(Or girl, in this case.) That didn't take long. I hadn't been up to midtown since the Times, among others, reported on the avenue being reconfigured for a bike lane and walkway. The Times said at the time (haha!):
The esplanade, which the city is calling Broadway Boulevard, will run from 42nd Street to Herald Square. Scheduled to open in mid-August, it will change that section of Broadway from a four-lane to a two-lane street.
Source: "Closing on Broadway: Two Traffic Lanes" by William Neuman
Well, the new look was already painted on around 42nd street and the blocked off space was already the domain of a Segway and... well, I don't know what the hell that guy is riding. It looks like a cooler (not you, Dalton) mounted on a scooter.
If this is the future of the bike lane, I'll soak the whole thing down with industrial strength turpentine. Not that I know where to find industrial strength turpentine... And it would have to be free, most definitely free... Damn you, Segway, you win again!
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