It´s been a bumpy 200-year ride for NYC´s historically hated bikes
(New York Post Local News)

It was in 1819, 200 years ago, that bicycles first arrived in Manhattan. That means two centuries of brutal battles over what proper physical and social space they deserve. Whether they have been used for exercise, pleasure, transportation or work, bicycles have been the object of scrutiny over and over. Caught between pedestrians and later...