This would be way cool… if not exactly entirely necessary. The Randall’s Island Connector, part of the South Bronx Greenway, would run underneath an Amtrak trestle and create a new link to bike or walk between the South Bronx and Manhattan.
But that doesn’t mean we don’t love it! Check out this new tumbler blog.
Why, indeed? An interesting question proffered by The Week. Why is driving your vehicle such a good thing? Isn’t it better to not drive your vehicle. And why have we taken over the job of trucks and warehouses? That is, we used to have trucks to bring goods close to us. Now we buy mini…
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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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In Brazil. I wonder what will happen to the driver in another country.
Don’t change the name of the Queensboro Bridge to the Koch Bridge. It sounds nasty. Or, as Peter Vallone, Jr. says: “Mayor Ed Koch is truly a great man and deserving of an honor like this,” Mr. Vallone wrote, “but renaming a landmark so closely linked to our borough’s culture and history is not appropriate.…
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Representing my home borough (even though I’m not from here… and the line I’m quoting is actually talking about Brooklyn). Click through to read the text. The real reason Astoria might be so great is that, as I just found out, the best food cart in NYC may be here… and I haven’t even tried…
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It’s not just people who ride bikes who are suspicious. Check out this incredible 1919 map of “seditious” New York City ethnicities.
Just like New York, the driver wasn’t charged.
In the BBC.
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