Roosevelt Island Bicycle Riding - Commuters On Way to Work, Visitors Riding the Tram and Anybody Else Seeking a Beautiful Waterfront Bike Ride in New York City
Image From Streetsblog
Roosevelt Island bicycle riding in the blogosphere recently. Streetsblog reports on Sally, a Roosevelt Island resident who commutes to her job in midtown via bicycle.
... While she has been a bike rider all her life, she didn’t begin bike commuting in New York until about a year ago. Besides the health benefit, one of the main reasons for the change was that her commute on the F train became increasingly unpleasant and unreliable. She would often have to wait for two or three packed trains to pass before she could board....The Huffington Post reports that among the reasons New York City is the world's best bicycling destination is because:
With the encouragement of a bike messenger friend who helped ease her into New York cycling, she now has a reliable commute that takes 25-30 minutes on an average day.
... You can take your bike on a Tramway from Manhattan to Roosevelt Island....First you get to the Manhattan Tram Station on Second Avenue and 60th Street,
then you get on the Tram,
ride the Tram Cabin over to Roosevelt Island and
exit the Tram Cabin and begin your Roosevelt Island bike ride.
You can also ride your bicycle over the Queensboro Bridge through Long Island City to get to Roosevelt Island.
Roosevelt Island 360 shares his 2008 bike rides from Lighthouse Park to the Tram and over
You Tube Video of Roosevelt Island Bike Ride
the Roosevelt Island Bridge.
More on Roosevelt Island Bike riding from previous posts and a proposed bicycle sharing program for Roosevelt Island.
3 comments :
I don't understand why anybody would bring a bicycle into the tram. I am an avid bicyclist and I always take the bridge to get into Manhattan. Sure, it takes me around 15-20 minutes longer in total but taking the tram with a bike just defeats the purpose of having a bicycle in the first place. Plus, it is extremely inconsiderate to others on the tram (especially if you are in such a large group as seen on the picture).
Well, some folks ride with their children, and using the Tram does provide an element of safety -- and extra revenue which the Tram and the Island businesses could all use.
One would hope that the Cabin staff uses some discretion and that there are some actual rules about bringing bicycles onto the Cabins. I seem to remember a very, very long time ago that bikes were allowed on the Tram cabins but had to be 'parked' parallel to the windows so as not to take up extra room in the cabin.
Yeah, as you can see on the picture this is not the case anymore (parking the bikes in a way that they don't take up unnecessary space). I also agree with having children with you (to some extend) but the folks in these pictures should have used the Queensborough (sorry Ed Koch) bridge.
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