Month: November 2012

Biking in Astoria

Astoria Bookshop! Woo Hoo!

Coming soon… an honest to God real bookstore in Astoria. Shocking, I know. But true!

Change to Broadway (Manhattan) Bike Lane

Seems like a good idea, at least on this stretch of road. Even though there’s nothing like a separated bike lane, what good is it if you can’t use it? Though seems like a two-way bike path might do a better job of keeping pedestrians off.

MTA Recovery Map

And here’s the MTA map as of Nov 1. Brooklyn and Queens and Northern Manhattan are now connected again via Jamaica/Sutphin Blvd!

Biking in the City

There’s a good suggestion I heard to bike of the Triboro Bridge into Manhattan. It’s little used by pedestrians. What I don’t get is how come when the bridge turns into a parking lot for cars, all the moving traffic (bike and peds) get’s crammed into one lane and the most efficient way of moving…
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