I have a new job therefore a new commute. This commute is fantastic. I’m working at a summer school program in Queens. I live in Manhattan. It’s 9 miles each way. Cycling in NYC is very far from ideal in many ways. The street designs are crap, and a lot of drivers are jerks. I’m inured to this to a degree. Well, this new route is pretty nice overall. The bridges are often annoying but one nice thing about the Ed Koch Bridge (aka the Queensborough Bridge aka the 59th Street Bridge) is that the steepness decreases as you get to the summit. It’s steepest at the far ends of the ramps. That suits me very well. The view is pretty cool. And 34 Ave in Queens was closed to motor traffic in May of 2020, and they made it permanent. The whole avenue is like a 7-day-a-week party. The city even has events there. I love it.

I’ll post pictures later. My lunch time is over now.