Some days it doesn't pay to be emissions free. Like on Earth Day, if you're in NYC.

According to the blog This is FYF," citing security concerns that bikes might be secret pipe bombs, NYPD officers clipped the locks of hundreds of bikes along Houston Street this morning in preparation for President Obama's speech at Cooper Union. The bikes were unceremoniously put in the back of the truck. Onlookers were not given information as to what would become of the bikes. Happy Earth Day!"

For pictures of the bike seizure, destruction of locks and chains, and more information, see here.