I’m strangely satisfied that I can finally ride in painted bike lanes for a few blocks on my commute to work (on 28th and 29th Streets). It’s the first improvement to my bike commute since I moved to Astoria seven years ago. Yesterday I biked from home to Williamsburg and then to Manhattan. You know,…
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I had to bike up to 187 Street in the Bronx yesterday. In the giant jigsaw puzzle of this city, I got to fill in a few more pieces in my mental map! Every time I head north, which isn’t too often, I’m often amazed by, what are they called… Hills! In New York! Ride…
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I kind of resolved to write fewer bitching and complaining posts a while back. I mean, it’s just too easy to whine about what’s wrong. It’s hard to make things better. Haven’t written too much since then, I can’t help but notice. Yesterday I had $46 burning a whole in my pocket for a ticket…
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Wow. Too good to be true. 42nd St to 47th St. The city plans to close several blocks of Broadway to vehicle traffic through Times Square and Herald Square, an experiment that would turn swaths of the Great White Way into pedestrian malls and continue Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s effort to reduce traffic congestion in…
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Here’s an easy way to send a letter to the Man. Kent Ave, if you don’t know, is the street you’re always riding down on the Brooklyn Waterfront in Williamsburg. It’s the street that some in the Hasidic community are trying to control. When you get the form letter, feel free to change parts as…
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Make your own bike lanes! URS Rocks. Here’s the whole manual. Please apply to Astoria and NYC. These guys also have a blog. Meanwhile I’m turning on the giant bat-light-like bike-light on my roof to encourage more action like this. Save us, Urban Repair Squad. We need you!
Once again, he’s spot on: Bike lanes are a contentious issue in the earnest and dorky world of bicycle advocacy. Some people feel that safe and protected bike lanes are the key to getting more people cycling. Others feel bike lanes are dangerous places to ride, and simply lull riders into a false sense of…
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Of course not. But with my ear to the ground, I do hear some footsteps of improvements. This plan for (Manhattan’s) Broadway (all of 7 blocks). And a few car-free “Summer Streets.” And unrelated, I bought a bicycle drink holder for my friend who likes walking down (Astoria’s) Broadway with a gin and tonic in…
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The NYPD has implemented an innovative, some would even say brilliant, approach to keep motorized traffic from driving in bike lanes. It’s called Operation Barrier. And since the NYPD’s trial run on Fulton Street in Brooklyn, reported incidences of cars illegal driving in the bike lane have dropped to zero. Outstanding! Keep up the good…
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The Triborough bridge just got better! Much better. Like so many blog writers, I bitch a lot. But then there’s a lot about which to bitch when biking in NYC. So it’s great to see something better (especially just days after I complained that nothing was better). I was riding to West End Ave and…
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