This Sunday we're going to take Rick Trager's advice and skate through southern
Westchester on the traffic-free Bronx River Parkway (BRP). For those of you who
missed Rick's email, this is a curvy, rolling 7-mile stretch of a 4-lane parkway
that is reserved for cycling and skating for 4 hours every Sunday through
October. The road is smooth, the bike traffic is light, and the hills are
thrilling but NOT intimidating.

We're going to start at the Bronxville train station and skate through a park
for a couple of miles until we reach the beginning of the traffic-free zone.
Then we'll take the parkway to White Plains and back, and wind up back in
Bronxville for lunch. Total distance will be about 18 miles.

We'll meet at the Bronxville train station and plan to get rolling at 11:15. If
you're travelling by train, take the 10:23 from Grand Central (get your ticket
and meet up with fellow skaters at the information booth at 10:10). It's a
35-minute ride, and round trip off-peak fare is $11.50. We'll probably be done
in time to catch the 2:22 or 3:22 back to NYC.

If you're driving, check maps.google.com for directions. Note that they usually
close off the Bronx River Parkway north of the Cross County Parkway for
everything but local traffic, so you may have to take some local roads to
Bronxville (see
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.932612,-73.829327&spn=0.017156,0.029273&hl=en)\
.

As usual, you should bring helmet and wrist guards, and you should probably
bring some water as well (or buy some in Bronxville before we take off).

Check out the following link for some background on the BRP:
http://www.nycroads.com/roads/bronx-river/

See you Sunday!
Alan