Transportation Alternatives, the bicycling, pedestrian, and public transit advocacy group, shared this photograph proving that, yes, the bollards installed on the Hudson River Greenway (the bike path along the West Side HIghway) do work. The bollards were installed in mid-2008—over a year after two deaths of bicyclists along the bike path. more ›

Reader Allan send us these photographs, which show that the Ghost Bike Memorial for Carl Nacht had been "knocked down and mangled, still attached to the sign post it was locked to. it looked like the sign post was cut down." A note had been left at the sign post, and Allan called the person, who believes Gray Line Duck vehicle knocked it down. Gray Line, however, told Allan they don't know anything about it. more ›

As June draws to a close with three bicyclist fatalities and one bicyclist injury, there will also be a Critical Mass ride tonight. The ride will start at 7PM at Union Square tonight, and Times Up points out that at last month's ride, two police vehicles swerved in front of a group of riders and an officer 'doored' a cyclist who was riding in the bike lane along Broadway, breaking her collarbone." And then the police went to the hospital to give the victim multiple tickets. We wonder how the police will handle tonight's ride, after with questionable driving and street conditions at the heart of the accidents. more ›

After three biker deaths in three weeks, New York City cyclists are mad as hell-- and they're not going to take it anymore. At least, that's what they said to Mayor Bloomberg at their protest on the city hall steps this morning. Streetsblog has a good report from the scene: more ›

Times Up is organizing a memorial ride tomorrow night, in memory of Dr. Carl Nacht and Derek Lake. The ride will begin at 6:30PM at the West Side Greenway at 42nd Street (in front of the Intrepid). The ride will stop at West 38th Street, where Nacht was hit by an NYPD tow truck, and then make it way to West Houston and Laguardia Place, where Lake was killed near a construction site. Bring flowers. Update: The memorial ride will also stop at Houston and Broadway, as a tribute to Donna Goodson, a 41 year old who was killed by a truck on Rockaway Parkway in Brooklyn on June 5 (the driver apparently didn't see Goodson; no charges were filed). more ›

Dr. Carl Nacht, who was hit by an NYPD tow truck last week while riding on the West Side bike path, died on Sunday. Today, there is a service for Nacht at 2:00 p.m. at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine (Amsterdam Avenue and 110th Street). Nacht had not been wearing a helmet during his Thursday evening bike ride, and when the truck hit him, he was thrown towards another tow truck, his head hitting the hood. The tow truck's driver was not charged, but his wife told the NY Times that the tow truck did not yield to them, as it should have. She also said that her husband, who biked everywhere, "knew what he was doing. We thought because we were on a bike path, we were safe." The unfortunate thing, as many recent biking accidents have shown us, there is no such thing as safe. Let's hope the city will embark on campaigns to improve driver education about bikers' rights in the city - as well as reminding bikers of tactics they need to take. more ›

The bicyclist hit by a police tow truck yesterday on the West Side is in critical condition. Dr. Carl Nacht, a physician at St. Luke's-Roosevelt, had been taking a late night bike ride with his wife on the West Side bike path when a tow truck hit him as it was making a right turn at West 38th (the truck was headed for the impound lot at Pier 76). Nacht was not wearing a helmet during the collision. According to the Daily News, he "was thrown from his bike and propelled a dozen feet into the air. He smashed into a parked tow truck, striking his head against its hood." He suffered serious head trauma. The tow truck driver, a civilian member of the NYPD, was not charged or given a summons. As many of our commenters noted yesterday, there are lights to warn drivers and bicyclists, but the sad truth is that many drivers do not pay attention. more ›