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In the past few years, New York City has installed bicycle lanes across the city in an effort to become more “bike-friendly.” But how devoted is the city when it comes to investing in resources necessary to investigate crimes perpetrated against the city’s biking population? Not very, as the case of Brooklyn bicyclist Michelle Matson illusttrates. In October 2010, Matson was biking with her boyfriend when she was hit from behind by a four-door sedan. The driver fled the scene, and Matson was left immobile in the street; she spent the next few months recuperating from a broken leg and other serious injuries. Even though police found the hit-and-run vehicle, and Matson cooperated with police, no one has been arrested. The article provides other examples of bicycle accidents in which the perpetrators were never brought to justice, suggesting that cases like Matson’s are fairly common.