Despite the oil-price-increase dances I do every morning (involving leaping as high as I can while using my arms to form the letters “O,” “I,” and “L,” YMCA-style), the price of oil just keeps dropping! President Obama isn’t helping, with his 30-million-barrel release from the salt caverns. However: In a way, his tapping the reserves… Continue Reading

At first, when I saw the new bollards at both ends of the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridge bike lanes, I thought the Department of Homeland Security was celebrating Bike Month in its own special way. Then I read on Gothamist that we actually owe these tokens of police-state paranoia to the U.S. Army Corps of… Continue Reading

Providing shuttle service for special events is one of RR’s favorite things. We love treating large (or small) groups to transports of joy! We get a buzz from hearing first-time pedicab passengers giggle, squeal, and guffaw over how much fun they’re having. So we’re delighted to be participating in the First Annual ISES Sustainability Forum… Continue Reading

When I haven’t ridden a trike in a while, I get nervous about getting back in the saddle: It’s a serious responsibility – never mind a serious amount of work – to pilot a 170-pound, 4-foot-wide vehicle on the streets of Manhattan. But once I’m out there pedaling – as I was this morning and… Continue Reading