Sunday, 26 April 2015

A midtown mechanical, a Hudson River puncture - and how my bike gives me a superpower

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As I wheeled my bike along 58 th Street in midtown Manhattan in a heavy rain shower last Wednesday, I noticed a periodic scraping sound...
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Sunday, 12 April 2015

A signpost note, anarchy in Fort Greene - and the misery of the idle motor car

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It’s not often that I’m seized with the desire to deface a sign in a public space. But, on a walk with the Invisible Visible Woman on East...
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Sunday, 29 March 2015

An unexpected rhythm, a stressful ride to Midtown - and why I feel I'm waltzing with the city

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When I’m riding my bike home in the evenings and have come down the long, spiral ramp off the Manhattan Bridge into Brooklyn , I often f...
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Friday, 20 March 2015

Barging in TriBeCa, a Top Gear boor - and why I'm proud to be a Roundhead worrywart

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It was one morning at the end of January in TriBeCa that I encountered the very personification of motorist arrogance. As I rode down a si...
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Tuesday, 17 February 2015

A Williamsburg tragedy, a century-old disaster - and why crashes don't reflect the law of averages

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When I was a regular traveller on the West Coast Main Line, the UK ’s busiest long-distance rail route, I would keep a careful lookout for...
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Thursday, 5 February 2015

A barging garbage truck, a slippery Greenway - and why New York's bike routes are like a 747

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It was far from being the most dignified manoeuvre I’ve ever made on a bicycle. Around 9.25am on January 29, as I rode to work down Prince...
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