An Improved Bike Path

A month ago I complained about the giant holes in the bike path along the East River.  Now for some good news!  A short stretch of the bike path south of the 145th Street Bridge has been renovated and it is quite nice.   The path is wide enough to accomodate bike traffic in two directions as well as pedestrians.  There are attractive plantings, murals, and a couple of pull-off sections where you can take a break and enjoy the river without getting in anyone's way.  Shockingly, as seen in the last photo the city even has opened up access to the river itself.  The downside is that, hopefully temporarily, the path is only a dozen or so blocks long and is not easily accessible from the streets.