Snortley <jtkirk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>As I recall from past summers, you can't stand at the foot
>of the bridge for a minute or so without seeing at least one biker
>pass, so the normal traffic is probably on the order of over 50 each
>way per hour. As demand for the van mounts, it seems it'll be better
>to just go around JFK, a detour of around 7 miles.
Unfortunately, I'm not sure they could give over a traffic lane
to bikes even if they wanted to, because of the open grates on
the bridge. (Someone please correct me....)
>Here's the one notice about this I've been able to find, oddly enough,
>on the MTA site rather than the DOT:
It's an MTA bridge!
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triborough_Bridge_and_Tunnel_Authority
for some history.
>http://www.mta.info/bandt/traffic/advisory.htm
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