David, its just that the city for all of Doomberg's proselytizing is still set up mainly for car traffic, even though a good bit of people dont drive. And the outer boroughs are really deprived, but that is par for the course in the city. I lived in the Hudson Valley on the border of NJ for 12 years where my parents still have a house so I do know how to get up there and have ridden fire trails and parks upstate extensively but I live on 80th street in Bay Ridge, takes an hour on the subway to just get to NYC. Point to point on the train from here to westchester where my Dad lives is 2 hours, that is after switching from subway to train. Its just not realistic for me to spend 4 hours on trains to get out there just for a ride. I am pushing hard for this to be my last year in NYC though so hopefully will post some nice ride reports next year around this time!
On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 1:08 PM, David Hallerman <sunwarrio...@gmail.com>wrote: > On 7/23/12 3:42 PM, Peter Morgano wrote: > > Shame that the alot of the city is still stuck in Robert Moses mode > > Well, since 54% of households in New York City do not own a car -- a lower > percentage of car ownership than any other city in the US of A -- perhaps > the "a lot" being "stuck" is totally inaccurate. (Although I'd love to see > fewer cars on the island of Manhattan.) > > > > On 7/23/12 4:48 PM, Peter Morgano wrote: > > I should just stop whining but man do I miss a nice country road. > > From New York City, get on a Metro-North train going to Westchester (bike > pass is nearly free, lifetime pass for only $5). Take Hudson line or Harlem > line to the north part of Westchester or into Putnam and Dutchess counties. > > Get off. > > Many country roads, with drivers far more polite than most of NYC or Long > Island or New Jersey. (Oh, plan ahead with a cue sheet. Here's a free > source for cue sheets in the Hudson Valley: > http://www.roberts-1.com/bikehudson/ > > Dave > Peekskill, NY (formerly Brooklyn and Manhattan) > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
