Hi pals, I wanted to share the Op-Ed of mine that's running in StreetsblogNYC today: How the ‘Budget-Bike Trap’ Creates Inequality in NYC https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2021/03/24/opinion-how-the-budget-bike-trap-creates-inequality-in-nyc/. It's an important story that applies to the work all of us do, yet it's an overlooked and misunderstood part of our bike equity crisis.
- Please give it a read (it's short, op-ed length) and let me know what
you think. I'm confident it's going to resonate with what you've experienced in your work.
- Please share over your networks: here's a Twitter thread
https://twitter.com/bikecoopnyc/status/1374728405070065664 you can retweet, and a Facebook post https://www.facebook.com/jbisker/posts/10100894832944444 to repost. (IG to come later @bikecoopnyc http://instagram.com/bikecoopnyc)
- This StreetsblogNYC piece is an intro to this issue, and I have a more
detailed ~2000-word article ready to go that examines it more closely (it also includes perspectives from bike shop owners and budget bike buyers). If you have a connection to a good place for publishing this piece, please get in touch.
- If you've got an in with an organization that's working on a
discussion series or panel about bike equity, I'd love to bring this perspective to it—keep me in mind.
Enjoy the springing spring, everyone.
Josh
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