Blog Posts in October, 2011
Posted on Oct 28, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
The Surprising Psychology of Driver Interaction With Cyclists by Angie Schmitt on October 26, 2011 Pop quiz. Do you wear a helmet when you ride? Spandex or normal clothes? Are you female or male? ...
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Posted on Oct 28, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM and MOSI SECRET Published: October 27, 2011 Eleven people were charged on Thursday in an enormous fraud scheme in which hundreds of Long Island Rail Road workers falsely claimed ...
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Posted on Oct 21, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
David Goldman for The New York Times Hip resurfacing, an alternative to traditional hip replacement, at the Hospital for Special Surgery. By BARRY MEIER Published: October 20, 2011 In another ...
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Posted on Oct 19, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
By Joe Coscarelli Mon., Feb. 28 2011 at 2:34 PM This afternoon, Gothamist points us to a proposal by assemblyman Michael DenDekker, a Democrat from Queens, which would require by law that every ...
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Posted on Oct 14, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
Here's a fun thing to ponder: Can you install a bike rack outside your house and then claim it as yours and yours alone? It comes up because that appears to be what one intrepid East Villager has gone ...
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Posted on Oct 11, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
The driver's neighbor writes us in his defense.] A delivery worker, described by police as a 41-year-old Asian man, was killed last night in Greenpoint when a driver in a Buick struck him from behind ...
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Posted on Oct 11, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
It's a great time to be a bike advocate-so go ahead and party like it's 1899. By Bob Mionske Fifty years ago, there was no national bicycling advocacy organization. This hadn't always been the case. ...
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Posted on Oct 5, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
Luckily, it's now pear season. It's been weeks of melon-related tragedies, with dozens of people sick and thirteen dead, and now the first lawsuit has erupted against Jensen Farms and Wal-Mart. A man, ...
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Posted on Oct 5, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
A critical Mass goes horribly wrong with multiple people injured in bike accident . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDrX-kvppiE&feature=player_detailpage
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Posted on Oct 5, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
NEW YORK - Bicycle lanes, cycling lessons for adults, and soon 10,000 bikes in a sharing program : New York is pedaling hard to join the world's growing love affair with the bicycle. The number of New ...
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Posted on Oct 4, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
Merck Dodges Fosamax Claims in Latest Bellwether Trial; Defense Record Now 4-1 In its fifth time at bat in trials over injuries allegedly caused by the osteoporosis drug Fosamax, Merck on Monday ...
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Posted on Oct 4, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
The 2011 edition of Claim Trend Analysis published by Physician Insurers Association of America, a consortium of 23 medical negligence insurers. The Claims Trend Analysis compiles data for medical ...
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Posted on Oct 4, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
Full-Sized Electric Scooter Legal in Bike Lanes FlyKly, is a rechargeable electric motorbike with vestigial pedals. Because it can reach just 20mph and has a motor of less than 750W, it qualifies ...
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Posted on Oct 4, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
Just when we thought we heard all there is to hear about the dangers involved in texting and driving, now we need to warn rider about texting and biking. It may take superb balance to pull off, but ...
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Posted on Oct 1, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
The New York Times reportss today the marked increase in metalic hip replacement failure. People who have had this surgery will learn of the federal preemption protection provided to this ...
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