Report: City’s Failure to Add Bike Parking Hurts Businesses, Costs Lives, Increases Theft and Reduces Cycling

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By Gersh KuntzmanJan 5, 2021, 6:58 am162 pts
For want of simple, widely installed bike racks, the city is undermining local businesses, abetting a rise in bike theft, slowing the use of bikes for commuting or errand running, and even undermining public safety, a new report argues. According to Transportation Alternatives, the de Blasio administration’s…

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