Month: March 2011

Biking in Astoria

Bike Under the Train

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.

Astoria is Ugly

But that doesn’t mean we don’t love it! Check out this new tumbler blog.

Why does the right wing hate trains?

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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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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Car plows through bikes

In Brazil. I wonder what will happen to the driver in another country.