I was out on the streets along with many of my fellow New Yorkers on Saturday. And like many of my fellow New Yorkers, I was in near constant peril of being run over by cyclists.

Hey! Cyclists! I’m all for cycling but we’re walking here! Do you all NEED the whole of Park Avenue to shoot down? Can you not leave one lane for those of us on foot? I know exactly the feeling of “pedestrian anxiety described at Walking Off the Big Apple.” I shared the anxiety all day. But I also know - as was mentioned on Streetsblog - I know that the majority of the bikers were not the ones weaving in and out of foot traffic and waiting until they were breathing down the necks of pedestrians. The majority were out and about, enjoying the day WITH the rest of us. But the few bad apples were seemed determine to own the road could use a few lessons in manners and consideration.

There were quite a few spots where the “bikers to the left/ walkers and bladers to the right” actually was posted and - I use the term loosely, enforced. But there just as many places - more in fact, where such a division was no where to be seen, announced or followed. I gather it was better the second week than the first. I hope the improvement continues because I love the idea of shutting the streets down in general and want it to continue to be a success so it becomes a regular thing.

One positive development in the battle between bicycles and bipeds - another good sized chunk of Riverside Park South is now open. Thank goodness! That stretch remained apparently completed and closed for so long, I thought they might just have put it there to taunt the walkers.

“Look,” it seemed designed to say. “Look at where you might walk free from the danger of being run into a chain link fence or knocked over by an angry biker. If only we would open this place of calm and safety.”  And listen, bike folks - I get it. It’s the bike path. I see the little illustration of the man on the bike. But come on - we all gonna have to share and play nice while improvements are being made. It’s not my fault as a walker that they parks department took so long. And they have gotten it open now so can’t we all just get along? All will be peaceful now though since we walkers can now move at our own pace in our own space (until we reach the end right near the Sanitation building and then we have to squeeze in with bikers again.

And slow though the parks department may have been to open this section, they are oodles faster than the MTA at anything. At least with the Waterfront work, you can see where the money has gone and how well it’s been spent. Oh well - nothing is perfect. But having another piece of beautiful waterside promenade done, make the imperfections a lot easier to bear.