NYC Century Bike Tour
15, 35, 55, 75 and 100 mile routes
Sept. 7, 2003

Register online today and save $15! Regular registration discounts end August 23rd.

Experience the world’s greatest city! Ride the 14th Annual NYC Century Bike Tour on September 7, 2003. 

Featuring a selection of distances (15, 35, 55, 75 or 100 miles) and magnificent views of New York's bridges, neighborhoods and parks.

NYCcentury.org

Come to the Volunteer Magazine Mailing Party, Wednesday, August 13th at 6 pm at the T.A. Office (115 West 30th, #1207)! Free beer, soda, pizza, snacks and scintillating conversation. 

8/3 Fighting Words on a Bike Path: 'Go Slow', The New York Times

7/27 Honk, if you like haikus, The Staten Island Advance

7/22 Unmitigated Joys of Valet Parking Experienced by Bicyclists, Covered by BikeTV, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle and Daily Bulletin

7/20 The Breeze in Your Face, the Screech of Your Brakes, The New York Times

7/16 Interview: Aaron Naparstek discusses dealing with road rage by writing honku, NPR

7/15 Dump the decibels? The Morning Call

7/11 Dangerous Design Is Tough To Solve, Newsday

7/11 The Bard of Clinton Street: Cleveland native puts road rage on the page with book of "honku," The Cleveland Jewish News

7/10 Palisades bike path possible, The Bergen Record

7/10 Won't take their toll: East River bridge plan bites the dust,
Daily News

7/10 Community Groups Attack DOT For Not Acting on Traffic Study, Brooklyn Heights Press & Cobble Hill News

7/8 Ban car alarms? They disrupt life & don't work, Daily News

7/7 Grand Army hazard: Prospect Pk. group pushes city to change hub, Daily News

7/7 Pedestrians, Cyclists Demand a Safer GAP, Park Slope Courier

More Quotes...

Graphic Designers

Transportation Alternatives is seeking designers for a number of brochures and newsletters. Projects include making a template for a simple, double-sided b/w newsletter; designing a folded 8½” x 14” brochure with color cover; and designing other flyers and forms. Each of these publications will reach a wide audience ranging from 5,000 to 10,000 people. To apply, please send resume, cover letter, payment expectation and samples (or a link to samples) of your work to Annie Hart at info@transalt.org.

Time on your hands? Eager to make a difference? T.A. needs folks who are retired, work part-time or between jobs to help our top-notch advocacy staff make the city a better place for bicyclists, pedestrians and transit riders.
Call 212-629-8080 or e-mail info@transalt.org.

Valet Bike Parking Volunteers Needed

Volunteer to provide valet bike parking at events throughout the year. Register online to express your interest in this opportunity.

T.A. still has two open internships: 

- Advocacy (work with T.A. program staff)
- Bicycle Advocacy

Please visit transalt.org/intern for more information.

Donations Wish List

Help cycling and walking and get a tax deduction. Donate to T.A. We need:

-Pentium II or better PCs
-Laptop computer (P 100+)
-Digital Camera
-Good chairs for conf. table or desks
-Computer Projector

Contact Matt: info@transalt.org

Do Your Part for Safer Streets!  Report:

Potholes and Hazards:
212-CALLDOT (hit 0 to speak with a human) or report them online at transalt.org/
hazard  

Sidewalk obstructions: Mayor’s Quality of Life Hotline at 888-677-LIFE/
5433

Read more about T.A.'s work to reduce street hazards at transalt.org/haz

Report Dangerous Cabs: 212-221-TAXI or report them online.

Read more about T.A.'s work to make cabs safer for pedestrians and cyclists at transalt.org/cabs

The T.A. Bulletin is a bi-weekly publication of Transportation Alternatives. The Bulletin has 23,000 subscribers.

Transportation Alternatives is a 5,000-member NYC-area non-profit citizens group working for better bicycling, walking and public transit, and fewer cars. We work for safer, calmer neighborhood streets and car-free parks. Join T.A. today!

August 6, 2003

New E-Bulletin Feature: "Letters"-- A sampling of the e-mail sent to T.A. is included after the last article. Please scroll down and take a look.

Mayor Pushes Manhattan Waterfront Greenway to Promote Bicycling 

Mayor Mike Bloomberg and Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff are pushing hard to complete the first phase of their vision of a waterfront greenway around all of Manhattan, which is intended to improve public access to the waterfront and increase opportunities to explore the city by bike.

Deputy Mayor Doctoroff

It's said the round-Manhattan route was inspired by Doctoroff's regular bike commute from the Upper West Side to City Hall along the Hudson. Whatever the motivation, it is very encouraging for bicyclists to see City Hall promoting a major bicycling project. (Now if we can only get Doctoroff to ride his bike across the East River bridges and fix some of the dangerous path entrances....)

The mayor's long term goal is to connect the existing greenways along much of the Hudson waterfront and Lower and Upper East Sides with waterfront paths. But the City acknowledges that this will take many years and up to $80 million. As a first step, City Hall is planning on creating a continuous bicycle route around the island, some of it one on-street and some of it off, by the end of August.

Most of the City's bicycle planners have been assigned to the project. They have worked feverishly to overcome agency turf battles and NIMBY sentiment at some community boards to carve out new car-free paths and on-street lanes from parking lots, storage areas and abandoned sidewalks. The planners' work has paid off for the bicycling and walking public as four miles of new car-free paths, at least six new on-street bike lanes, new bicycle access to John Finley Walk (which runs along the East River from 81st to 90th Streets in Carl Schurz Park) and new "share the path" signs and markings on all of the existing greenway.

On the whole, it is an impressive slate of new bicycle routes and a major expansion of the bicycle network in Northern Manhattan. The exciting thing is that this is just the beginning of the bicycle and waterfront improvements that this project promises. This said, City Hall officials counsel the public to be patient. They note that because of the massive reconstruction of the Harlem River bridges, the Harlem River Greenway will be closed until 2013. They also point to the expense and complication of building new pathways at the United Nations, the old Con Edison site at East 38th street and a myriad of other sites.

Coming this August from the Manhattan Waterfront Greenway Project 

New and improved paths 

• Hudson River Greenway behind Riverbank State Park from 135th to 145th Street. 
• Henry Hudson Drive from 181st Street to Dyckman (repaved and reopened).
• Harlem River Speedway from Dyckman to 155th Street. 
• John Finley Walk on the East River from 81st to 90th Street in Carl Schurz Park.
• FDR service road (southbound) from 25th Street to 30th Street. 
• FDR from Stuyvesant Cove to East River Park (15th Street to 12th Street). 
• East River Park to Lower Manhattan East River Greenway (intersection improvement).

New lanes 

• Seaman from Dyckman to 218 Street (two-way). 
• Dykman Street from Henry Hudson to Harlem River Drive. 
• 12th Avenue (below Henry Hudson Parkway viaduct) from 125th to 135th Street (northbound only). 
• Cross-town on 120th and 119th Streets between St. Nicholas and the East River Esplanade. 
• 54th Street between Sutton Place and First Avenue and 55th Street between Sutton Place and Second Avenue. 
• FDR Service Road and adjacent parking lots from 35th Street to existing greenway at 25th Street.

Signed On-Street Connections 

• East River Greenway (at Old Slip) to southern end of Hudson River Greenway (at Battery Place). 
• Sutton Place, 54th to 60th Streets.

Thank the mayor for pushing this big-time bicycle improvement. Send this fax today!

Speeding Still Rampant in Central and Prospect Parks 

A month after T.A. publicized a study showing that 23% of motorists in Central Park drive more than 10 mph over the speed limit, a spot check with a radar gun shows that speeding is still rampant in Central and Prospect Parks.

On July 2, T.A.'s Car-Free Central Park Committee held an early morning action at 66th Street and Park Drive West, Just South of Tavern on the Green [ press release | NY1 coverage of this event ]. They were joined by Jesus Martinez, a promising amateur bicycle racer who was hit by a speeding car and had part of one foot severed in 1998 while training in the park.

An extensive radar study of traffic on Central Park's loop drive by T.A found 90% of motorists there exceed the 30 mph speed limit. Of those, 23% speed at 10 mph or more over the 30 mph legal speed limit. The average speed in the park is 36 mph.

Ken Coughlin, Chair of Transportation Alternatives' Car-Free Central Park Committee noted that speeding has been a problem in the park for decades and that, despite years of complaints, police speed enforcement is limited and ineffective. "Of course the police should enforce the speed limit in Central Park. But they have their hands full and there will never be enough cops to permanently stop speeding in Central Park. The clear answer to this ongoing safety crisis is to make Central Park car-free. Cars and Central Park do not mix. Cab drivers and other motorists treat the park drive like a Grand Prix course. Putting thousands of joggers, cyclists and skaters in a recreation lane inches away from these speeding cars is a recipe for disaster."

Radar Speed Study 

Using the same kind of radar gun as many police departments as well as standard traffic engineering sampling methods, Transportation Alternatives measured the speeds of 850 vehicles on Central Parks loop drive on five weekdays in June. (For the full speed study, click here.)

Speed % of Drivers Under 30 mph 9.5% 31-34 mph 22.9% 35-39 mph 45.1% 40-44 mph 18.5% 45+ mph 4%

Findings 

• The posted speed limit in Central Park is 30 mph.
• The average speed is 36 mph.
• 90% of motorists exceed the legal speed limit. 
• 67% exceed the speed limit by 5mph or more.
• 22.5% exceed the speed limit by 10mph or more.
  

Read more about the car-free Central Park and Prospect Park campaigns.

T.A. Launches Safe Routes for Seniors in Northern Manhattan

With funding and support from the New York State Department of Health's "Healthy Heart Program," and in cooperation with the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and Mailman School of Public Health, T.A. is starting a major new five-year program to improve walking conditions and safety for seniors in Manhattan north of 110th Street. The five-year program is modeled on T.A.'s innovative "The Bronx Safe Routes to School," which won traffic calming improvements at six Bronx schools, extensive plans for pedestrian improvements at 32 more schools and inspired New York City to launch a $2.5 million "Safe Schools" project to traffic calm the area around 135 schools.

Northern Manhattan is a dangerous place for pedestrians, and seniors and children are the most vulnerable walkers. According to crash mapping done by T.A. using State DMV records, northern Manhattan's pedestrian crash rate is about 50% higher than the city average. Furthermore, seniors, defined as people age 65 and older, are about 15% of northern Manhattan's population but account for 36% of pedestrian fatalities. Children are 20% of the area's population and account for 49% of pedestrian injuries. Mapping also shows that children and seniors in the area tend to be struck at the same dangerous streets and intersections.

T.A.'s goal is to work with leaders from seniors groups, service providers and some schools to win pedestrian safety improvements in a two block area around 12 senior centers, major destinations and schools. These improvements include neckdowns, raised crosswalks, speed humps, longer crossing times and pedestrian head starts (or Leading Pedestrian Intervals). An estimated 150,000 pedestrians will benefit from these improvements.

Job Notice: Project Director for Safe Seniors and Schools 

Transportation Alternatives seeks a full-time Project Director to manage our new Safe Routes for Seniors community-based planning and advocacy program in northern Manhattan. The project involves extensive outreach and consensus building with seniors groups and service providers, community leaders, elected officials, the Department of Transportation and the Police Department. Read the detailed project description at transalt.org/campaigns/seniors/
healthheartexec.pdf   and transalt.org/campaigns/seniors/
healthheartprop.pdf.

Submit resumes and cover letters to info@transalt.org. 

Higher Penalties For Wayward Trucks in NYC

Starting November 2, truckers who stray from designated truck routes will face higher fines and points on their drivers license. A new law sponsored by State Senator Marty Golden and Assemblyman Joe Lentol (both of NYC) will raise minimum fines for a first violation from $50 to $200 and maximum fines from $100 to $500 while the maximum fine for repeat offenders will be raised from $300 to $2,000 plus points. Previously, truckers incurred no points, and the low fines did little to keep truckers on routes.

Read more about trucks.

Judge Orders Police to Stop Parking Cars on City Park 

As part of a larger decision requiring the Police Department to conduct an environmental assessment of the impacts of closing Park Row to motor vehicles and pedestrians, State Supreme Court Judge Walter B. Tolub, ordered the police to stop parking their cars in James Madison Park, a small park adjacent to headquarters, by December 31 unless the department gets legislative approval. The Police Department had argued that the measure was only temporary and was necessary because of a severe parking shortage near One Police Plaza. "Parks are created as pleasure grounds and set apart for the recreation of the public," the judge wrote in an 18-page opinion late Monday. "Parks are not created to provide free parking." The Police Department has faced much public criticism for regularly parking its vehicles on sidewalks, bike lanes and bus lanes.

62 Token Booths to Close 

The MTA announced that 62 token booths will close by the end of the year. The news is of special interest to bicyclists, parents with strollers and other subway riders with bulky objects, all of whom will be inconvenienced. No one likes to bring oversized objects on the subway, but being able to do so provides an important option for cyclists coping with a mechanical failure or bad weather and for others who do not own a car or cannot afford a cab. The subway system's flexibility is one reason that a majority of New Yorkers are able to do without a car.

Read more about transit.

Letters

A small sampling of the e-mail T.A. receives

Pedestrian Death Sign on 40th Street & Park

I wonder if your organization was involved in championing the "Pedestrian Died Here" signs on the Park Ave. median. If not, do you know who was behind it? 

Thank you,
Submitted anonymously

T.A. Response: Thank you for your letter. We believe that the DOT Safety unit posted this sign and others like it on Queens Boulevard. We would like to see the DOT fix the dangerous conditions rather than posting signs telling pedestrians to be wary.

Fading Brooklyn Bridge Stencils 

Two to three weeks ago, I saw a DOT crew painting over faded stencils on the approach to Tillary Street. Unfortunately, it looks like they stopped after doing only a couple. The paint on the Manhattan-side approach and the bridge itself is now dangerously faded. The line isn't very visible, and the pedestrian/bicycle icons are now pretty much gone in most places. It's a bad situation--tourists wander all over the bridge, blissfully unaware of the fact that they're risking a serious collision with bicycle riders trying to get by. This morning alone I was nearly involved in three separate collisions (all required me coming to a full stop) with tourists who were not aware of their situation, and ignored repeated honking and calls to "please watch the bike line!" 

Not only do the lines and icons need re-painting, but there's not enough signage/painting for the bridge--with icons every several hundred feet, they're too easy to miss--they should be painted every 50-100 feet. Signs pointing out bicycle/ped lanes only exist at the bridge-ends, and no mention is made of the fact that both pedestrians and bicyclists need to be aware of the fact that there is a great difference in speed between the two--caution is raised when people understand the risks. Keep up the good work--you've made a great difference in this city! 

Sincerely, 
Peter L.

T.A. Response: Peter, thank you for your letter. The DOT needs to have a regular schedule for remarking the Brooklyn Bridge promenade. It's ridiculous that it takes public prodding and embarrassment in the newspaper to get the agency to attend to this routine safety work. T.A. has been on the DOT's case about this for months now and we will keep on it until it re-marks the path.

No Cycling on Central Park Paths? 

I've been riding my bike in Central Park for over 30 years and never noticed "No Bicycles on Pathways" signs until a year or so ago. I'm aware that some bikers can't seem to understand that a pathway is for ambling and NOT speeding but to ban everybody (I never speed unless I'm on the CP roadways) seems a drastic measure. Has TA taken a position on this and if it is against the banning is there a petition to sign? 

Thanks, 
Dirk

T.A. Response: Thank you for your letter. T.A. has not advocated on this issue. As you know, our political energies in Central Park are spent advocating for a car-free loop drive. This said, one solution might be allowing bicycles on the paths and posting "Go Slow" and "Respect Others" signs as in Riverside Park. This, combined with some enforcement of the reckless cycling laws, could work. Alternatively, maybe some wide crosstown paths could be designated as shared paths as a pilot program. This is a tough one for us because many pedestrians feel very strongly that bicyclists are intrusive and dangerous on the narrow park paths and allowing bicyclists on them would inflame this feeling.

Obnoxious Police Parking 

Regarding the article "NYC Parking Policy is Backwards and Dangerous"... In my neighborhood of 20th & 2nd Avenue, the biggest and most obnoxious offenders are police officers parking their personal vehicles in meter spaces for days at a time. We have the unfortunate problem of having the Police Academy AND a police station within 2 blocks of each other (21st has basically become a parking lot....with officers' cars triple parked... that's including using parts of the sidewalk and, of course spaces where mere mortals could not park ....at fire hydrants! They have even dumped wrecked vehicles on the corner of 2nd Ave and 21st street...in front of a fire hydrant.) 

Taking into account that we are in a budget crisis and that each meter could be making $200 a month...it makes me sick to my stomach to walk by block after block of metered spaces with every meter expired and every window showing the NYPD parking pass (and every NYPD cruiser stating "courtesy, professionalism, & respect"). Then of course to see so many double parked trucks on 2nd & 3rd avenue trying to make deliveries to businesses but being denied the right to park in spaces that are MEANT for their short term parking needs by our own Police Department is just the icing on the cake.

Submitted anonymously

Segway on City Sidewalks 

My wife and I agree on many things, however, one things we do not agree on: The Segway. She has purchased one of these things and uses it to commute to work from our apartment in lower Manhattan. She is also a member of a Segway-owners group in the city. This group and Segway owners in general are waging a campaign to have the Segway allowed on the sidewalk in NYC and elsewhere. I strongly disagree with this and I hope that T.A. does too. This is a machine weighing on its own 80 pounds, plus the weight of the rider and it is capable of more than 10 mph. To allow such a machine to be on the sidewalk with pedestrians is quite wrong. Bicycles are rightly not allowed on the sidewalk and these Segways should not be either. The only exception I would allow is if the Segway is used by a registered disabled person. I hope that if the Segway campaign to permit their use on the sidewalk gains pace that TA will oppose it vigorously. 

Robert M.

T.A. Response: T.A. has joined with the American Lung Association, NYPIRG, AAA and a host of civic, environmental and senior citizen groups that oppose state legislation that would allow Segway devices to operate on NYC sidewalks [ read our joint letter on this subject]. Under state law, Segway devices are illegal to operate in New York City and people driving them here face fines and confiscation. 

Bicycling on Sidewalks 

I just wanted to say that, as a donor to T.A., I am much more interested in bicycle advocacy than pedestrian issues. While there is much intersection between these issues, I think that life is much more dangerous for bikers in NYC who rely on biking as a main form of transportation because the only place we're supposed to ride is on the streets and the very few greenway paths, whereas pedestrians have the option of sidewalks.

It angers me that TA focuses on keeping bikes off of sidewalks when that is the only safe place to ride in most places in NY. While I try to stay off the sidewalks, and if I do ride on sidewalks I go very slowly and give pedestrians the right of way, often it is the only place to ride where I won't be killed. Literally, I feel that I risk my life everywhere I ride on NYC streets, and even on those streets with painted bike lanes. Bicyclists are told that we have the same rights as cars, and if we in fact had the same rights as cars, I wouldn't mind obeying the same rules. But it is ludicrous to pretend that cars respect bikes as equals, or that individual bikers have any way to enforce those rights against cars in the dozens of times cars violate those rights every time I ride.

I don't think TA should be condemning all biking on sidewalks. When the option is riding on the sidewalk carefully or being killed, I think I should be allowed to ride carefully and live to bike again. I understand that this is a difficult issue, but I vehemently oppose T.A.'s stance that all bike riding on sidewalks for adults is wrong. Moreover, it makes no sense to me that T.A. says that children under 14 can ride on sidewalks but that careful adults cannot. Why is it that a child's life is worth more than adults? And if your position is that street riding for bikes is safe, then why shouldn't children have to ride on the streets as well?

I want to support biking in NYC, but if T.A. takes positions that abandon bicycle safety, I will not support biking through T.A. Thanks for hearing my opinion.

Lynn A.

T.A. Response: Thank you for your letter. We couldn't agree more that bicyclists often face dangerous and unpleasant conditions on city streets. It's what we spend our time working hard to change. We agree that many aspects of the laws governing cyclists are absurd, including the fact that most motorists who kill or injure cyclists serve no jail time and often pay less in fines than cyclists riding on the sidewalk. (Incidentally, state law, not T.A., says it is OK for kids under 14 to ride on sidewalks.) We share your frustration about these abusive conditions and unfair laws. However, this wrong is not made right by allowing adult bicyclists to ride on the sidewalk. Like cyclists, pedestrians are often beleaguered: threatened by turning cars and trucks, given inadequate crossing times and forced to use crowded sidewalks. You may know that you are a safe and harmless cyclist, but pedestrians have the right not to have to worry about determining whether you or other cyclists on the sidewalk are indeed harmless. Beside peace of mind, children and seniors on sidewalks are very vulnerable to sidewalk cyclists. Sidewalks are for pedestrians, not bicyclists or Segway devices or cars.

Spring 2003 T.A. Magazine  
This issue is being mailed to all T.A. members. It includes news on bicycle, pedestrian and car-free Central Park and Prospect Park, sensible transportation, features and much, much more! View the Table of Contents or request a copy!

State Legislature Dilutes NYC Red Light Camera Request--Speed Cameras Dead for Now

Pols Act on T.A. Call to Ban Car Alarms

Include Indoor Bike Parking in Zoning Regulations

City Councilmember Yassky Introduces Bikes in Commercial Buildings Bill

City Should Help Cyclists Get Building Access, Not Hinder

Electeds Call on DOT to Make Brooklyn Side of the Manhattan Bridge Safe

Disabled Group Says Williamsburg Bridge Bumps Violate Federal Law

Re-Mark Safety Symbols on the Brooklyn Bridge

Cyclists Get Some TLC

T.A. has many volunteer opportunities.  Please visit our site to learn more about how you can help.  Come to the Volunteer Magazine Mailing Party on Wednesday, August 13th at 6 pm at the T.A. Office (115 West 30th, #1207)! Free beer, soda, pizza, snacks and scintillating conversation. 

Dear Reader,

One day in 1990 a flyer was pasted on the Queensboro Bridge path. It said "Attention cyclists and pedestrians: this path will be closed until 2000. If you want to keep it open come to a meeting."

So I did.

A year later, that path was still open. Ten years later, that path is permanent and is open today.

Why? Because Transportation Alternatives and our members--
people just like you--kept it open. Just like we opened the paths on the Williamsburg Bridge, Manhattan Bridge and Hudson River Greenway, and won many other victories for cyclists and pedestrians.

Most recently, the momentum that T.A. created helped lead the mayor to propose a spectacular Manhattan Waterfront Greenway. Already, new bike lanes and paths are sprouting up around the island.

It's an exciting start, but much work remains. Help win that path. Send the on-line fax and join T.A. today.

Your membership matters. It gives bicyclists and pedestrians a bigger voice at City Hall.

Whether you care about big trucks, better bicycling, car-free parks, car alarms, pedestrian rights, safer routes to schools or creating a more livable city where people come before cars, T.A. is your advocate.

Join T.A. today. It matters.

John Kaehny
Exec. Director

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RIDES AND WALKS

Thursday, August 7, 10 am. Van Saun Park in Paramus, NJ. Loeb Boathouse. The Weekday Cyclists in NYC.

Saturday, August 9, 7:30 am. Classic Westport Ride. Grand Central Terminal. 5BBC.

Saturday, August 9, 9 am. Kings County Chronometer. Brooklyn Borough Hall, Subways A C F to Jay Street/Borough Hall; 2, 3, 4, 5 to Borough Hall. 5BBC.

Saturday, August 9, 9:15 am. Longing for Long Beach. Kew Gardens. 5BBC.

Saturday, August 9, 10 am. The International Express. Take the #7 train to 40th St. in Queens. Shorewalkers.

Saturday, August 9, 10:30 am. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Broad Channel Station on Rockaway Branch of the A train. Shorewalkers.

Saturday, August 9, 9 pm. Prospect Park Moonlight Ride. Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn. Time's Up!

Sunday, August 10, 9 am. The Bill Schwarz Patch Ride Without Bill Schwarz. Plaza Hotel. 5BBC.

Sunday, August 10, 9 am. Kensico Dam. Wakefield (end of #2 subway at 241st St. & White Plains). 5BBC.

Sunday, August 10, 9 am. Jones Beach. Boathouse in Central Park. Fast & Fabulous.

Sunday, August 10, 10 am. Bicycle Beach Bums #6. Prospect Park-Grand Army Plaza. 5BBC.

Tuesday, August 12, 10 am. TBA. Loeb Boathouse. The Weekday Cyclists in NYC.

Thursday, August 14, 10 am. TBA. Loeb Boathouse. The Weekday Cyclists in NYC.

August 15-18. New York Jewish Environmental Bike Ride. Hazon.

Saturday, August 16. Gilda Century. 195 West Houston Street. Gilda's Club New York City.

Saturday, August 16, 7:40 am. 1st Annual Stephanie C. Davis Memorial Ride. Grand Central. 5BBC.

Saturday, August 16, 8:30 am. Sandy Hook III. Pier 78 NY Waterway Terminal (38th St. & 12th Ave.). 5BBC.

Saturday, August 16, 9 am. Old Tappan. Boathouse in Central Park. Fast & Fabulous.

Sunday, August 17, 7 am. On the Rocks. Grand Central Terminal. 5BBC.

Sunday, August 17, 9 am. Piermont. Boathouse in Central Park. Fast & Fabulous.

Sunday, August 17, 10 am. Bicycle Beach Bums #7. Prospect Park-Grand Army Plaza. 5BBC.

Sunday, August 17, 9 am. Ride to the Hudson River Museum. Plaza Hotel. 5BBC.

Sunday, August 17, 10:30 am. Silver Lakes. South Ferry Terminal in Manhattan to catch ferry. Shorewalkers.

Tuesday, August 19, 10 am. TBA. Loeb Boathouse. The Weekday Cyclists in NYC.

Thursday, August 21, 10 am. TBA. Loeb Boathouse. The Weekday Cyclists in NYC.

More Rides and Walks...