I arrived in Amsterdam today. I’m staying on a houseboat where I used to live. Being on the water is good for the soul. I’ve been away for more than a year, which is the longest I’ve ever been away. I was very happy to find my lovely Batavus Barcelona waiting for me. A little…
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Does anybody know how to bike from NYC to Newark? I figure taking across a ferry across the Hudson. But can one get from Jersey City area to Newark without going on a freeway? What’s the second choice? Staten Island and up? Or George Washington Bridge and down? I doesn’t have to be a pretty…
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I biked to Cobble Hill the other day. Has it been that long since I’ve been that way? There are minor but significant changes everywhere. New buildings. New pavement. New painted bikes on streets. Maybe I should leave my borough more. Coming from Astoria, it seemed like whole new city, and a more bike friendly…
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The Times reports: congestion pricing is dead. I hate Sheldon Silver even more than Peter Vallone Jr.
The other day I was bitching about biking and NYC and a trusted person said, no, the DOT had gotten much better. Like in the past year. He mentioned Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan as the reason and gave two examples: 1) they’re starting the judge traffic flow by people moved rather than cars moved. That…
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He voted against Congestion Pricing! He’s Astoria’s Representative in City Council. In other words, he’s my Alderman (I know we don’t call them that here, but that’s the Chicago in me. “Council member” has no Clout). Astoria Bike officially supports whoever runs against him. [Note: due to term limits, he won’t be running again… but…
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“I need a car,” a friend of mine declared a few days ago. I hate hearing this shit. If you live in New York City, you don’t “need” a car. I’m not a live-off-the-land kind of guy. I like living in urban civilization and paying taxes to support quality of life. I think we need…
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There’s a competition to design a better bike rack. I’m going to win. Here’s my submission: a parking meter. The resemblance to my middle finger is not an accident. The fact that it can be used for other fun non-bike related activities in only a plus. We don’t need a new bike rack. There are…
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It’s easy to commute by bike. Step one: Get a bike. Step two: Ride your bike to work. But just in case you can’t follow those steps, people actually offer classes on such things. I guess it’s a good thing, if it gets more people biking. Even though I can’t help but think it’s for…
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Cause I feel like shit. I love New York; I can take the subway. Even if it is slower than biking. Along with being able to read and see many more cute girls on the subway, I was wondering what to eat and thinking about the lack of food at home. Coming down the steps…
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