http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Hurricane Sandy on Bikes in NYC" en Mon, 18 May 2026 17:23:46 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8798#post-90300 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:17:15 +0000 LaidBack 90300@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Was wondering as it didn't show many bikes on the TV clips of commuting the day after.</p> <p>Looking for petrol relates better to the masses though! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8798#post-90281 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:30:44 +0000 chdot 90281@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/transportation/blogs/hurricane-sandy-a-boon-to-bike-sales-in-ny" rel="nofollow">http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/transportation/blogs/hurricane-sandy-a-boon-to-bike-sales-in-ny</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8798#post-90276 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:15:06 +0000 paolobr 90276@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Article on how some volunteers got on their bikes to deliver supplies:</p> <p><a href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2012/11/power-bicycles-disaster-recovery/3834/" rel="nofollow">http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2012/11/power-bicycles-disaster-recovery/3834/</a></p> <p>"Bicycles are part of all this. In the early days after the storm, when the trains and buses stopped running, bikes were one of the few reliable ways of moving people, objects, and information around streets choked with debris. They don’t require the gasoline that people are still lining up for hours to get. They don’t need to be charged up – just add some basic food to a human being, and you can power the legs that turn the cranks." </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8798#post-89449 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 09:14:55 +0000 chdot 89449@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/8144018563/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8193/8144018563_4d7e810892.jpg"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abawK4JRT2w" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abawK4JRT2w</a><br /> .</p> <p><a href="http://youtu.be/abawK4JRT2w" rel="nofollow">http://youtu.be/abawK4JRT2w</a> </p>