Two items of interest this morning (well, of interest to me and anyone else searching for a sign of sanity and intelligence amidst NYC traffic and transportation news).

• I was reading The Villager (which you’ve likely never heard of unless you live in the East Side and honestly, even then . . . ). But never mind that now. I was reading it when I came across the greatest truth ever told: “Transportation on Manhattan’s East Side has become unsustainable.” And then the article went on. “This fall . . . 200 blocks of First & Second Avenues are slated for protected bicycle lanes, pedestrian refuges and dedicated bus lanes.”  Please let this be even truer. Please don’t let them mess this up.

• When I hear that “Protected Bike Lanes Are Coming to Upper West Side“, it is indeed pleasing to mine ears. But I must say I agree with the comment that states, “isn’t it a little silly to do this piecemeal? I think most cyclists besides idiot delivery guys tend to bike more than 20 blocks”

Is that a glimmer of hope, a gleam of light at the end of the tunnel? Well,  not the second avenue subway tunnel of course since, at this rate, that won’t be ready until long after we’re all gone.

But maybe?