511 New York is a new telephone and Web service that provides dynamic traffic, transit, and weather condition information.

We thought your readers might be interested in this new service.

You just call “511” (the call is free in New York state) or go to the Web site 511NY.org to get updates. The system is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

511NY also just launched 12 Twitter feeds covering individual regions and 9 feeds covering NYC subway lines. The Central Syracuse/Utica area, for example, has its own Twitter feed. You can access these individual feeds at twitter.511ny.org.

In addition to the traffic, transit and weather updates, the 511NY site offers a transit trip planner spanning multiple service providers with information on schedules, routes, fares and park-and-ride lots; carpool, vanpool and ride-share referrals; bicycling information and more.

That is all.

Take a look at Saturday’s Plugger comic and list all the things wrong with that picture.

Props to Jym Dyer.

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B Minus Designs will be giving away a couple of shirts through Cyclelicious. Watch for a contest early next week! In the meantime, check out their bicycle shirts here.

It looks like Lance Armstrong will race for Team Radio Shack in 2010.

I gotta say, I sure didn’t see that one coming. But we know it’s real because the website has a black and yellow theme.

In other Tour de France news, Fat Cyclist gives some quick commentary on Alberto Contador as he also writes about an enjoyable two hours with his wife.

A comment about fixed gear bikes — “They’re groomed like precious poodles.”

Seth Godin: Winning on the uphill.

Check out this grocery getter bike. Wow. It even folds. Via.

Is Sunday Streets the next Critical Mass?

It’s illegal to bike to school in James Kunstler’s hometown.

Bike Hugger: Disc brake conversion.

Tahoe Trail Building: “The Real Story.”

TdF Lawyer Lips.

WIRED: Saddlebags are about to become the next big bike fashion.

WIRED Gadget Lab builds a fixed gear bike.

Bicleta Bandita rants about commercialization of fixed gear culture.

Gizmodo: Garmin vs HTC in the TdF.

Yehuda: Tradition.

Nippleworks: 650 area code is road cycling haven.

CPSC recalls exercise ellipticals because you might fall down.