Queens Boulevard Bike Pool
On the second Friday of the month, Transportation Alternatives Queens Committee leads a "bike pool" along Queens Boulevard. This street is a critical, yet dangerous part of many bike commutes in Queens. By riding together in a group each month, the bike pool aims to educate drivers that bikes are on the street, make a statement about the need for a bike lane, and give the borough's bike commuters a safe, escorted ride home. I joined up with the ride last month after seeing on the Bike Month Calendar. The next "bike pool" is tomorrow Friday June 12.
Great idea!
Awesome video! Thanks for showing all the hard work the Queens Committee has done already and has to do on Queens Boulevard!
This is moronic. I'm a proud Transportation Alternatives member - but where is the "safety" in leading a convoy of bicycles through the door zone? One would think that if one wanted to empower people to ride their bikes more, that you would have ride leaders with some basic ****ing cyclecraft, who would not lead a convoy of noobs into a cross between Russian Roulette and a meat grinder! Take the lane. Those cars ain't passin' you safely anyway, so you might as well not get your face rearragned by a parked car's door. This is so basic, the video makes me want to scream.
Teach cyclists bad habits in groups, and they'll use them when they're alone too. Teach cyclists good habits in groups, and they'll also use them when they're alone.
Man, I need to organize one of these in suburban NW Harris County (outside of Houston). Practically very few people ride their bikes out here (I think mostly out of fear of being run over)and if I can start a coalition of bike riders, everything would be better for us bikers.