David Damiecki operates CyclePlanet, a taxi service in New York City, using a ZEM. Here is a report by a customer: So the two of us got in the front seats and he was behind us. We passed on the helmets (didn’t wanna be all wimpy) and buckled into our seats. He showed us his watch to mark the time and off we went. We all were peddling. Straight thru Times Square. Everyone on the street was looking at us and taxi bike guy was [...]

Philadelphia Doubles Police Bicycle Patrols “The city has nearly doubled the number of police officers on bicycle patrol in an attempt to discourage street-corner drug deals. The 94 new bicycle officers are members of the Narcotics Strike Force who volunteered for bicycle duty and underwent 40 hours of training, bringing the number of bicycle officers citywide to 200.”

From: The Dursley Gazette 21st October 1893 “Mr. M. Pedersen of Dursley, with that ingenuity for which he is known, has recently constructed a safety bicycle of remarkable character. It’s weight is only nineteen pounds and the maker has tested the strength in an extraordinary way, he having ridden it up Whiteway (a very steep hill) in Dursley.” But he wasn’t happy with the saddle and so a few years later he designed a bicycle of even more remarkable character; a bike which is still [...]