Going through the expense to install a questionable bike lane a mere block away for a short 20 blocks distance, or about 4000 feet, or about 1500 average human steps, seems to be truly totally unnecessary.
By the way, have you heard of the recent guidelines about walking 10,000 steps per day to help your health?
Do you know that riding a bike at 10mph burns 26 calories per mile?
Do you know that a tablespoon of fat, it can be olive oil or butter, has about 120 calories?

It seems to be far more beneficial to ride your bike a block away in Central Park where you can achieve higher speeds and burn more calories than the Columbus Ave. bike lane.
Indeed, walking those 20 blocks will be more beneficial to your health than bike riding them.

So, why this obsession by all these “vocal proponents” who “represent the community” to do this?

It clearly seems as an unnecessary and expensive thing to do given the above and today’s financial realities, if not downright “nutty”.

A “real” bike lane going down Queens Blvd. from the Quensboro Bridge to Jamaica and beyond makes clear sense.
A 20 block bike lane on Columbus Ave., a block away from a beautiful park with bike lanes, clearly does not.

- Dan Rivoli, reporter, West Side Spirit