Whereas the idea of Bike To Work Day could also be out of date, right here in New York Metropolis we’re nonetheless observing it:
So how is the DOT encouraging folks to journey bicycles to work? By not ending the Hudson River Greenway, apparently:
That is precisely the route I exploit for my very own commute (or would if it had been open) , so I’d wish to go on document by saying this Peter Freed man is completely right:
And sure, perhaps complaining about how town is definitely fixing one thing for you reeks of the “entitlement” of which cyclists are all the time being accused, however I ask you, when the hell did entitlement change into a grimy phrase, anyway?
Right here’s the definition of entitlement:
And what’s so fallacious with that? Are we not supposed to face up for our rights? Ought to we not get what we deserve? You realize what they name individuals who don’t demand all of the issues to which they’re entitled? They name them losers–or typically Canadians.
Sorry, Canadians.
[“Not a problem.” — A Canadian]
However hey, a minimum of these entitled Queensites will lastly get their separate bike and pedestrian paths on the Queensboro Bridge:
As I recall this was presupposed to occur years in the past, however apparently the mayor wanted to be “absolutely briefed:”
In his protection it’s laborious to get a full briefing once you maintain strolling away whereas individuals are speaking to you.
In any case, the separate paths are approach overdue, as a result of anyone who makes use of this bridge is aware of it’s an entire shitshow (in the event you’ll excuse the urbanist jargon). In actual fact, it’s so dangerous it even bought Streetsblog to confess we had a “moped disaster:”
Although perhaps issues wouldn’t be so dangerous if folks already knew the solutions to easy questions like this:
All people is aware of descending riders ought to yield to climbing riders…although admittedly it’s not so easy, since folks climbing on e-bikes and e-scooters and different types of e-mobility/e-crap are all the time passing folks on common bikes which implies in the event you’re descending on the bridge there’s just about all the time somebody in your path. I’ve all the time understood (maybe wrongly) the spirit of the rule is that it’s best to cede the correct of approach to the climber since they’re placing in quite a lot of work to keep up their momentum than you’re, and in the event that they should cease for you it’s lots tougher for them to get going once more. However when the climber has a motor that reasoning goes out the window, and also you’re solely yielding to them as a result of they’re too impatient to attend patiently behind somebody climbing and not using a motor.
However hey, I suppose it might be worse and you may stay in San Francisco, a metropolis that now generates dystopian headlines like this:
I believe I communicate for all of us after I say WHAT THE FUCK IS A ZOOX???
Effectively, right here’s your reply:
Bizarre, however little doubt it beats getting hit by an precise driver.
