Gothamist: Live from the Brooklyn Bridge

lateadopter

Tue, 20 Dec 2005 15:29:11 -0500

I drove over the brooklyn bridge. Getting onto the bridge via boerum was the most stand-stillish part of the commute. It turns out they had set up cones so the three lanes merged into one. After that, once you got over the bridge, it was smooth sailing, hardly any traffic at all! Perhaps that's because it was already 10 AM. The cops (there was only 2 of them) weren't even checking for the 4 passenger rule.

Brightliner

Tue, 20 Dec 2005 12:52:43 -0500

And comments like yours is why cyclists wouldn't mind running down some pedestrians. If only the paperwork in triplicate after the "accident" weren't so odious...

Tim N.

Tue, 20 Dec 2005 11:32:38 -0500

Did the bridge this morning with my daughter, got there around 9:10, and it wasn't bad at all, kind of nice, in fact. Everybody was cool, no quarrels, bikers and walkers getting along. So nice in fact, I nearly started a sing-a-long. Nearly. :>)

crustythor

Tue, 20 Dec 2005 11:26:35 -0500

the manhattan bridge specifically has separate paths for pedestrians and bikers...i was hoping to see a trans alt volunteer or even a cop telling pedestrians to go to the south side, but no such luck. it wasn't terrible to bike across, but plenty of pedestrians and people who don't spend enough time on their bikes!

Meredith

Tue, 20 Dec 2005 11:23:20 -0500

I did think it was funny how the traffic in Brooklyn and Manhattan before and after the bridge was extremely congested, but once you got on the bridge (a coworker and I hitched a ride in a 3-person car in need of more) it was smooth sailing. Even less traffic than a normal morning rush hour.

D

Tue, 20 Dec 2005 11:16:22 -0500

forgive the mispelling. i know it's "altogether" but my fingers are still warming up this morning.

D

Tue, 20 Dec 2005 11:13:46 -0500

Note to bikers: I understand that there is normally a bike lane that you get to use and that it's frustrating to have to dodge people standing in your way. But guess what? Normally I'd be out of your way altogher. I'd be on the subway. Have a little compassion and walk your bike across the bridge. It's too crowded during rush hour to get technical or enforce rules about dedicated bike lanes. In fact, cops were siding with pedestrians and asking people to walk their bikes. I'm a cyclist and if I had ridden my bike today I would have sucked it up and walked the bridge. Of all the days to yell at pedestrians, this is not one of them.

Glenn

Tue, 20 Dec 2005 11:09:16 -0500

What a zoo. I rode across the Manhattan Bridge. Other than having to dodge the few pedestrians who didn't know they were on the wrong side of the bridge, it was smooth sailing.

Jen

Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:59:56 -0500

Thanks for freezing your balls off - these pictures are great. And re: iPod, someone that Fox 5 (I think) interviewed a Brooklynite who was all "Whatever - I got my iPod, I can walk it."

Rocknrope

Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:49:49 -0500

Looks like the final scene from Lucio Fulci's "Zombie", but maybe its just me.

mark

Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:46:57 -0500

walking 35 blocks in manhattan wasn't bad (even for 7:30 a.m.). isn't this the kind of thing that ipods are made for?