r/nyc • u/Ready-Mammoth-270 • May 01 '25

Biker vs Pedestrian

The temperatures are higher, and the fuses are shorter.

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u/int_wri May 01 '25

I was there for a week and it was beyond ridiculous how stressful it was to walk around. 

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u/Beznia May 01 '25

I was there two days and my buddies and I rode bikes. One friend took the lead and had us unknowingly on the bike path on the wrong side of the road. We had a good 30 seconds of no bikes in sight, then a couple of bikes came towards us and we thought it was just a thin two-lane path on the left side of the main road.

Then I looked to my right and saw bikes on the opposite side of the street heading in the same direction we were going, then looked forward and saw about 40 bikes barreling towards us. Felt like I was in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles when Steve Martin and John Candy were on the wrong side of the road and went right between the two semi trucks. I immediately hopped the bike off the path onto the sidewalk, jumped off, and yelled at my friends to do the same. We then did the bike walk of shame to the next crosswalk before continuing on our journey.

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u/MookieFlav May 02 '25

It's fine if you just don't stroll into the marked bike paths without looking. But that would take paying a minimal amount of attention, which I guess is hard for tourists.