“Traffic accidents are down year-to-date. However, bicycle accidents are up 2.7 percent,” McCarthy said. The worst precinct for accidents involving bikes is the 90th, which covers Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood and saw 113 accidents through September 23. This was also the most deadly precinct for cyclists last year. Central Park comes in second, with 98 accidents so far this year — 91 of them involving a motor vehicle hitting a bike, and seven where a bike hit a pedestrian.

Tomorrow is the day of our first Fall Foliage ride, to Peekskill via Croton Dam.  Here are a few things to be aware of if you are riding this route tomorrow.

A fun Friday mini-adventure, with entry to a paradise of smoked fish! My $45 budget (a fortune at present) got me a half-full backpack of herring in wine sauce (64 oz, plus some Finnish tidbits), a pound each of salmon and trout, and an incredibly tasty whitefish salad that is already half gone.

The Brooklyn Bridge was almost tolerable on this cool cloudy morning. We saw some awesome automotive bottlenecks out there, which for me began with Comic-Con at the Javitz. I figured something was up when I saw crowds of adult men crossing 34th St. in superhero costumes.

Unnoticed was that all three trippers had names with "ara" in the first two syllables.

Thank you Yehudit for this wonderful morning!

I'm planning to do the Putnam/North County/South County Trailway ride to the Bronx this weekend or next (yes, I know, I just missed this very ride).  Would somebody be good enough to pass along either a cue sheet or directions to the Putnam Trailway from the Brewster Metro North station along with lunch suggestions -- thanks!

http://transportationnation.org/2012/10/11/ny-city-council-passes-new-le...

Bicycle Renaissance .... 50% OFF SALE for WOMEN and MEN .... Rain jackets, shorts, etc .... until Christmas ... 430 Columbus Avenue (212) 724-2350 .... Since 1996 I've been a customer and loved this shop mostly because of female owner, Yulan Yuling ... I have many items purchased here since 1998, including my bicycle :)

Does anyone have a recommendation for a really good sports medicine podiatrist or somebody who can deal with acute Achilles tendonitis? 

At a meeting last night DOT announced that they plan to start re-painting the roadway in Central Park on Monday October 22nd !  It needs to be done before the weather changes and it becomes too cold to paint.(due to paint characteristics)