It's all hopeless. On the Queensboro bridge, the bike/ped path has clearly marked sides for bike and ped. Mostly the peds do stick to their side, but most of the bikes also ride in the ped side. I'm not sure why but I think we're trying to keep as far away from the car exhaust as possible. Still, for some reason that I just don't understand, some peds insist on walking in the bike side, which is right next to all the cars.

On the Williamsburg Bridge, biking towards Brooklyn in the afternoon is tough because of all the kids on skateboards on the bike side. I guess that's only fair, at least they're on wheels. But like some sort of swarm, they fill up the whole lane. Luckily I have an air horn.