Category: commuting

Biking in Astoria

Bike Commuting 101

At the Queens Library on Broadway. Aug 8, 6:30PM. Saturday at 11AM at the library at 21-45 31st Street. Here’s the PDF flyer. Here’s my 101: Buy a bike with fenders and without quick release. Get a good lock or two. Bike. Everything else you can pick up as you go along.

A Craaazy Idea: Walk

The other day I did something crazy. I walked to work. Nothing against biking (though I kind of get out of the habit during all the snow), but I thought I’d walk. I’m not about to start a blog called Astoria Walk, but let you tell you something: Walking ain’t bad. This was a five-mile…
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Finally… Tax breaks for bike commuting!

One of my biggest pet peeves: drivers get my tax dollars for driving to work and I get nothing for biking. It’s changed! Just two weeks after the news broke, you read it here. (Amazing what other bike blogs will tell you.) Now don’t get too excited. It’s only $20 a month. But symbolically, I…
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