Biking Universe is participating in this year’s NYC BigApps competition, which motivates developers to create tools that expose the NYC.gov data sets.
We added two new layers from this data corpus so far : bike racks and subway stations. We also use the NYC Cycling map data supplied by DOT to enrich our bike path information layer.

Please vote for us on our NYC BigApps page and let us know which other layers you would like to see on our ride maps.

Picture this: May 1, 2011. You on your bike, whooshing through 42 miles of car-free New York City streets with 32,000 other cyclists, taking in the buzz and amazing energy that only the TD Bank Five Boro Bike Tour Presented by Eastern Mountain Sports can generate. Make sure you’re a part of the excitement by snatching up a spot when registration opens at 10 a.m. on Feb. 1.
This event is sold out every year, and this year it is expected to sell out in record time. Make sure to secure your spot!

This summer, for the third year in a row, NYC DOT will temporarily close Park Avenue and connecting streets from the Brooklyn Bridge to Central Park to motor vehicles and open it up to people on three consecutive Saturdays in August (August 7, 14, & 21).

Read more on nyc.gov

Bridges By Night
Fri, May 21 7:30 pm

The original Bridges by Night ride is a twilight tour of East River bridges, through three boroughs and over the Queensboro, Pulaski, Williamsburg, Manhattan, and Brooklyn bridges. This unique ride highlights stunning vistas, takes in the glorious sunset with a Manhattan backdrop, celebrates bridge access for bicycles and pedestrians, and provides a brief history of the bridges and waterways

http://times-up.org/index.php?page=bridges-by-night-ride

Tour the Street Treatments Ride
Wed, May 12 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Central Park West at 97th St., NY, NY

Join the Upper West Side Streets Renaissance for a tour of the various new and old bike infrastructure featured on Manhattan’s streets, from greenways and physically separated bike lanes to no help at all for cyclists and everything in between. We will be on city streets for some portions of the ride, in moderate traffic. The ride will meet at Central Park West at 97th Street and will end around sunset on the Hudson River Greenway in lower Manhattan. You may need your bike lights for riding home afterwards.

http://bikemonthnyc.org/event/2778

Pedal Power 2010 – Kids’ Art Bike Parade
Sat, May 8 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
East 10th St. at Avenue A, NY, NY

The East Village Community Coalition (EVCC) presents Pedal Power 2010: Kids’ Art Bike Parade for the Lower East Side! This free event in Tompkins Square Park celebrates the arts and sustainability through bicycling! Hundreds of children and adults will ride art-decorated bicycles through our streets. Bike Safety, Learn to Ride, DOT helmet fittings and helmet giveaways and other bike-related workshops will be held the day of the parade and there will be games and prizes for those too young to ride in the Parade. There will be live music, raffle prizes and other entertainment in Tompkins Square after the Parade.

To register, or for more information, please e-mail lesbikeparade@gmail.com

http://www.evccnyc.org/

Bike Culture Summit
Thu, May 6 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
NYU’s Wasserman Center Auditorium, 13th Street between Broadway and 4th Avenue

As urban cycling expands by leaps and bounds, “bicycle culture” becomes a much-debated topic, with commuters, racers, and proponents of “cycle chic” and “outlaw cycling” vying with each other to define what it means to be an urban cyclist. Transportation Alternatives brings together leading pundits of bicycle culture–David Herlihy, “Bike Snob” and Caroline Samponaro–to debate the critical bike culture controversies: How should cyclists relate to pedestrians, motorists and to delivery cyclists? To what extent should cyclists sacrifice style and convenience to safety? Will protected bike lanes “segregate” cyclists? Is Critical Mass bad for cycling? What can be done about sexism in the cycling community? How has the way cyclists have addressed these issues changed over time?

Explore these and other topics at the Bike Culture Summit with our panelists:

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The Five Boro Bike Tour is almost here.

Check out last year’s route and pictures in the new ride we’ve just added.
You can also find there some relevant information for the ride on Sunday – schedule, starting point and a packing checklist.

Bike Month NYC is the annual celebration of bicycling in metropolitan New York City. Each year the Department of Transportation and Transportation Alternatives team up to bring you Bike Month NYC, a city wide campaign to promote the joys of cycling in New York City. We work with many individuals and organizations to bring you over 200 rides, workshops, races and events.

Check out some featured Bike Month events on our events section at the top of the page.
The full events list can be found in the official Bike Month NYC website:

http://bikemonthnyc.org/events/2010/05/all