Thursday, October 14, 2010

Biking Sightseeing NY

From the AJC and the AP...

Sightseeing in New York, 2 wheels at at time


The Associated Press 

NEW YORK — In his essay "Taming the Bicycle," Mark Twain cautiously recommended bicycling: "You will not regret it, if you live."

That has always gone doubly for biking in New York.

But the city has undergone a two-wheeled makeover. In the last four years, the New York City Department of Transportation has added more than 200 miles of bikes lanes. The number of cyclists has increased 80 percent in the past decade. The city's goal is 1,800 miles of total bike lanes by 2030.

Earlier this year, National Geographic Traveler magazine did something that might once have been unthinkable: It put New York on a list of the most bike-friendly cities in the country, alongside Portland, Ore.

  (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
  (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)


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