We New Yorkers like to complain a lot and here's my current beef. After work yesterday, I walked from Brooklyn to Manhattan via the Manhattan Bridge. The Brooklyn Bridge was closer for me but I didn't want to mingle with the many tourists there. Besides, there isn't anything to separate the cyclists from the pedestrians. It amazes me that accidents between cyclists and pedestrians don't happen everyday on the Brooklyn Bridge. On the Manhattan Bridge, cyclists have their path on the north side of the bridge, while pedestrians are to walk on the south side. It's a perfect arrangement, isn't it? I do my walking here, you do your riding there, separated by a few subway tracks and lanes of vehicular traffic. Or so I thought.
During my walk I witnessed at least five bicycles on the pedestrian lane. There was a guy rollerblading too, although I am not sure which lane he belongs. I think since he traveled at speed higher than most walkers, he should be in the bike lane, too. Back to our two-wheeled annoyances, are those cyclists ignorant of the two separate paths? Or they are just too lazy to enter the bridge at the proper places? Human nature usually disappoints me, I'll assume the worst that people just do whatever convenient for them, rules be damned. But just in case there are those out there who somehow don't know the rules and come across this post, and then start to ride on the proper lane, then my job is done. For now anyway.
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