Originally Posted by
Papa Tom
Wow! I'm sure there are some "politics" involved in scoring this rating, but it's a nice feather in our cap.
Indeed. From the
Bicycling article:
Only in a city as iconic as New York does a battle over a bike lane become international news. And therein lies one of the major reasons BICYCLING chose the Big Apple as this year’s number one. Success here, we strongly believe, will radically speed up the spread of bike share and cycling culture across the country.
I read this as Bicycling Magazine's attempt at a bit of advocacy, by nudging the city to keep up the momentum begun under the last mayor to promote cycling. Indeed, the new Transportation Commissioner used the occasion for a
PR op. It's all talk of course, but I guess they hope that this bit of publicity will push the somewhat equivocal new mayor to keep the progress going.