{"id":65101,"date":"2019-05-10T07:59:49","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T11:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/?p=65101"},"modified":"2019-05-10T07:59:49","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T11:59:49","slug":"cycling-in-the-city-a-bike-friendly-exhibit-rolls-into-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/65101\/cycling-in-the-city-a-bike-friendly-exhibit-rolls-into-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Cycling in the City: A Bike-Friendly Exhibit Rolls Into Town"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>At offMetro, we embrace alternate means of transportation and <a href=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/57295\/the-8-best-bike-maps-for-new-yorkers\/\">biking<\/a> might just be our favorite. New York City has more than 100 miles of protected bike lanes, helping to earn a spot as one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bicycling.com\/culture\/a23676188\/best-bike-cities-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bicycle Magazine\u2019s top 10 cycling cities<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Bicycles have taken a major spot in a reconfigured landscape of urban mobility. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dot.ny.gov\/display\/programs\/bicycle\/commuting_tourism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York City\u2019s Department of Transportation<\/a>, cycling is the fastest growing form of transportation in the city.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>2019 is the 200-year anniversary of the arrival of the first bicycle in New York City, so it\u2019s an opportune time to discover New York\u2019s rich cycling heritage.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>Cycling in the City: An Exhibit<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_65106\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65106\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-65106 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.-On-Riverside-Drive-near-Grants-Memorial_detail_Munseys-Magazine_1896-350x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"225\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-65106 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.-On-Riverside-Drive-near-Grants-Memorial_detail_Munseys-Magazine_1896-350x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.-On-Riverside-Drive-near-Grants-Memorial_detail_Munseys-Magazine_1896-350x225.jpg 350w, https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.-On-Riverside-Drive-near-Grants-Memorial_detail_Munseys-Magazine_1896-768x493.jpg 768w, https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.-On-Riverside-Drive-near-Grants-Memorial_detail_Munseys-Magazine_1896-1024x658.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.-On-Riverside-Drive-near-Grants-Memorial_detail_Munseys-Magazine_1896-696x447.jpg 696w, https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.-On-Riverside-Drive-near-Grants-Memorial_detail_Munseys-Magazine_1896-1392x894.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.-On-Riverside-Drive-near-Grants-Memorial_detail_Munseys-Magazine_1896-1068x686.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.-On-Riverside-Drive-near-Grants-Memorial_detail_Munseys-Magazine_1896-654x420.jpg 654w, https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.-On-Riverside-Drive-near-Grants-Memorial_detail_Munseys-Magazine_1896-1308x840.jpg 1308w, https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.-On-Riverside-Drive-near-Grants-Memorial_detail_Munseys-Magazine_1896-1920x1233.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.-On-Riverside-Drive-near-Grants-Memorial_detail_Munseys-Magazine_1896.jpg 1594w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/noscript> &#8220;New York Awheel\u201d?On the Riverside Drive, Near the Great Monument, Munsey\u2019s Magazine, May 1896, Illustrator: J.M. Gleeson, Private collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p>Cycling in the City is a new exhibit at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcny.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Museum of the City of New York<\/a>, which explores the diversity of cycling cultures, past and present. The exhibit delves into the often contentious relationship between New York City and the bicycle, while examining the importance of cycling as the city confronts climate change, energy scarcity and population growth.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Highlights of this multi-media exhibit include vintage bicycles, films and interviews with cycling advocates and three indoor stationary bicycles that enable visitors to experience virtual cycling landscapes via Zwift, an online cycling video game.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Discover the increasingly important role bicycles play in New York City, part of a complex dance with cars and pedestrians, shaping what it means to move around a modern metropolis.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>Female Empowerment and Politics<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_65111\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65111\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-65111 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/3.-Alice-Austen_Two-Women-with-Bicycles_Historic-Richmond-Town-350x263.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65111\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-65111 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/3.-Alice-Austen_Two-Women-with-Bicycles_Historic-Richmond-Town-350x263.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/3.-Alice-Austen_Two-Women-with-Bicycles_Historic-Richmond-Town-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/3.-Alice-Austen_Two-Women-with-Bicycles_Historic-Richmond-Town-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/3.-Alice-Austen_Two-Women-with-Bicycles_Historic-Richmond-Town-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/3.-Alice-Austen_Two-Women-with-Bicycles_Historic-Richmond-Town-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/3.-Alice-Austen_Two-Women-with-Bicycles_Historic-Richmond-Town-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/3.-Alice-Austen_Two-Women-with-Bicycles_Historic-Richmond-Town-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/3.-Alice-Austen_Two-Women-with-Bicycles_Historic-Richmond-Town-530x396.jpg 530w, https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/3.-Alice-Austen_Two-Women-with-Bicycles_Historic-Richmond-Town-696x523.jpg 696w, https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/3.-Alice-Austen_Two-Women-with-Bicycles_Historic-Richmond-Town-1392x1045.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/3.-Alice-Austen_Two-Women-with-Bicycles_Historic-Richmond-Town-1068x802.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/3.-Alice-Austen_Two-Women-with-Bicycles_Historic-Richmond-Town-559x420.jpg 559w, https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/3.-Alice-Austen_Two-Women-with-Bicycles_Historic-Richmond-Town-1119x840.jpg 1119w, https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/3.-Alice-Austen_Two-Women-with-Bicycles_Historic-Richmond-Town-1920x1442.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/3.-Alice-Austen_Two-Women-with-Bicycles_Historic-Richmond-Town.jpg 1364w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/noscript> Portrait of Violet Ward and Daisy Elliot, c. 1895, photograph by Alice Austen, Alice Austen House, Collection of Historic Richmond Town<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p>An unexpected aspect of the exhibit is its illustration of the liberation that cycling allowed women back in the 19<sup>th <\/sup>century, when suffragists embraced the bicycle as a vehicle of self-reliance and encouraged other women to follow suit.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Local politics come into play as well, particularly the tumultuous relationship Mayor Ed Koch had with cyclists back in the 1980s, including his proposed ban on bikes in Midtown in 1987.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>Where:<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Ave., at 103 St.<\/p>\r\n<p>Suggested admission is $18.<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<h3><strong>When:<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>Open daily, 10 am-6 pm. The exhibit runs though October 6, 2019<\/p>\r\n<h3><strong>Get There:<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<p>There\u2019s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citibikenyc.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Citi Bike<\/a> docking station right outside the museum, so it&#8217;s an easy and appropriate way to get here. Riding the 6 train to 103 and Lexington is an alternative.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>For additional information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcny.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mcny.org<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><em>Featured image: Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York; Photograph by Rob Stephenson<\/em><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; At offMetro, we embrace alternate means of transportation and biking might just be our favorite. New York City has more than 100 miles of protected bike lanes, helping to earn a spot as one of Bicycle Magazine\u2019s top 10 cycling cities.&nbsp; Bicycles have taken a major spot in a reconfigured landscape of urban mobility. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":65104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1868,750,829,315,969,754,1057,325,1614,752,1867],"tags":[40,177,381,293,483,18,175],"class_list":{"0":"post-65101","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-travel-type","8":"category-bike-2","9":"category-culture-2","10":"category-day-trips","11":"category-locations","12":"category-manhattan-2","13":"category-museums-culture-2","14":"category-new-york","15":"category-off-the-press","16":"category-subway-2","17":"category-transit-type","18":"tag-art","19":"tag-bike","20":"tag-biking","21":"tag-budget-friendly","22":"tag-family-friendly","23":"tag-museum","24":"tag-subway"},"acf":[],"mv":{"thumbnail_id":65104,"thumbnail_uri":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cycling-in-the-City_MCNY_Installation-Image-1_Rob-Stephenson-e1556291942383-350x194.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}