The official map as put out by New York City's DOT is here. It shows protected lanes in green, painted lanes in blue, sharrows in purple, and "signed bike routes" in orange. (The latter are really just ordinary streets which are deemed useful for connecting between bike lanes.) The dotted versions of the green and blue lines show potential future protected lanes and potential future painted lanes, respectively.

And, of course, Google Maps shows bike lanes with green lines. It uses a darker green to indicate a car-free bike path, such as the Hudson River Greenway. And it uses dotted lines to show bike-friendly streets. (Though I would say that those dotted lines are drastically underused, as there are way more such streets than Google Maps indicates, especially in Queens.)


The weather forecast was one of the things that made me pull the trigger on this audacious plan to do the long ride. I am hoping for some 90-degree days; I really come alive when the weather is that glorious.

If things go to plan, I will get to Washington on Tuesday evening. Wednesday will be sort of an "off day", though really it will be more of a "light riding day". (I figure that I will do a quick hop into Virginia, just to add that state to my tally of states.) And then I will set off back home on Thursday morning.