Mass Transit is great, but here's the thing, cycling is different than mass transportation. Mass transportation gets you most of the way to your destination, but rarely provides door to door service. Here in Northern Manhattan, there simply is no crosstown subway service, so you are forced to wait outside for slow moving and unreliable mass transit. Bikes have all the flexibility and reliability of cars while taking up less than 1/12 the space.

So the end result of the meeting was that we would meet again with more facts, figures and information around us to discuss what we can do for biking improvements for the UES in April. I will have some time to build my base of support before then and mobilize a large group to attend the full community board meeting when they provide a recommendation.

Tomorrow I'm presenting roughly the same ideas on a borough wide scale to the Manhattan Borough Board.