News Stories mentioning the New York Scooter Club or its members
July, 2008
Gotham Gazette
Making Way for New York’s Scooter Surge
July 1, 2008
American Public Media Radio
Marketplace: Scooters pick up speed in the city
June 23, 2008
Fox 5: Good Day New York
Your Money: Scooter Sales (Video)
June 18, 2008
CNN American Morning, Headline News
Scooter Mania! (Video)
June 5, 2008
Good Morning Japan
NY Style: Scooters! (YouTube, in Japanese)
Rough English Translation
June 2, 2008
The New York Times: City Room
Scooters Grow in Popularity as Gas Prices Rise
May 21, 2008
The Wall Street Journal
Born to Be… Fuel Efficient!
May 20, 2008
The New York Times
Riding the Vespa S
May 13, 2008
My Urban Sherpa
Scoot on over!
April 16, 2008
NYPOST.COM
The Scoop on Scooters (Flash Video)
April 11, 2008
Gridskipper: The Urban Travel Guide
NYC Scooter Hotspots
April 7, 2008
New York Magazine
Scooter Boosters Face Congestion Tax, Too: Problem or Solution?
April, 2008
Urban Moto (San Francisco)
East Side/West Side: Scooting in New York (PDF Format)
East Side/West Side: Scooting in New York (JPG Format)
October 17, 2007
la Reppublica (Italy)
L’America viaggia in scooter; Tutti pazzi per la Vespa (Italian)
The scooter riding in America; All insane for Vespa (Rough English translation)
Photographs from the story
August 26, 2007
BBC News Online/BBC Radio
Are scooters the answer to NYC jams?
Listen to the BBC Radio report (MP3 format)
August 6, 2007
Channel 7 Eyewitness News (WABC)
Summary: Vespa is providing free summer parking for NYC scooterists
Watch the video (MySpace)
Watch the video (YouTube)
Read the article (7Online.com)
August 6, 2007
The New York Post
The Ride Stuff: Some City Professionals Trade Taxis, Trains for Vespas
July 13, 2007
The New York Times
For Those on Two Wheels, a Little Piece of New York Heaven (Archived)
December 8, 2006
French Morning NY
Le scooter débarque à New York (in French)
The scooter arrives in New York (Rough English translation)
Sept/Oct, 2006
RoadRUNNER Magazine
Two-Wheeled Tribes: New York’s Scooter Scene (HTML)
Two-Wheeled Tribes: New York’s Scooter Scene (PDF format)
September 17, 2006
The New York Times
“Scoot Over” Op Ed on parking issues by Neil Barton (Archived)
August 14, 2006 issue
New York Magazine
The Police War on the Scooter Menace
August 9th, 2006
METRO New York
Vespa riders grind gears on parking
July 9th, 2006
The New York Times
Cheap, Chic and Sociable: The Buzz About Scooters (Archived)
June 16th, 2006
Village Voice
The Mod Squad: The Rise of Scooter Clubs and Scooter Politics (Archived)
June 8th, 2006
Daily Candy
The Weekend Guide, New York Edition (Archived)
May 29th, 2006
CBS 2 News (WCBS)
Summary: Scooters can save you money at the pump
Watch the video (WCBS Site)
May 12th, 2006
Channel 7 Eyewitness News (WABC)
Summary: High gas prices are contributing to an NYC “scooter boom”
Watch the video (MySpace)
Watch the video (YouTube)
Watch the video (Windows Media - High Quality Download)
Read the transcript (7Online.com)
May 12th, 2006
Associated Press Story (carried on AP wire to multiple news outlets)
High Gas Prices Lead to U.S. Scooter Boom
