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Volunteers use bikes to transport donated goods to hard-hit areas like Red Hook and the Rockaways after Superstorm Sandy / Photo:  Brennan Cavanaugh via Flickr

Adaptive Transportation: Bicycling Through Sandy’s Aftermath

By Mina Keyes on Nov 28, 2012 | 9 Comments

On Thursday following Superstorm Sandy, when much of New York City was still without power, the number of bike riders on the East River bridges rose more than 130 percent. The substantial increase in ridership, according to a study by NYU’s Rudin Center, showed that walking and biking commuters were, on average, the [...]

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