Message Board
Correct hand signals while cycling. (One you didn't know and likely won't be able to use.)
Re: New Protected Bike Lanes in Eastern Queens
Hello! Transportation Alternatives and the Eastern Queens Greenway activist group have been working hard to improve the cycling infrastructure in Eastern Queens.
We would like to invite NYCC members to come out this Sunday, November 12th, at 12 noon for a Celebration Ride & Party for our new protected bike lane on Northern Boulevard in Bayside/Douglaston! The ride is only 8 miles long, so it's beginner friendly! We will meet at PEAK Bikes near the Douglaston LIRR station (42-42 235th Street). The ride is sponsored by PEAK Bikes, the Transportation Alternatives Eastern Queens Committee, Douglaston Village Chamber of Commerce and the Douglaston Local Development Corp.
the New York Cycle Club joins Transportation Alternatives
I am pleased to announce at our recent board of director’s meeting, the officers of the Club voted overwhelmingly to join Transportation Alternatives.
I can find no record in past minutes of board meetings, no memory of any members, no evidence anywhere the NYCC had ever been a member of Transportation Alternatives. I am proud to be a part of the board that made this happen for our members.
Any action that improves bicycle life in our city; having the barriers on the West Side Bike Path moved so they are not a hazard to cyclists, improved bicycle access to the GW Bridge, miles and miles and miles of bicycle lanes in our city – it’s a safe bet TA had a hand in any action that has made our life in our backyard better.
Party Party Party (Holiday Party Dec 5)
It's that great time of year..... holiday season. We have a great party at Carraghers planned for you. This year we will be providing not just cocktail time, but dinner too. Sign up before Nov 27 when prices go up:
Tonight @ 6:30: A movie that recreates (after a fashion) the 1928 Tour de France
Regal Union Square 850 Broadway at 13th St.
Supposedly only ten tickets left. It may be they have to be bought online: https://tickets.demand.film/event/2347
Saving our nabes from “Olive Gardenification”
Tomorrow night, Thursday, November 9th, 6:30-8:30 PM, Brotherhood Synagogue, 28 Gramercy Park South, NYC:
For those who enjoyed architect (and ‘bentrider!) David Holowka’s Usonia and Hugenot talks (on Neile Weissman’s rides), he says: “I'll be one of four panelists in a preservation conference tomorrow and will speak on the plague of facadism: http://hdc.org/featured/saving-our-architectural-treasures-and-our-history”
Look Keo Cleat problems
I've been riding Looks pedals for about 20 years and aside from the fact that they don't last very long, I haven't had many problems.
Keep your hands on the bars where they belong ...
38 North Jersey municipalities call on the Port Authority to widen the GWB paths
38 North Jersey municipalities, representing 650K residents from Bergen, Hudson and Passiac, have called on the PA to widen the GWB paths as part of the $1.9 billion reconstruction. - Mayor & Counci
AIA Presentation on GWB SGR Project 11/21
For those of you who are architects like me, and/or missed big presentation at last month's NYCC Meeting, here's another chance to hear in depth on the Port Authority's Plan for the new bike paths: