes the blur - to show movement of the subject.

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