Heh. I'm glad you put safe in quotation marks. I've seen two bikers loaded into ambulances on the Hudson River path. Though all the places you named are indeed safer than the street.
YeaH, especially summer time, when visitors/tourists start riding/renting bikes like crazy - a lot of acciDents(
Ride your bike, ride your bike, ride your bike
Fausto Coppi
When a reporter asked him what it takes to become such a great champion. Bike rentals in NYC