Welcome to Biking Rules, your guide to cycling in New York City, brought to you by Transportation Alternatives.

Biking Rules is a new 'Street Code' for NYC cyclists, following the simple principle that our responsibility to others on the street increases in relation to our potential to cause harm.

With Biking Rules, NYC cyclists are taking the lead to create safer, saner streets. We need your help in making this Street Code catch on. Click here to find out more.


T.A.'s Bicycle Ambassadors provide a positive face for the fast-growing number of New Yorkers who are choosing bicycles to get around town. The Bicycle Ambassadors promote safe cycling throughout the five boroughs during the non-winter months through community organizing and outreach.

Join the call for more bicycling by signing on to the New Yorkers for Bicycling Declaration and spread the word to your friends! You can be a bike ambassador too by speaking up for safer bicycling in the Big Apple!

Request a T.A. Bike Ambassador

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Bike Friendly Businesses are helping to encourage NYC's fastest growing form of transportation: bicycling. Why? NYC business owners know that a growth in bicycling helps support a thriving network of small businesses on a neighborhood scale. Traffic calmed streets that prioritize walking and biking and include amenities such as pedestrian plazas have proven in cities the world over to boost local retail sales by 10-25 percent. By participating in the Bike Friendly Business Campaign, NYC cyclists and business owners are working together to create and encourage safe cycling and healthy businesses.

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