Pedal Faster, New Amsterdam!
Posted By dhaval mehta On May 2, 2009 @ 6:17 am In Current Events, On The Streets, Only in New York | Comments Disabled
A woman rides the Dutch bicycle
The Dutch are so proud of their friendship with NYC that the Dutch minister recently gifted the city 400 Dutch bicycles [1].
Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Robert C. Lieber and NYC&Company CEO George Fertitta were on hand to receive the bikes at Hudson River Park’s Pier 84 and to highlight the many biking opportunities throughout New York City this summer.
What will happen to these bikes next? I don’t really know but there’s a lot of history [2] to be learned about the Dutch’s colonization of America at the port we now know as Manhattan (and parts of Albany too).
It’s great that this event ties in with NYC-wide bike month. I’m sure you’ve seen the green posters on the subway as I have. They have quite an extensive schedule of events [3] posted. But really, what exactly is bike month? It’s a way to encourage more New Yorkers to consider pedaling instead of peddling (read: illegal substances). HEYOOOOOOO!
(njoi bicycles. njoi life. njoi nyc. thank you dutch people. sorry native americans.)
Article printed from New York City Metblogs: http://nyc.metblogs.com
URL to article: http://nyc.metblogs.com/2009/05/02/pedal-faster-new-amsterdam/
URLs in this post:
[1] Dutch bicycles: http://www.ny400.org/
[2] lot of history: http://www.ny400.org/timeline.php
[3] schedule of events: http://bikemonthnyc.org/events_calendar
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