I can never adequately repay the New York Transit Workers Union for going on strike in April 1 1980, thereby leading me to ride a bike for the first time in my adulthood (except for a 3-week dalliance in 1975 in Los Angeles with Trisha, who was a cyclist and whom I thought I could beguile my way into her heart and, not incidentally, her bed were I to cycle with her).

This goes back to 2017, if not earlier. From: Sanjay Thakrar, CEO at Euro Exim Bank Ltd. 

Author, age 79, was hit by cars twice making right turns while she was in the bike lane

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCKTGIjafQU

From 7:49 to 9:25

NBC News Reporter doing a story on the uptick of cycling during these difficult times is looking for someone to comment on how he/she is riding more to avoid crowds, biking to work, or even just started cy

I was looking at the NYCC group on Strava. It seems to me the group is wide open and there seems to be many people in this group who are not memebers of NYCC. I notced rides in the netherlands, India, etc.  This group should be for the NYCC members. I think the administrator should make the group private and look thru the group and delete persons who are not members. I adminster my company's group on strava and if someone want to join I get an email to approve. 

We were able to sit with them at lunches and dinner during this event.  Greg rode with Joan on our tandem and wearing NYCC apparel.

Photos and souvenirs of that experience are on exhibit in our mini bike  & travel museum in Piermont

go to NYCC.org  then INFO Members Archives  print bulletin May 1999

The thing that stands out is how different Manhattan was not so long ago. 

Elevated trains on avenues that today are open to the sun made the difference of night and day, literally. As anyone who has cycled on Broadway to its bridge knows, the world around elevated trains is always in your face. Real estate alongside and for some distance away is now open and airy. This has a bit of the feel of trying to imagine what the world was like when dinosaurs walked the earth, but in our own city.

2nd, 3rd and 6th Avenues, now upscale, were dominated by massive infrastructure. This is not the same city is once was for the abscene of it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_3F32mPZvY

https://www.bicycling.com/culture/a31913269/cyclist-diagnosed-with-coronavirus/

Hello humans!

To maintain camaraderie during these dark days, the club will present virtual webinars, similar to the monthly club meetings with guest speakers, question & answer, and a raffle conducted over the videoconference software Zoom.

The first webinar will be held this Tuesday March 31, at 6:00 p.m.  Guest speakers will be the "War on Cars" podcasters, who will be discussing New York's City's response to the coronavirus lockdown in terms of transportation and public space, as well as the broader implications of the virus for biking and urban life. You can learn more about the War on Cars, and listen to their podcasts, at this link.