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City Bike docking stations have been defaced in parts of New York City. (Photo: CBS 2)

Installation Of Bike Share Docking Stations Testing New Yorkers’ Patience

Across Manhattan, bike share docking stations are spreading, and so is the backlash. Even people excited about the program say they’re upset over the implementation.

2013/05/01

Central Park (credit: CBS 2)

Central Park Bikers Warned To Keep Eyes Out For Thumbtacks

Bike riders beware. Someone has apparently been putting down thumbtacks across the roads in Central Park. The concern now revolves around a possible backlash against the bike movement.

2012/07/12

Manhattan Bike Lane (Credit: CBS 2)

NYC DOT Installs Controversial Bike Lanes On High-Traffic First And Second Avenues In Manhattan

There’s more bike bedlam in New York City, as the Department of Transportation starts installing new bike lanes in heavy traffic areas on First and Second Avenues in Manhattan.

2011/07/07

NYC resident Casey Neistat took his frustrations with obstructed bike lanes to YouTube, where he intentionally crashed into cones and cars blocking the lanes. (Credit: Casey Neistat)

Frustrated NYC Biker Uses YouTube To Spread Message Of Bike Lane Issues

A frustrated bike rider intentionally crashed into trucks, taxis, and even a police car on camera, but there was a message behind the two-wheeled madness that’s become a sensation on YouTube.

2011/06/09

A Bicycle - File / Photo: Getty Images

City Council Slams DOT, Pushes For Bike Safety Data

After the Department of Transportation called CBS 2’s Bike Bedlam reports false, they reneged on its claim and admitted that there was a lack of bike safety data in New York City.

2010/11/04

Prospect Park Bike Lane Battle

NYC Announces ‘Rogue Rider’ Bicycle Ticket Blitz

The dramatic re-shaping of New York City streets is supposed to calm traffic, but it sure inflames passions. Take for example Thursday’s clash over the controversial bike lane in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

2010/10/21

A cyclist makes his way down Broadway on the newly painted section called Broadway Boulevard in midtown Manhattan July 11, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

NYC To Start Recording Accidents Between Bikes, Pedestrians

Pedestrians hit and injured by bicycle riders – it’s a statistic that no one kept. However, after CBS 2 exposed the gap in record-keeping, New York City is moving to fill in the blanks.

2010/10/20

Bicycle Path

Report: City Bike Lanes Not Safe

A new study suggests that New York City’s new bike lanes are causing too much trouble – and danger, as well.

2010/10/08

Stuart Gruskin (Photo/CBS 2)

Bike Accident Victim’s Wife Gets DOT Apology

The wife of bicycle accident victim — Stuart Gruskin — met with Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan Monday.

2010/09/20

NYC Bike Riders/file (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

DOT Apologizes For Reporting False Bike Accident Info

A pedestrian safety advocate is outraged after New York City released inaccurate information about pedestrian injuries caused by bike riders.

2010/08/27

NYC Bike Riders/file (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Bike Bedlam: The Next Generation

No bicycle? No problem. New York may flood the city streets with thousands of inexpensive rental bikes, reports CBS 2′s Tony Aiello.

2010/08/19

Bike riding in NYC

CBS 2 Gets Up Close And Personal With ‘Bike Bedlam’

CBS 2′s Tony Aiello now knows first hand it’s the fastest-growing way to get to work in New York City. To get the biker’s perspective, he put a camera on his helmet and hopped on a bike.

2010/08/19

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