Well, That was Interesting

[Andy Tarpinian]

On Aug 13, 2008, at 6:17 PM, Niall Munnelly wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 10:38:57PM +0200, Jay Vaughan wrote:
>>
>> i'm loving the hills of vienna + my bike these days, its a good
>> setup.  bike is breaking down though, cheap junk, and i gotta work  
>> out
>> what to do next year i suppose.  gonna swim all winter too.
>
> Wherever I move next will be a bike-friendly town.  Ireland
> is not bike-friendly {and that's official, coming from the
> minister for transportation}.  Chicago wasn't great, but was
> mostly doable if you stuck to less-trafficked roads.  The
> winters are horrible for biking, though.  I know people who
> do it, but fuck that, it's white-knuckle riding all the way.

I would say NYC is bike friendly. We have wonderful greenways along  
the coasts of the island as well as clear routes through the streets,  
every day it seems like I see a new bike lane painted in a new area.  
That's not to say it's not dangerous to a certain extent. When riding  
alone I tend to ride everywhere, not paying much attention to where  
the paths are, but I use'em if I see'em. You just have to be hyper  
aware of what's going on, like opening car doors, drunk people and  
don't take no sh*t from cabbies who turn into you ;P

Seriously though if I was the mayor I would make a major initiative to  
get more people transporting themselves on bikes. It would do so much  
for the city.