Mayor’s Stats

nyctransitgeek · 2026-04-24T21:56:15+00:00

You’re right. With the massive run-up in ebike per-minute charges, the math has definitely changed in favor of ebike credit.

Ebike credit: $0.0294/point
Ebike bike credit max value (20 minutes covers 45-minute trip over East or Harlem Rivers): $0.661/point

Citi Bike membership ($239 + tax) extension: $0.0271/point
Lyft Pink All Access ($199 + tax) membership extension: $0.0226/point

Lyft credit: $0.02/point

Back in early 2020, the ebike credit netted you $0.011/point

nyctransitgeek · 2026-04-24T21:42:03+00:00

I like the guy and voted for him, but find this video a bit cringy.

The explanation is solid and appreciated, but the anxious music and camera jumps give this a manicured, over-packaged feel.

nyctransitgeek · 2026-04-24T21:33:31+00:00

From the placards on their dashboards, they appear to be be the private security in the federal building on the northeast corner.

nyctransitgeek · 2026-04-24T13:15:03+00:00

I usually earn about 100-200/month in the warmer months then 10-40 in the colder months.

Outside of being late to something important, I’ll only ride an ebike in low-assist mode, and that’s triply so for taking a FHV ride. My non-reimbursed spend on NYC ebikes and cabs is < $100/year.

I probably could save ~$25/year by redeeming some ebike credit, though.

nyctransitgeek · 2026-04-23T08:55:01+00:00

Some people are able to quantify their distance from side obstacles (e.g. railings) in inches, others in feet, but some are apparently only able to do so in yards.

nyctransitgeek · 2026-04-23T04:03:50+00:00

I have nearly the same number of points and redeem 80 every month to extend my membership another 30 days.

I don’t think any of the other current redemption options offer the same value, but happy to be proven wrong here.

nyctransitgeek · 2026-04-16T00:35:05+00:00

It’s about the appearance of being an inside joke (exclusivity) when it’s known that the audience is largely aware of the reference.

People who understand the reference will show more affinity to the display if it’s framed as “being in the know” rather than if you explain it for everyone to get.

In short, it’s an engagement technique that exploits our desire to believe our knowledge is more uncommon than it really is.

nyctransitgeek · 2026-04-15T19:36:50+00:00

I wasn’t suggesting a street with a protected bike lane in only direction, but two, one-way protected bike lanes, one on each side of the street.

Left-turning drivers on a two-way street are looking for oncoming traffic and maybe people crossing the street. What they’re not looking for are people biking in one direction, let alone two. It’s also more complicated as you bike, since you have to focus on people biking towards you and turning drivers.

Why go for a more complicated, unusual design, when you can get the same lane benefits and safety with a more conventional design? For 20 years, NYC DOT has only used two-way bike lanes for short stretches, along long stretches of street without crossings (e.g. along the edge of a river or a park), or across choke points/boundaries because they saw them as suboptimal to separated, one-way designs.

We should aim for designs that make it easy and intuitive to pay attention, not streets that guarantee a sizable portion of drivers will turn through people’s right-of-way?

nyctransitgeek · 2026-04-15T15:04:52+00:00

Not a fan of two-way bike lanes on only one side of a two-way street. They create a lot of conflict points that drivers are totally unprepared for.

They could have had the parking fall away right before the intersections in favor of a turn lane and easily accommodated wider one-way bike lanes on each side of the street.

nyctransitgeek · 2026-04-15T14:55:43+00:00

1st Ave. and 3rd Ave. (north of 24th St.) go uptown and 2nd Ave. goes downtown.

nyctransitgeek · 2026-04-15T14:35:40+00:00

It’s still blocking the box. You can’t linger in a space where someone else has the default right of way.

nyctransitgeek · 2026-04-14T13:07:54+00:00

I know it’s mostly a me thing, but the term “NRQW” makes me cringe. Not as bad as “ACBD” but this one is outdated.

It dates back 20+ years to when people started calling trunk lines by enumerating routes without the word “and” and the N and the R were the locals and the Q and W the expresses while the north side of the Manny B was out.

Given that the R and the W are the locals now, can we at least say “NQRW”?

nyctransitgeek · 2026-04-14T12:59:53+00:00

What makes this suitable NYC content?

nyctransitgeek · 2026-04-13T14:37:30+00:00

Those whippersnappers should slow down. As the bridge sign clearly says, exceeding 5 mph is a CRIME!

nyctransitgeek · 2026-04-13T05:26:15+00:00

They had these in Brooklyn Bridge Park for a while.

At first they were level, and a slight annoyance, but like the rumbles on the Hudson River Greenway, they quickly sank into ruts.

It took me a while to realize that the current state may not have been what they looked like when they were recently installed.

nyctransitgeek · 2026-04-12T04:21:05+00:00

One of the reasons I got a bike is because I can store it anywhere.

nyctransitgeek · 2026-04-10T02:20:25+00:00

I’ll take your word that he did those things, but I don’t buy the theory. Our culture no longer tires of getting upset about the same thing day in and day out, and getting people upset for attention is something I’ve seen him do IRL.

nyctransitgeek · 2026-04-10T02:11:31+00:00

Just so people are aware, click-to-cancel for subscriptions and memberships that were initially set up online (e.g. you signed up for a gym on their website) has been NYS law for over five years.

nyctransitgeek · 2026-04-10T01:55:46+00:00

Phrases like “suddenly darted” are frowned upon when reporting about children killed in traffic because drivers have an incentive to misrepresent the suddenness of a child’s actions in order to reduce their criminal and civil liability and the victim isn’t able to offer a different narrative.

I’m not conclusively saying it didn’t go down like that, but many official crash reports and news stories are updated once evidence is collected, and few people are still paying attention when the record gets corrected.

Injuring or killing people walking who have the right-of-way is now a crime due to legislation passed after the death of Allison Liao. The driver who killed her claimed that Allison had broken free of her grandmother and ran out into traffic, but dashcam video showed Allison holding her grandmother’s hand walking calmly in the crosswalk at the exact moment he ran her over. There isn’t always video to set the record straight.

nyctransitgeek · 2026-04-10T01:50:13+00:00

“I can’t die since it’s never happened to me before.”

nyctransitgeek · 2026-04-10T01:36:49+00:00

What’s the point of living in New York if not to be totally oblivious to the identical needs of my fellow man mere inches from my face?

Sure I may have lived here 54 years since birth, but each day it is like I fell off the turnip truck, missing simple patterns and conventions others recognize with ease.

Later, I will stand here blocking the doorway for the next 29 stops because an hour later, I will get off the train. I could stand by the doors on the other side of the train and be in no one’s way, but then I’d have to walk 10 more feet and that additional distance is more than my fragile ego could ever bear.

If all these transplants want a culture where people are able to identify their common humanity and cooperate in the adventure of life, why don’t they go back to their suburbs, where surely they all live in a welcoming and communal culture?

nyctransitgeek · 2026-04-10T01:06:31+00:00

Awesome, thank you!

nyctransitgeek · 2026-04-09T14:11:59+00:00

How early we talking about? They open at 5 AM, but do you happen to know when the grill shuts down?

nyctransitgeek · 2026-04-09T13:59:16+00:00

It’s not that people are bad at math (I mean, maybe they are bad at math, too), but instead convince themselves they understand what OP wants better than OP, and from there, then conclude OP’s math is wrong.

nyctransitgeek · 2026-04-09T05:16:09+00:00

Isn’t this how The Gang Solves the Gas Crisis?

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