New York City Skirt Police

This is the story of Jasmijn Rijcken, a Dutch woman in NYC to promote Vanmoof bicycles, who alleges she was stopped and harassed by a NYC police officer for wearing a skirt while biking. Apparently this can be dangerous and distracting to motorists.

Video: Bicycle Tickets for Legal Cycling?!

The other day a friend of mine sent me this video of a guy in NYC who got a ticket for not cycling in the bike lane. Turns out, of course, that not cycling in a bike lane is perfectly legal and the guy should not have been ticketed. Apparently one should continue to ride in a bike lane even when there are obstructions.