Press Coverage

Heelz on Wheelz East Villager November 4, 2010 Jefferson Seigel read more

CM Cruises to $1M Settlement in Suit with City Chief-Leader October 29, 2010 By Mark Toor read more

Talking Point Critical Mass makes cycling safer The Villager October 28, 2010 to November 3, 2010 By Barbara Ross http://www.thevillager.com/villager_392/talkingpoint2.html As a longtime volunteer with Time’s Up!, a volunteer-run environmental organization that promotes group bike rides to enhance cyclist safety, I was excited to read about the success of the recent Upright Bicycle Ride that… read more

Battle Over Bike Lanes Town & Village October 21, 2010 By Sabina Mollot   read more

Allie Compton and Chris Ryan New York Times October 8, 2010 By John Harney “>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/10/fashion/weddings/10vows.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=pirate%20wedding&st=cse HIS life is a fast-moving swirl of punk rock stagecraft, two-wheeled protests, film projects and occasional bits of street theater. So in September 2008, when Allie Compton, an artist, connected with Chris Ryan, a punk guitarist and singer and a… read more

Vous M’accorderez Bien Cette Cyclo-danse? Nouveau Consommateur September 1, 2010 read more

Cyclists’ advocacy group Times Up! plans to protest outside Mayor Bloomberg’s townhouse New York Daily News July 29th 2010 By Simone Weichselbaum http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/07/29/2010-07-29_cyclists_advoc… It was the green thumb biker buff version of the Boston Tea Party. Instead of fighting off the British, two dozen community gardens loyalists will pedal around Manhattan on “horsecycles” Manhattan Thursday… read more

Petal Pushing New York Daily News July 28, 2010 By Simone Weichselbaum http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/07/28/2010-07-28_petal_pushing…. It’s the green thumb biker buff version of the Boston Tea Party. Instead of battling the British, two dozen community gardens loyalists will pedal around Manhattan on “horsecycles” Manhattan tonight rallying the cry to keep the spaces safe from developers. The cyclists’… read more

Cycling: Time’s Up Time Out NY Kids June 1, 2010 read more

Riders on the corn: Cyclists raise alarm about gardens The Villager May 19th, 2010 By Jefferson Siegel http://thevillager.com/villager_369/ridersonthecorn.html Last Saturday, Time’s Up! held a Garden Bike Ride and Hoedown to raise awareness of an imminent threat to community gardens.  “The 2002 Spitzer garden agreement that temporarily prevented the city from selling our community gardens to… read more

Videos: David Bowie Bike Ride, Last Week’s Critical Mass Gothamist May 7th, 2010 By John Del Signore http://gothamist.com/2010/05/07/videos_david_bowie_bike_ride_last_w.php To round out the first week of Bike Month NYC, here are a couple of pro-cycling videos. The first is from last night’s David Bowie bike ride, during which a group of glam cyclists pedaled and danced… read more

Clowns Liberate More Bike Lanes from “Toxic” Cars Gothamist March 22, 2010 By John Del Signore http://gothamist.com/2010/03/22/video_clowns_liberate_more_bike_lan.php On Friday, a group of bike-riding clowns associated with Times Up! staged another bike lane liberation action, using slapstick humor to dispel a widespread misconception that bike lanes are parking lots. Dressed in cartoonish hazmat suits and acting… read more

Another Cop Vs. Cyclist Bodyslam During Critical Mass Gothamist March 30, 2010 By John Del Signore http://gothamist.com/2010/03/30/city_pays_almost_100k_over_critical.php One year before the infamous bike body-slam video of 2008 cost NYPD officer Patrick Pogan his job, another cop was caught on video knocking a cyclist off his bike during a Critical Mass ride. Like Pogan, Sergeant Timothy… read more

Does Mother Nature HAte Bike Lanes, breats? The Gathamist December 21, 2009 http://gothamist.com/2009/12/21/does_mother_nature_hate_the_bedford.php  For the past two weekends, bicycling advocates have planned high-profile demonstrations to protest the city’s surprise removal of a 14-block stretch of bike lane on Bedford Avenue in South Williamsburg. But both rides have been severely undermined by inclement weather, much to… read more

Brooklyn’s Bicycle Man Uses Two Wheels To Bring Hasids and Hipsters Together The Jewish Daily Forward August 26, 2009 By Nathaniel Popper http://www.forward.com/articles/112918/ An unusual sign appeared in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn in early August. On it is a large Star of David constructed out of 50 or so rubber chickens. In the middle… read more

New Bike Safety Ads Take a Confrontational Approach The New York Times June 23, 2009 By Sean Patrick Farrell http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/new-bike-safety-ads-take-a-confrontational-approach/ Last week the Department of Transportation, cycling groups and drivers’ organizations started a new campaign aimed at bicycle safety. Called Look, the campaign features posters, postcards, a radio spot and a video ad encouraging people… read more

More Bike Lanes Coming Williamsburg Courier February 13, 2009 By Greg Hanlon read more

Lovers Lane Metro NY February 6, 2009 read more

New Bike Lanes Touch Off Row in Brooklyn The New York Times January 4, 2009 By COLIN MOYNIHAN http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/nyregion/04lanes.html?pagewanted=all New York City has created more than 100 miles of bicycle lanes in recent years to encourage and accommodate the number of people who, compelled by a desire to preserve the environment or preserve their bank… read more

Clowns Join in Kent Ave Community Beat January 1, 2009 By Alexis Buisson read more

New Year’s Eve Party Ride Village Voice December 17, 2008   If your resolutions include a greener 2008, start your year off right with the environmentally friendly Time’s Up bike ride. It’s the organization’s 10th annual New Year’s Eve party ride, in which the group meets up at Click|keyword[Belvedere+Castle]” href=”http://www.villagevoice.com/related/to/Belvedere+Castle/” style=”margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;… read more

Scene: Nov. 2 The Day of the Dead The Villager December 3, 2008 By Jefferson Siegel On Nov. 2, the Day of the Dead — the traditional Mexican day of observance of deceased ancestors, family and friends — members of the cycling-advocacy group Time’s Up! highlighted the dangers faced by pedestrians and bike riders. Above,… read more

Day Of The Dead/Times Up! November 6, 2008 Art Lovers New York November, 6 2008 http://www.artloversnewyork.com/zine/the-bomb/2008/11/06/day-of-the-deadtimes-up/ Memorial for RASHA SHAMOON corner of DELANCEY & ALLEN, LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC. SUNDAY, NOV 2, 2008 while in the ‘hood for the ‘HOW TO PREDICT THE FUTURE’ presentation at LISA COOLEY, we stumbled upon these remaining traces of… read more

Help Out And Volunteer With Times Up! Bike Blog September 17, 2008 By Micheal Green http://bikeblog.blogspot.com/2008_09_01_archive.html Time’s Up will be out on the scene with lots of bike events over the weekend and they need your help. Check out all the great events going on this weekend. Plug in to as many events as you… read more

DA Expected To Drop Charges Against Cyclists In Video The Gothamist September 5, 2008 By John Signore http://gothamist.com/2008/09/05/prosecuters_said_to_drop_charges_ag.php A lawyer for the cyclist who was shown on video being violently shoved off his bike by a rookie cop during a July Critical Mass ride says that prosecutors will drop the charges today. Officer Patrick Pogan… read more

Send In The clowns Orion Magazine January 1, 2008 By Mark Svenvold http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/505/  I AWOKE TO BIRD SONG and slant January light cutting through the brush that surrounded our hut—a circular, thatched roof on poles, no walls, concrete floor, modeled after the traditional palapa of northeastern Mexico. Across from me, Pete the Feral Boy snoozed… read more

My First Custom Single-Speed Bike Build Dj Cat Nap Blogs August 15, 2008 By Naptrax http://djcatnap.com/my-first-custom-single-speed-bike-build/  This bike started out as a rusty old Royce Union 10-speed, a steel frame Japanese bike from the early 1970′s. I picked it up on Craigslist as a project to learn how to work on bikes. I joined Time’s… read more

D.A. is investigating officer’s assault on cyclistThe Villager August 06, 2008 By Jefferson Siegel   http://www.thevillager.com/villager_275/daisinvestigating.html A videotape of a police officer knocking a bicyclist to the ground in Times Square during the July Critical Mass ride dominated local media for several days last week. At first posted anonymously to the video Web-sharing site YouTube,… read more

Police Assault On Critical Mass Rider Shadow Press August 1, 2008 By D. Day http://shadowpress.org/critical_mass.53.htm [July 31, 2008] Civil rights activists and cycling advocates have long seen a pattern of excessive force and harassment against cyclists from the highest ranks of the NYPD. As reported across media outlets this week, the most recent occurrence of… read more

Pedaling a new vision of a more bike-friendly city The Villager June 4, 2008 By Laurie Mittelmann http://thevillager.com/villager_266/pedaling.html The space caught my eye before the building number. Large posters with pictures of people dancing around cars adorned the giant glass doors along with signs reading, “I don’t need a war to power my bicycle!” Baskets… read more

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Video Of The Day: Pups, Pedaling, Parade The Gathamist May 19, 2008 By Jen Chung http://gothamist.com/2008/05/19/video_of_the_da_196.php  Yay for dog days! Over the weekend, Times’s Up! held its first annual Doggie Pedal Parade, highlighting bicycles adapted to transport pets and the benefits of adopting homeless animals. Bicyclists learned how to pimp their bikes for their pups… read more

Folds Up! Folding Bike Ride Bicycling May 1, 2008 read more

From Community To Group Condo: The Saga Of 49 E. Houston And Times Up! Village Voice Blogs April 29, 2008 By Duncan Meisel http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2008/04/from_community.php Even among the old New York holdouts to gentrification, 49 E. Houston was a little strange. Not only did the one-story storefront stick out next to nearby remodeled walkups and rising… read more

Orange Bike Causes Furor Metro NY February 13, 2008 Amy Zimmer read more

America In Uproar as Driver Now Says He Did Not Kill Scot Sunday Express, UK January 27, 2008 By Siobhan McFadyen read more

Running Scared: One Mans Trash Village Voice January 18, 2008 By M. Wartella read more

Epilogue to “Send In The Clowns” Orion Magazine January 1, 2008 By MArk Svenvold http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/2821/ Upon my return to Manhattan, the heroic business of finding a purchase upon the oncoming and varied crises of the world was, of course, still underway—and clowns riding bicycles had a small part in it. The thing about clowns and… read more

New Years Riding Resolution Bike Radar December 28, 2007 By Bike Radar http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/new-years-riding-resolution-13811/ While many cyclists take a New Year’s ride to pedal off some of the festive flab, US campaigners Time’s Up have a bigger agenda. The New York cycling pressure group will be using their annual New Year’s Eve ride to celebrate another… read more

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Protesting Bike Dangers AM NY December 13, 2007 By Jefferson Siegel read more

CUNY Graduate Center Advocate October 2007 by ROISIN O’CONNOR-MCGINN   http://www.gcadvocate.com/2007/10/“for-those-whose-deaths-never-made-the-news”/ A white-painted bicycle slouches against a lamppost a few steps shy of Crosby St., several feet from the busy traffic on West Houston. Withered flowers stick out of the bike’s spokes. The paint is flaking. This quiet memorial the Village Voice called “Tomb of… read more

Associated Press October 7, 2007 By KAREN MATTHEWS The AP story, no longer available for free on line, was picked up by many media outlets and blogs, including:USA TodayABC NewsWashington PostBoston.com NEW YORK (AP) — New York City, with its convoys of cabs, miles of subway track, fleets of fume-belching trucks and hordes of harried… read more

Neighbors sue city over Houston St. safety http://www.downtownexpress.com/de_230/neighborssue.html By Albert Amateau Lou Todd, a Prince St. resident who uses a walker, made his way slowly across the construction-choked W. Houston St. intersection at W. Broadway-LaGuardia Pl. at noon on Wednesday, but he had to wait at the narrow traffic median for another light cycle in… read more