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Broadway near 57th St
Some people have the street parking gene, and some people don’t.  It’s a combination of patience, timing, and incredible cheapness (a visceral unwillingness to pay for a lot).  Mainly the ones who don’t have this gene move to places like Jersey or Staten Island and park their cars in garages.  However, if [...]

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Here’s a heads up for those of you who sometimes park on the sidewalk in the city…it appears the NYPD is on a ticket blitz.  But with a twist this time.  Not only are bikes that are parked on sidewalks being ticketed, chains cut, towed, and impounded, but the NYPD is arresting scooter riders on [...]

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Want to ride for the weekend but don’t have a bike in the city? Places like LA and San Diego have had motorcycle rentals for years now, and you can rent a cruiser in over a dozen cities across the country… But how about in NYC?  Now NY has its very own in Brooklyn, and [...]

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What would happen if one of those more obnoxiously driven cabs bumped you from behind?  Or turned into your lane right along side you?  Most cabbie’s are reasonably cool, and predictable, but a few of them are working long shifts and driving distracted (with phones in their ears).
Some older traditional riders are fans of “laying [...]

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Yesterday was a good day for this country.  And hopefully it might encourage you to believe in our system of government.  I hope so.  I wrote about Proposition 416A a while back. Well it turns out that many people in law enforcement think this is a done-deal.  They think this law will surely pass sometime [...]

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So according to Google Maps, my wife’s commute to work is only 4.2 miles:

By subway this costs $2 and usually takes around 45 minutes during rush hour.
By cab this costs around $16 (at night) but it takes around 20-30 minutes.
I suppose if I were to drive gas guzzler that gets 12 miles a gallon, this [...]

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The New York City Council is considering “Proposed Int 416″ a new law that would make it illegal to park a motorcycle with an exhaust that does not have an EPA sticker on it.  The fine for the first offense will be $1000 and the police would tow your motorcycle until you paid your fine.  [...]

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Or an alternate title could be “My Morning Commute – Scooter version.” I don’t know the guy who made this video but I’m going to keep an eye out for an old white Honda cub because I know this route well (the later parts going into Manhattan anyway – he should have taken the [...]

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Do you get surprised by cars sometimes while you ride, showing up where you didn’t expect them? Do you find yourself getting stuck in traffic patterns with aggressive or unpredictable drivers? Here’s a random tip, a short one… Here’s the way to keep this from happening: Move through traffic and not with traffic. [...]

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It’s Friday night and all the squids are out, so it’s a good time to get on my little soap box and talk about something kind-of serious. No it’s not life and death, I’m not going to talk about biker safety… But it does have to do with life. In particular, life in [...]

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