NYC_George
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I haven't worked in Yonkers, NY in over 5 years, but I'm now working there. I notice on my ride home the project to convert the old New York Central 40 mile Putnam division to a bike path is now complete. You can ride your bike from Carmel, NY to Yonkers NY most all the way on a grade no more than 3 percent . Railroads make great bike paths. The Sawmill River Parkway and Rt 100 follow the railroad most of the way so you can see the people on the path as you drive along. They had to replace two of the bridges over the Croton river near Carmel were I live and they used very large bridges. The bridges could easily support a train. I was wondering why such large bridges for bikes. Then I heard on the news that Metro North's rider ship has increased 50,000 a day over last year. I'm going to guess because of the gas prices. The towns that the railroad use to serve have grown very big since 1958 when they closed the line. I'm wondering is it two far fetched to think they used those large bridges in case they ever wanted to reopen the railroad. I guess maybe not because all the bicyclers would take them to court and the large bridges could just be a safety issue.
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