Bike New York anunció una nueva iniciativa diseñada para proporcionar bicicletas gratis a los solicitantes de asilo y otros inmigrantes recién llegados a la ciudad de Nueva York.   A través de esta nueva iniciativa, Bike New York se asocia con la Oficina de Asuntos de Inmigrantes de la Alcaldía (MOIA), el Departamento de Transporte (DOT) de la Ciudad de Nueva York, el Departamento de Servicios Administrativos de la Ciudad (DCAS) de la Ciudad de Nueva York, Unlimited Biking, Trek y Recycle-A-Bicycle para supervisar un esfuerzo a gran escala para recibir, reparar y distribuir bicicletas donadas a los recién llegados...

The MTA released its first-ever “Strategic Action Plan to Promote Bicycle, Pedestrian and Micromobility Access to MTA Facilities” on January 11. The plan contains big news for bike access to MTA bridges and marks a key pivot in MTA thinking about how people reach mass transit stations across the New York region. If you haven’t followed this story, in early 2021, Bike New York and StreetsPAC proposed legislation requiring the MTA to develop a plan for bicycle access to MTA bridges and for bike parking at transit stations. Thanks to stellar work by legislative sponsors State Senator Alessandra Biaggi and...

Updated January 31, 2023 Bike New York announced a new initiative designed to provide free bicycles to asylum seekers and other immigrants recently arriving in New York City.  Through this new initiative, Bike New York is partnering with the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA), the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT), the New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS), Unlimited Biking, Trek, and Recycle-A-Bicycle to oversee a large-scale effort to receive, repair, and distribute donated bikes to recent arrivals from the southern border, to provide an inexpensive and convenient way for them to access the jobs...