The level of acrimony is astonishing. Why are you taken aback at New York's redesign of the streets with interventions that are helping New York normalize bicycling and reclaim the bike as transport for everyday New Yorkers? New York has an exhaustive and expanding set of design criteria for bikeway implementation.

Why the angry refusenik attitude? This was a thread about a recently released short video showing some fellas 11 mile commute from Queens to Manhattan, and how those hesitant to bike commute in New york City can take a map, plan some routes, and give bicycling a try.

Are you a secretive 'same roads same rules' anti-facilities plebe or something?

Smart route planning is a universal truth for bicyclists.

Your bicycling erehwon seems to be a place where grandmothers and schoolkids brave 45mph traffic in narrow lanes relying on vim and bluster.