Month: May 2013

Biking in Astoria

Citibike Rocks

The missus and I got our key fobs on Friday, just in the nick of time, and rode around today. There is something a bit silly about paying to take a subway to ride a free bike when we’ve got a few two-wheelers sitting around right here at home… but anyway… The bikes are great.…
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Lynne Serpe for City Council District 22

The good news is that our next City Council Representative will be an improvement because it won’t be Peter Vallone Jr. That’s great news. But it doesn’t mean we’ll have a good person in City Hall. Much less a good person who actually cares about bikes, pedestrians, and mass transit. And with no incumbent in…
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Bikes and Peds

I understand pedestrians don’t want to get run over by bikes. In truth most bikes don’t want to hit pedestrians. So it’s a disservice–even dangerous–to simply have crosswalks cut through bike paths with nothing telling the pedestrian to look for bikes. The city generally just tells bikes to yield to pedestrians. I’m not against this.…
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Read a book

Why? Because it’s good for you. Builds character. Be real cool and read it in actual book form. Be super real cool and do so while riding your bike. Here’s the book: In the City of Bikes: The Story of the Amsterdam Cyclist. It’s by Pete Jordan. You may know him from Dishwasher fame. I…
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The Pedestrian–Cyclist Armistice

Slate has all the answers. If I could add just one more for pedestrians: don’t cross against the light without looking for bikes. Green means go, even for bikes.

An Astoria Bookshop!

Finally… A real book store in Astoria! Astoria Bookshop will be opening its doors at 31-27 31st Street. I can’t wait. For those who don’t know, Astoria had a bookstore until 2011. But Seaburn Books was a horrible bookstore (not withstanding the fact that Sam, the owner, is a swell guy). There was very little…
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