What happens when kids age out of biking on New York City sidewalks? Our Info Desk received a note asking us to share our best tips for teaching kids (12+) how to ride on NYC streets safely. After all, 12 year-olds may have aged out of biking on sidewalks, but they are still kids, and NYC streets are, well… NYC streets. According to NYC Biking Laws, kids 12 and under may ride on NYC sidewalks, but after they turn 13, they should ride on the street. Kids 14 and under must wear a bike helmet, but we recommend all cyclists...

In recent months, the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) has released plans for a number of bike lanes that will be huge improvements and possible game-changers in their respective parts of the city. Two projects in Brooklyn notably represent a more aggressive approach to finding space for safe bike lanes than we saw during the de Blasio years. Schermerhorn Street Schermerhorn is a long-time poster child for dysfunctional NYC bike lanes. The police department's Transit Bureau 30 routinely parks official and staff-owned cars in the west bound paint-only bike lanes, and that sets the tone for the rest...

June means Juneteenth. And here's our fact finder to help celebrate. What were the Iron Riders? A. People who rode early, heavy-as-iron bikes made out of solid iron rod (instead of wood) because steel tubing hadn't been invented yet. B. An early fad involving taking extra iron pills in pre-war Europe. C. A US Army experiment involving bicycles. D. That French guy who ground down an entire bicycle and ate it (true story), launching yet ANOTHER Iron Fad in pre-war Europe. Read on for the answer... June 2022 is the 125th anniversary of the Iron Riders (with props to Adventure Cycling...