15 Rules For Riding A Bike In New York City

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The key goal of Citi Bike, the bike-share program that launched in New York City last year, is to encourage residents and visitors to try cycling as a means of urban transport.

Biking in the city comes with a lot of benefits: It's healthy, convenient, gets you outside, and reduces carbon emissions in the atmosphere.

This is a great idea until you start thinking about all the folks out there with as much experience biking as flying a space shuttle picking up a bike and tooling around New York City.

So if you are thinking about getting on a bike in NYC, whether on your own wheels or on a Citi Bike, here are 15 rules to keep you (and those around you) safe, legal, and from drawing the ire of New Yorkers.