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COURIER LIFE, APRIL 8-14, 2022
Five Boro Bike
Tour to return
in full this May
BY BEN BRACHFELD
The Five Boro Bike
Tour will return to full
strength next month after
two years of pandemic
limbo, and cycling honchos
say participants this year
will not only get to enjoy
the event at capacity, but
also an extra hour of carfree
streets.
The tour — which, as
its name suggests, visits
all five boroughs — is once
again open to its capacity
registration of 32,000 participants,
after being cancelled
altogether in 2020
due to the COVID-19 lockdown,
and featuring a diminished
ridership of just
20,000 in 2021, and a laterthan
normal August date.
The event, which began in
1977, comes back to New
York on Sunday, May 1.
With the extra hour in
place, participants will get to
choose from a greater number
of “waves” with which
to start the tour, which organizers
say will reduce congestion
and allow for a more
pleasant experience.
“The extra hour is a
game-changer for the riders
of the TD Five Boro
Bike Tour,” said Ken
Podziba, president of event
organizer Bike New York,
in a statement. “The ability
to spread out the start
waves means less congestion,
plus additional space
to soak in the amazing
views and enjoy a more leisurely,
free-wheeling ride.
This year’s Tour will be
the best one yet, and we’re
grateful to Mayor Eric
Adams, Department of
Transportation Commissioner
Ydanis Rodriguez
and all our government
partners for working with
us to infuse an exciting,
new liberating feel to the
Tour experience.”
Organizers have not yet
released the route for this
year’s pedaling palooza,
but, as in previous years,
A past Five Boro Bike Tour rider
breezes over the Verrazzano.
File photo by Stefano Giovannini
the program will begin
in Lower Manhattan and
end on Staten Island. Last
year, the route started at
Manhattan’s southern tip
and traveled up to Harlem,
crossed the river for a brief
layover in the Bronx before
returning to the east side of
Manhattan, after which riders
crossed the Queensboro
Bridge and cycled through
waterfront nabes in Queens
and Brooklyn. Finally, riders
trekked across the Verrazzano
Narrows Bridge to
the finish line in St. George,
Staten Island.
All streets along the
route are closed to motor
vehicle traffic so bike
riders can peacefully and
safely navigate the city.
The $112 entrance fee is
steep, but the fee supports
Bike New York’s charitable
mission to provide free
bike education courses
to children and adults
throughout New York City.
The non-profit claims that
its educational programs,
administered at “community
bike education centers,”
reached up to 30,000
New Yorkers in 2020.
The entrance fee includes
snacks, water, and
“entertainment” at rest
stops along the route, access
to free bike repairs,
and entry to the “finish festival”
at the end of the circuit
on Staten Island.
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