Category: Pulaski Bridge

Biking in Astoria

Happy Pulaski Day!

Yes, it’s Casimir Pulaski Day! Think of Pulaski when you’re biking to Greenpoint. And think, too, why the bridge named in his honor, on a four-lane road, has six lanes for car traffic (more than 70 feet) while it squeezes bikes and pedestrians into less than one lane (seven feet).

Pulaski Bridge

There’s talk in T.A. Land about the Pulaski Bridge. I propose the following: A strong argument can and should be made to change one lane ofsouthbound car traffic into a bike lane. It could be done with thesimple installation of Jersey barriers. All the roads heading in the bridge are two lanes… and the bridge…
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