Commuter Profiles

Thinking about cycling to work?  Get advice from bicycle commuters we have profiled in the T.A. magazine:

• A Day on the M8: T.A. talks with bus-riders about impending service cuts.
• Jill Smith works in publishing and commutes from Brooklyn to Lower Manhattan.
• Bahiyyih Comeau, a health store clerk who commutes from Brooklyn to the East Village.
• Leah Strock, a nurse practitioner who commutes from the Lower East Side to Union Square.
• Kate Mikuliak, a Community & Policy Aide who commutes from South Williamsburg to the Lower East Side.
• Kim Graves, a woodworker who commutes around NYC from Brooklyn.
• J. Daniel Gonzalez, a grad student who commutes from Gowanus, Brooklyn to throughout the city.
• Heidi and Rachel, two filmmakers who commute from Chinatown and Chelsea to Tribeca.
• Carl Jameson, a U.S. Customs Agent who commutes from the south side of Prospect Park to JFK airport.
• Joshua Benson, an urban planner who commutes from Clinton Hill, Brooklyn to Tribeca, Manhattan.
• Mary Libby, an International Representative at Christie's who commutes from 74th and Park to Rockefeller Plaza
• Sandra Evangelina Garcia, a student-intern who bike commutes from the Bronx to Houston Street in Manhattan and to work in Brooklyn
• The Strike Bikers, the thousands of New Yorkers who commuted by bicycle during the 3-day December 2005 transit strike
• Josue Cedeno, a business analyst who bike commutes from Greenpoint, Brooklyn to Tribeca, Manhattan over the Williamsburg Bridge
• Gwendolyn Moore, a self-employed public accountant who bike commutes from Brooklyn to Manhattan over the Manhattan Bridge
• Daniel L. Doctoroff, the Deputy Mayor of the City of New York who bike commutes from the Upper West Side to City Hall
• The Brown Family, a family that bikes to soccer practice
• The Marzulli Family, a family that bike commutes to school from Chelsea to the Upper West Side via the Hudson River Greenway
• Zoe Ryder White, a kindergarten teacher who bike commutes from Park Slope to East Midtown  
• Sarah Oakes, a project manager for a general contractor who bike commutes from Williamsburg, Brooklyn to West Midtown
• Luis Fernando Quintero, a jeweler who bike commutes from Long Island City to the jewelry district in Manhattan via the Queensboro Bridge
• William Troper, a database programmer who lives in Englewood Cliffs, NJ and bike commutes to Valhalla via the GWB and Metro North
• Zester and Nayah Harper, a mother and daughter who live in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, and use bikes and scooters to run errands
• Jeff Jenkins, a Verizon technician who bike commutes from Staten Island to Lower Manhattan
• Rudy Buenafe, a computer programmer analyst who bike commutes from Bay Ridge, Brooklyn to Lower Manhattan
• Officer Tom Bluenke, a corrections officer who bike commutes from Staten Island to Manhattan via the Staten Island Ferry
• Katharine Clark, a theatre artist who bike commutes from Astoria to East Midtown, Chelsea and the Upper West Side
• Anita Prinz, a nurse who uses her bike to make house calls on the Upper East Side
• Bicycle Cherry, a group of women cyclists who bike commute to work from Greenpoint to Manhattan over the Williamsburg bridge
• Pascal and Mitch Abidor, a father and son who bike to work and school from Marine Park, Brooklyn
• Joel S. Seidenstein, a social studies teacher who bike commutes from Leonia, New Jersey to the Bronx via the George Washington Bridge
• Emily Chan, a map specialist for the New York Environmental Justice Alliance who bike commutes to Manhattan from Fort Greene via the Brooklyn Bridge
• Stephen Balser, an owner of an interior installations company who uses his bike to get around from jobsite to jobsite
• Mike Rahal, an intern with Sam Schwartz Co. who bike commutes from 22nd St. and Third Avenue to Broadway and Houston
• Rhonda Smith, a products development manager at GORP.com who bike commutes from 102nd between West End and Riverside to 19th between 5th and 6th Avenues
• Sheila Resari, a producer at GORP.com who bike commutes from 107th Street on the West Side to 19th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues
• Mark Granger, a project manager with the Superfund Project at the EPA who bike commutes from Washington Heights (181st Street) to Federal Plaza on Broadway
• Melody D'Arnell, a sales- and repairperson for antique jewelry who uses her bike to visit to clients from Midtown to Uptown Manhattan
• Josh Max, a freelance writer and guitarist who bike commutes from Park Slope, Brooklyn to Manhattan over the Brooklyn Bridge
• Frederica Johnson, a personal shopper who uses her bike to get to clients
• Preston B. Price, an assistant manager who bike commutes from Astoria, Queens to Downtown Manhattan
• Nick Malter, a fireman who bike commutes from Windsor Terrace to Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn
• Cordelia Rose, a museum registrar for the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum who bike commutes from Times Square to the Upper East Side via Central Park
• Shannon Slon Simon, the acting director for visitor services at the Museum of Television and Radio who bike commutes from the Upper West Side to Midtown via Broadway
• Bernie Brosk, a real estate broker from Gramercy Park who uses his bike to meet his clients
• Danny Lieberman, a project manager who bike commutes from the Lower East Side to Downtown Manhattan via the East River Bikeway
• Vincent Gallo, a filmmaker who uses his bike to get around Downtown Manhattan during his workday
• Zdenek Kriz, a lighting designer from Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, who bike commutes to wherever his job takes him in Manhattan
• Kathy Keane, an actor and bookkeeper from the East Village who bike commutes all over Manhattan
• Ariane van Buren, a negotiator for shareholder relations on environmental issues who bike commutes on the Upper West Side
• Richard E. Linde, an executive recruiter who bike commutes from the Upper West Side to the Upper East Side via Central Park
• Cheryl Colbeck, a chemical technician for Hunter College who bike commutes from Englewood, New Jersey to the Upper East Side via the George Washington Bridge
• Hilda Perez, a purchaser who bike commutes from Brooklyn to Soho via the Brooklyn Bridge
• Stephanie Wright, a legal secretary who bike commutes from Morningside Heights to Midtown via Central Park
• Michael Rosenthal, a video producer who bike commutes from the Upper West Side to Midtown
• Mark Consani, a supervising librarian for the New York Public Libraries who bike commutes from Yonkers to Harlem via the Broadway Bridge
• Cathy Wassylenko, a scenic designer and painter who bike commutes from Clinton Hill, Brooklyn to Midtown Manhattan
• Hillary C. Hedges, a venture capitalist who bike commutes from the West Village to Fort Lee, NJ via the George Washington Bridge
• Hal Ruzal, a manager at Bicycle Habitat who bike commutes from 204th Street to Soho.
• Ellen Fader, an advertising executive who bike commutes from the Upper East Side to Midtown West.
• Alexander Dupuy, a software developer who commutes from the Upper West Side to the 125th Street Metro North Station
• Sandy Gold, a teacher who bike commutes from West 72nd Street to Harlem
• Hugh Markoff, an options trader who bike commutes from the West Village to Liberty Street
• Bill Buchanan, a computer technician who bike commutes from the Upper East Side to Wall Street and then on to all his job sites