Chapter 16 Recommendations

AGENCIES

Mayor's Office

Create bike pools for city workers for appropriate freight hauling and for transportational on-the-job use; employ unclaimed bikes obtained from regular police auctions (after making appropriate repairs).

Institute policy reimbursing city workers for use of private bicycles on city business, at same rates applied to use of private auto.

Establish regular no-driving days (e.g., Wednesdays) on which visible public officials (mayor, commissioners) bike-commute, walk or use transit.

Accelerate the phasing out of city cars by city agencies, particularly for “take-home” use (i.e., if employee truly needs car for agency work, it should be picked up and returned daily to a motor pool).

Charge fee for now-free city parking, while adding free bicycle parking.

Eliminate preferred curbside parking areas for private cars used for commuting by city employees.

As an incentive for City commissioners, permit each agency to retain money it saves from eliminating official cars, agency fleets, etc.

NYC Dept. of Transportation

Expand DoT street-cut inspector bicycle program.

Implement new inspector-on-bike programs for parking ticketing, vehicle-idling enforcement and other applicable uses.

NYC Police Department

Expand NYPD's uniformed police-on-bikes program.

NYC Housing Authority

As appropriate, expand the authority's police-on-bikes program.

NYC Department of Sanitation

Deploy human-powered cargo cycles in the expanding curbside recycling program.