Earth Equity News

For NYC Bicycle Commuters Parking is Scarce. By Colin Moynihan, NYTimes, July 1, 2008. "At a time when, city officials say, the number of people cycling in New York is soaring and the city has been implementing a plan to create 200 miles of new bike lanes, one glaring problem for those who want to cycle to work is the shortage of parking, particularly in areas like Midtown Manhattan. 'It's one of the biggest missing links preventing New York from being a world-class bicycling city,' said Wiley Norvell, a spokesman for Transportation Alternatives, an advocacy group that promotes bicycling. 'It's the No. 1 reason that serious, savvy cyclists don't use their bikes to get to work.'"