THE CYCLISTS HAVE TO FOLLOW THE TRAFFIC LAWS, BUT IF EVERY BIKE TOOK UP AN ENTIRE CAR LANE, WHICH IS LEGAL, THE CAR DRIVERS WOULD BE SUPER PISSED. 

I want level and even enforcement of the law.  Quotas and targeting are police state tactics used by despots to control certain portions of any given population.  Think patches in Germany during WWII.  When will the NYPD start writing tickets for speeding motorists and cabbies that run red lights?  Any way to get information on those statistics?

I got nailed yesterday for running a red at 113th & Broadway. The cop was the typical Marine-cut semi-steriod type in love with his own "authoritie," to quote Cartman. But despite his lousy disposition, he was just taking orders, so nothing personal there.

On that same trip, I was nearly sideswiped by a speeding truck, nearly doored twice, witnessed at least 50 cars going 40mph or more, and witnessed at least 70 cases of double-parking in bike lanes. I'm getting my day in court, that's for sure. And if found guilty, I'm contemplating refusal to pay and a few days of free meals courtesy of NYC's Dept. of Corrections, complete with media coverage, until they get sick of me.

Also, part of that $270 is a motorist fee that doesn't apply to cyclists. Don't let any judge pull that on you.

I'm sure you're aware that 2 wrongs don't make a right, but 121 wrongs and 3 nearly wrongs do, so good luck!

Sometimes 2 wrongs make an improper ticket & shitty traffic conditions, though.

It's Transportation Nation (from WNYC). Not Transportation Alternatives!!!

Signed, sealed and fixed. Still, this isn't half as bad as the time someone mixed up Hells Angels and Guardian Angels...

Thanks for the post, but misattribution or missing attribution happens way too often on Gothamist. It's only fair to take the extra five minutes to link back properly and prominently if you are getting your content from someone else's reporting.

you're assuming the reporter read the article before they posted it; or looked at the domain name...or the site logo

The NYPD rapists have a car just north of 23rd St on 1st trying to catch cyclists running the light as it changes on 23rd.  In front of the UN is an obvious one, but check for unmarked cars, usually black, two or three blocks south of 42nd on 1st.  And I'd like to thank our scumbag pantywaist corporate fascist lord bloomingpuff for adding more grief and misery to our lives- just another zionazi sadist who wants to make over the city rich white and jewish.

Out of curiosity, how do you know they are targeting bikes and not drivers that make illegal left turns onto 1st Ave?

 The cop car is in the middle of the block on 1st between 23rd and 24th so I seriously doubt it's there to ticket cars making illegal turns on to 1st from 23rd.

This is more of a map of WNYC readership than it is of bike ticketing.

This is a map of white neighbourhoods.

Beat me to it but that's exactly right.  

So does this mean the police are not harassing non-White bicyclists, or the harassment of non-White bicyclists is just not being reported?

whats up with the abundance of people riding single speed bikes with just front brakes. what happened to common sense. 

70% of braking comes from the front brake

Those four extra feet of stopping power and not flipping over the handlebars looks way cool though.

Adhering to some vague idea of what 'cool' is is much more important than common sense.  Also see: Cutesy, polka-dotted skirts, beach cruisers, earbuds in each ear, helmetless chicks who assume that each driver on the road makes it their priority to give a shit about bicyclists. Stick to "Bike Fetish" Day and your Burlesque classes!  If you weren't coordinated enough in high school to be in flag corps PLEASE do yourself the favor of not subjecting yourself to heavy, moving pieces of metal which will kinda hurt if they collide with you.