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A New York Cyclist Goes West

Metropolitan Diary: A New York woman away at college discovered that while city biking skills come in handy, some city expressions don't travel.

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Parking Spot Causes Fight (No Drivers Are Involved)

The erection of a bike corral on a street in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, has provoked the ire of some longtime residents who believe that their concerns over the neighborhood's evolution are being...

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Finishing Homework on the Bike Ride to School

Metropolitan Diary: A woman observed a little girl doing her last-minute homework while her father was bicycling her to school.

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A Window Concert in Brooklyn Heights

Metropolitan Diary: A cyclist in Brooklyn Heights discovered a street audience for a piano concert coming from an upstairs window.

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Op-Doc: ‘Ode to Bike Sharing’

In this animation, a New Yorker looks forward to the city’s bike share program and reminisces about riding his bike when the city was very different.

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After Day 1, a Look at the Bike Share Program

With an assist from New York's Transportation Department, here is a by-the-numbers look at the first day of the bike share program.

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Interactive Map: Your Biking Wisdom in 10 Words

An interactive map, "Your Biking Wisdom in 10 Words," allows readers to annotate a map with their own inside knowledge and read what others have to say.

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Spinning on Citi Bikes

Metropolitan Diary: A woman in Midtown appeared to have found a new use for the newly installed Citi Bikes.

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Political Action From the Bike Lobby

A nascent group known as StreetsPAC plans to issue endorsements for candidates based on their positions on issues like bike policy and pedestrian safety.

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Alternate-Side Breakfast

Metropolitan Diary: A coffee-shop delivery person got a meal to a driver waiting in line for the street sweepers and ticketers to finish.

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Citi Bike Prompts New Rental Ideas

Metropolitan Diary: The bike-rental program suggested other by-the-hour street businesses to a reader, like umbrellas, shopping carts and shoes.

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A ‘Cycling Madman’ Pedals His Way Across the World

Lai Likun, a factory manager from China, has pedaled 31,000 miles through four continents and nearly 25 countries as part of a five-year solo bicycle tour.

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An Expressway Speed Record

Metropolitan Diary: A rider on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway during a bike tour compared his pace with his normal driving speed.

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A Bike-Lane Scam

Metropolitan Diary: A speeding cyclist crashed in front of a pedestrian on Eighth Avenue and accused him of wrecking his bike.

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In a Cab, a Pre-Bloomberg New York

Metropolitan Diary: A cigarette user had several unkind observations about some of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's rules on smoking and bicycling.

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Unauthorized Bike Lanes Created in Midtown

Inspired by an accident in which a cabdriver, after arguing with a bicyclist, crashed into a young British tourist, severing her leg, activists painted bicycle corridors on a stretch of Avenue of the...

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Share Your Citi Bike Wedding Story

We would love to hear your Citi Bike wedding story. Please leave a note in the comments section, and mention if you have any photos or videos of your special day.

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Let My Bicycle Go

Metropolitan Diary: A Brooklyn man has grown tired of discovering that his bicycle has been locked to someone else's.

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A New York Cyclist Goes West

Metropolitan Diary: A New York woman away at college discovered that while city biking skills come in handy, some city expressions don't travel.

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Parking Spot Causes Fight (No Drivers Are Involved)

The erection of a bike corral on a street in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, has provoked the ire of some longtime residents who believe that their concerns over the neighborhood's evolution are being...

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