i heard an interesting talk today by Mayor Bloomberg on the environment and his little town. while he really favors mass transportation and increasing its span and decreasing traffic congestion, he is against bike lanes in the heart of the city. he is working on them on the edge of the island and notes that bouroughs outside of Manhatten have them and it works, it just wouldn't work in downtown. he sees them as a health risk and difficult to manage due to NYC's weather.

I have to say that bike lanes add some legitimacy to riding in the street, although I would rather claim a lane if I could. NYC weather can't be that different from St. Paul's and we had terrific bike lanes.I fear for messengers in NYC and can hardly bike in DC. maybe it would require such a mind and intrastructure change that it would be too much.

what are some other thoughts? I've only visited NYC and can't imagine biking there but I would love to imagine biking where ever I wanted.