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For crying out loud, give cyclists a 'brake'

First, a warning and an invitation: This column is a rant. Please join in the diatribe online at www.liherald.com, under Opinions. Thank you. more

9/18/14

Residents checked out a Social Bicycle on display at Tuesday’s City Council meeting.

New bike-sharing program to roll in Long Beach

The city hasn’t put the brakes on a local bike-sharing program just yet. After Miami-based DecoBike recently informed the city that it was not going to continue its bike-sharing program in Long … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 3/19/14

Long Beach resident Gerry Snell was among 340 cyclists who took part in last Saturday's Citizens United to Remove Barriers 10th annual bike ride.

Hundreds gather for 10th annual CURB Bike Ride

On Aug. 10, a total of 340 cyclists, young and old, gathered at the Long Beach Recreation Center to begin an 11-mile bike ride around the barrier island to honor the memory of James P. Conlon, a man … more

By Rosemary Leonetti | 8/15/13

Dreaming of bicycling adventures

I loved my bicycle. It was a lightweight, aluminum-frame French road bike, a steel-blue Motobecane Jubilee Sport that I bought for $350 in 1982, when I was 15. more

8/9/13

The Greis Park Hudson Exercise Trail in Lynbrook is a local, hidden gem. Writer Mary Malloy recently took a walk with her grandsons Thomas, 8, and Shane, 4.

For walking, jogging, biking: Happy trails to you

Lions and tigers and bears — oh my! The forest was dense, and twigs scraped against our jeans as we hunted for the Wicked Witch of the West, using sticks as weapons. We wandered off from the … more

By Mary Malloy mmalloy@liherald.com | 10/18/12

Senior Editor Scott Brinton rode from his home in south Merrick to the Heralds’ Garden City office recently to better understand the trials and tribulations that cyclists face in Nassau County.

Feeling alive biking to work

Orange sunlight slanted through the tree branches that hung over West Loines Avenue in Merrick, and the pungent-sweet smell of freshly cut grass and barbecued meat permeated the air as I bicycled east on this virtually empty street on a steamy Friday evening in late August. more

By Scott Brinton | 9/12/12

Bike-sharing plan is ill conceived

After looking at the July 5 vote on a bike rental contract with Decobike, one has to wonder if any member of the City Council voting for this has ever ridden a bike in Long Beach. The concept of … more

By Roy Lester | 7/20/11

The city approved a contract with Decobike on July 5 to launch a bike-sharing program in Long Beach, which will begin on a limited basis this fall.

City approves bike-sharing program

The City Council approved a partnership with a Miami-based company last week to launch a public bicycle-sharing program that would make roughly 400 bikes available on Long Beach streets, at no cost … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 7/13/11

Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, at the wheel of the "Black Beast," which was once a terror on the Vanderbilt Motor Parkway, announced on Friday that the county is planning to construct a hiking and biking trail along the old parkway. He was joined here by, from left, Denis Byrne, of Long Island Greenways and Healthy Trails; Michael Vitti, of Concerned Long Island Mountain Bicyclists; Brian Schneider, a hydrogeologist with the county Department of Public Works; Howard Kroplick, of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society and the Beast's owner; Shila Shah-Gavnoudias, DPW commissioner; and Lisa and Richard Schary, North Bellmore environmental advocates.

Preserving Nassau’s motoring past

You wouldn’t expect to find a turn-of-the-century roadster ominously dubbed the “Black Beast” at a news conference convened by Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, but that’s precisely what took center stage at a media event he held at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow on Friday. more

Scott Brinton | 6/3/11

Weingarten scores a biking TD

Michael Weingarten of Long Beach peddled in and completed this year's TD Bank Five Boro Bike Tour, held on May 2. The ride starts in lower Manhattan and heads north through the heart of the city and … more

5/20/10

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