(by Andrea Doyle, Successful Meetings, February 25, 2013) The spotlight is about to shine brighter than ever on the New York metropolitan area as it prepares to host Super Bowl XLVIII on February 2, 2014. The stakes are high as this is the first time the game is being held in the Northeast, in an (...)

by Lisa Fickensher, Crain’s New York Business (June 24, 2012) The city’s vast bike-share program, launching in July, will join an expanding sea of bike shops and rental businesses taking advantage of the Bloomberg administration’s desire to make New York the best biking city in the country. Even apartment buildings and hotels are buying bikes (...)

(By Marjorie Cohen, AM New York, January 16, 2013) You’ve got a bike, maybe more than one, and can’t figure out where to put it in your city-sized apartment. You are not alone. Although the city Department of Transportation’s 2012 figures on bike ridership aren’t out yet, Jill Guidera, campaign and organizing coordinator for Transportation (...)

Yes, I was one of those New Yorkers who was never around on Saturdays in August.  Then I started working at Bike and Roll and Summer Streets came into my life. For those of you who don’t know, Summer Streets takes place every year during the first three Saturdays in August.  From 7am to 1pm (...)

All we can add is: Be careful out there and ride safely! New York Times July 24, 2012 By J. DAVID GOODMAN The eight wrongdoers sat inside a windowless basement classroom, serving a court-ordered penance for their transgressions. For the next 90 minutes, they would learn about the proper rules of the road, how to use (...)

We were looking for something special to do.  My kids are leaving for camp on Sunday, so we want to do something special and memorable on Saturday.  Since several weeks of separation are looming, my children are being very nice to me and agree to get up early to go to Governors Island. I am (...)

http://www.kloudya.com/2012/07/15/bike-and-roll-central-park-new-york/ Are you looking for something exciting, fun, and new to do this summer? Do you enjoy being outdoors and staying fit? Then get ready to experience one of the most popular attractions in New York! Bike and Roll offers a wide-variety of bicycle rentals and tours around Manhattan, Central Park, 9/11 Memorial, Brooklyn Bridge, (...)

BETH J. HARPAZ | July 12, 2012 11:07 AM EST | NEW YORK — In the last decade, the decrepit piers and industrial zones along five miles of the Hudson River on Manhattan’s West Side have been utterly transformed. Hudson River Park is now a destination that gets 17 million visits annually, with a bike (...)

Picture this. A beautiful park, complete with lush grass and foliage as well as a historic buildings, completely surrounded by water, with a view of the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and the Manhattan skyline.  If didn’t hate using clichés so much this would be where I started to call it one of New York’s (...)

They New York skyline is, without a doubt, one of the most famed views of the city. Every street vendor has at least three framed versions of it in their collection. In “How I Met Your Mother,” the protagonist, an architect named Ted, dreams of adding a building to it. And in “500 Days of (...)