All

FYI, I did Hudson River Drive this morning (Tuesday) and ran into spraying. Wrote off for clarification and this just came in (read down for may earlier email):

Rob,

There was no tweet, because I hadn’t yet spoke with guys doing the spraying.  That’s done now, so here’s what you can expect.  The anticipated spraying schedule and location for the upcoming week will be posted on the website like the road closures.  This will normally happen on Fridays when maintenance emails their schedule to our webmaster, but no later than Sunday evening when our weekly email is sent.  During that week, we’ll then send out a confirming tweet the night before.   

Because of the Die-In tonight at Washington Square, our speaker and some of our members will be coming on the late side. Our program won’t start until at least 7:30 and maybe later. Please plan your arrival, food and drink accordingly.

With apologies for the late notice.

Peter

Special thanks to those who made New Paltz 2019 possible!

"... the limitations on the Hudson Line have been lifted.  Going forward, you can request weekend Bike Group Moves beyond Croton Harmon and up to Poughkeepsie.

The Harlem Line is still restricted.   Currently, there is no ETA on when the Harlem Line restriction will be lifted."

Hallelujah

Thank you to our contacts at Metro North

The forecast is for scattered thunderstorms and temperatures in the mid-90's on Saturday so we're moving the ride to Sunday.

We hope you can join us Sunday.

Yeah, the drunk didn't intend to kill the young girl...but he could and should have reasonably foreseen a consequence of his driving drunk.

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2019/07/05/beloved-female-football-player-17-killed-by-drunk-driver-in-florida/23764009/

(...not that we don't have enough of our own cyclists killed here in New York by asshole drivers to be upset and sorrowful about....)

The State Line Lookout C ride originally scheduled for Saturday has been moved to Sunday.

Joe Carasso

The New York Times published an article on July 3 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/03/nyregion/nyc-bicycling-deaths.html? about the deaths of three cyclists on the streets of New York in ten days. "...fatally hit by a truck"..."killed by a car." I wrote the following letter to the editor the Times saw fit to not print:

Hi all,

I signed up for the New Paltz trip but it's looking like I can't make the trip. If anyone is interested in a spot please let me know. Mendee Morgan 617-680-4417

Transportation Alternatives in partnership with Families for Safe Streets, Make Queens Safer, WE Bike NYC, and Uptown and Boogie Bicycle Advocacy presents a Mass Die In to protest the killing of cyclists on the streets of New York. We will demonstrate against the 15 fatalities of cyclists this year many of which were clearly poreventable through better street design. We will mourn, we will remember and we will make clear that the city has to provide safe streets for cyclists through design and enforcement.

We cannot accept the current epidemic of traffic violence.  Please join us. The life you help save may be your own.

When: Tuesday, July 9 at 6:30 (to 8 pm)

Where: Washington Square Park