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Ride the City: Bicycle Routing for NYC

Jun 10th, 2008

Uh oh, this site has some competition, although we welcome it since anything that makes cycling in New York City better is a good thing for everyone. Ride the City is a new NYC bike routing site that allows you to enter two addresses and it will provide the best route to take by bicycle. Kind of like if NYC Bike Maps merged with Mapquest. Check it out at www.RideTheCity.com

Here’s how it works:

The concept is pretty simple. Just like MapQuest, Google, Microsoft, and other mapping programs, Ride the City finds the shortest distance between two points. But there are two major differences. First, RTC excludes roads that aren’t meant for biking, like the BQE and the Queens Midtown tunnel. Second, RTC tries to locate routes that maximize the use of bike lanes and greenways.

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  1. Jordan on June 11th, 2008 at 7:57 am:

    Hi there,

    We’re definitely not competition — more complementary. And you should know that we constantly referred back (and continue to refer back) to your website as we clean up the underlying data.

    Thanks!
    Jordan

  2. Sandy on May 8th, 2009 at 1:50 pm:

    Hi,

    Which other sites beside ridethecity.com allow you to put in 2 address for bike routes in the NYC area?

    Thanks
    Sandy

  3. Sandy on May 8th, 2009 at 1:53 pm:

    I need to find a bike route from Astoria Queens to Alpine Approach Rd, Alpine, NJ 07620, ridethecity.com does not go into NJ, can anyone advise?

    Thanks
    Sandy

  4. Joshua on June 1st, 2009 at 7:36 am:

    Sandy – you should run a map from your address to the entrance to the south pedestrian\cyclist pathway on the George Washington Bridge. The entrance is located at W 178th St & Cabrini Blvd, New York, NY 10033

    From Astoria to the GWB, you may be routed over the RFK Triboro . There are multiple sets of stairs there, your preference may be cross the Queensboro 59th street bridge instead. Play with ridethecity or google maps and see what route works best for you

    Once at the GWB, cross the bridge, turn right on Hudson Terrace for ~2 miles to the end, left on Palisade Ave for 0.1 mile (short) , right onto 9W. Follow 9W north for ~5.7 miles to Alpine Approach Rd.

  5. Mr.Bike on October 29th, 2009 at 4:34 pm:

    It’s fun to bike because it clears your mind — you think better, you resolve problems you thought unresolvable, you get your perspective back.

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