Erie Bayfront Bikeway
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- čas přidán 19. 04. 2024
- Exploring Erie's industrial East Side and Waterfront via the Bayfront Bikeway Multi-use Trail.
Coffee and other fine good from the region can be found here.
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Thanks always for your support!!! I am extremely grateful!!!
Enjoy all of your videos but this one’s the best yet. As an ex-Erieite it’s a joy to see so many familiar spots (left in ‘69 just after HS graduation). Congrats on doing so well in school, but don’t stop making videos.
Hi Cathy! Thanks so much for the kind words. I’m always happy when ex-Erieites pop in. I have a lot on my plate right now but I’ll put something up whenever I get the opportunity.
Thanks again and all the best from Lake Erie!!!
Nice tour Josh! I always enjoy the videos of home. Thank you!
Thank you, John. These types of videos don't seem to get the views, but I like to make them. I'm glad you enjoy them too. Thanks so much!!!
Really enjoyed that one Josh.
Nice to see the blackbirds. Thanks for taking us along on the tour...🚲
Thank you, Dave! It is an interesting place that really doesn't get the credit it deserves. The second blackbird puffed up and opened it's wings a bit as it sang it's tune as I passed. I wish I was able to capture that a little better. The blackbirds are plentiful around here... especially across the bay in Presque Isle State Park.
Thanks for stopping by my friend.
I hope, and trust all is well.
Great tour, Josh! (Apologising in advance for shanghaiing the comments section here.) This vid's personally evocative for me as you've traversed right through the part of Erie where I spent my childhood. You rolled out on East 19th which is where my family lived in an old duplex owned by my grandfather. It was a vibrant ethnic neighbourhood back then...mostly Polish heard on the streets, neatly trimmed lawns...everyone had a garden out back. Densely packed houses with no empty lots like there are now. It all abruptly collapsed in the early 60s when everyone just white-flighted it out of there.
At about 3:40 into this vid, you pass through the neighborhood where my parents next moved to on East 7th street. The East Bayfront Parkway severed that area. East 7th, 9th and 11th were all deadheaded by the Parkway.and this neighborhood subsequently collapsed too. But there's good news. PennDOT's now proceeding with a project that will install raised medians and narrow down the lanes on the parkway to help regulate vehicle speed. (I recently learned that the City of Erie does not have the manpower to enforce speed limits nor does it use radar detection.) PennDOT's also adding pedestrian crossing signals at East 8th and 10th. Slower moving pedestrians that can't get all the way across the Parkway before the traffic signal releases its next fusillade of cars at them will now have a place to wait on the median...a real boost for impaired and elderly folks...money well spent by the state in this cyclist's view.
The Don Jon shipyard went up in the 1960s as Litton Industries. Their first ship was a lake freighter as I recall. The ship's midsection was fabricated in that big blue building. The ship's bow and aft section with all the "smart parts" were built elsewhere, welded together and floated to Erie where they cut it apart and attached it to the midsection (as my dad explained it to my sisters and me anyway).
Really appreciate your shout-out, Josh. My wife picked up on it from two rooms away. Not much gets past her...
Thanks friend! No need to apologize, this is excellent information. There's a few beautiful properties left in that neighborhood, most notably the south east corner of 20th and Brandes. There's an amazing garden there and they keep roses on their enclosed front patio that is often lit up in the mornings.
I'm excited to see how the improvements you mentioned play out.
Seemed natural to mention you as I saw the construction related to the article you wrote.
Thanks always for the kind words!
Yeah, I think PennDOT's improvements will work well, Josh. Hey, anglin' to visit Erie for a few weeks some time this Summer. Will be great to get in some riding together!
@@mfosiecki really?! That will be most excellent! Keep me posted. I’ve got bikes… what size do you ride?
I'm rather tall...6'-4". Current bike's 56cm...center BB to center top tube. I'm tossin" 'round the idea of bringing my bike (in gravel mode) so that I can cruise around town and also do some trail riding. Let's see how it shakes out. Will keep you in the loop, Josh.
Love this video..One of my favorite rides along the Bayfront
Thanks friend. I like the downhill from the college a lot... but that was a bit out of my way.
8:30 There are dozens of us. Dozens!
Hahahahhaaha!!!! Thanks friend. Hahahahahhaa!!!!
That tree looks like a Redbud. There's a place I like to ride near me that has tons in the early spring here in Oklahoma, named Redbud Valley.
BTW, I loved the casual tour of Erie. It definitely looks like the city is trying to build a decent cycling infrastructure.
I assume you mean the one flowering… cool. Thank you.
I think they are trying to make better bike infrastructure… just seems like an uphill battle to us here.
Thanks a bunch! Much appreciated!!!
Thanks for doing this. Watch out for that decaying deer along that bridge !:58 All intersections from 12th to Bayfront connector and port access road is dangerous. #biketour
I can't help but wonder how the hell that thing got there!!! I don't really want to know though. You are absolutely right, those intersections are very dangerous.
Thanks for your kind words! I hope to run into you out and about sometime soon!
Enjoyed the tour. Thanks.
Thanks for coming along!
Cool tour, thanks! I had one of those Schwinn Crosscuts. It was a nice old bike, and I feel like I should have kept it. Good looking ice cream! Don't worry about the cops since you're a middle aged white guy that's not drunk in public.
Thanks pal! You know, I realize the police were watching for speeders in the school zone… but my misspent youth still has me keeping an eye on them.
I liked it. But there is nowhere in this part of the country to get such an ice cream. I am jealous.
Enjoy!
Thanks a bunch. Perhaps this is a business opportunity for you?
@@EriebyCycle Nope. I am only interested in consuming. I do hear an ice cream truck every once in a while, and that's about as close as it gets in an ag dependent town of 5000. I think we do have a bike lane that goes around Walmart with the same drainage grates in it as in the one you showed.
@@slowp100 hahahahahana!!!! The drainage grates got me! Hahahahaha!!!
Really cool video, mate. Just a few things to comment on. First of all, that ice cream looked amazing 😮 secondly the bike stand at the end was an absolutely awesome idea. We don't have anything like that in the UK 👍
Re: bike stand… really?! I don’t think where I live is particularly bicycle friendly, but there are 5 or 6 of those throughout the area. Funded either by the local bike advocacy group (Bike Erie), or the Nuns (Sisters of St. Joseph.)
@EriebyCycle we are far behind the rest of the world in terms of being cycling friendly. It is getting better with all the cycling paths around Nottingham where I live, but still not great.
@@BikeShedBoy that blows my mind. I think of Europe as being light years ahead of the US in cycling infrastructure. I had no idea. I learn something new from you all the time. Thanks mate.
Great video Josh! I hope the road construction is complete by mid-July.
Thanks friend. Don’t hold your breath on that.
@@EriebyCycle Believe me, I'm not. 😄
Don Jon was involved in helping with the mess in Baltimore cleanup.
Didn't know that.
Erie is so cool. What a beautiful place man! Great video. I enjoyed this. There's so many trails and paths. Such a cool place man!!
Thanks friend! I was starting to worry about you.
Erie doesn’t seem to get the credit it deserves. I’ll admit we are typically behind the times, definitely have a lot to offer. The self defeating population here needs an esteem boost to get their heads out of their yingers.
Hope all is well!
@EriebyCycle lol sounds like the ones in my City. We have so much potential here as well, but I think we are on the right path. We have a new Park Board and the County is adding new infrastructure to enhance quality of life... which means new outdoor recreation activities and trails. Though, I totally understand your point! You did great with the narration and explanation of all the features. Camera showed everything and actually captured the atmosphere during the time of shooting. Great video!
All is well here friend. Thanks for asking! I started a new job/career. I went from working with Seniors to Juveniles in Criminal Justice. It's shift work as well. New schedule and time consuming but man I love it! I really enjoy it! So i might be late to viewing new uploads.
Hope all is well in the Gone family as well friend!
@@billywood9717 lots of changes in my work, and home life too.
Glad you are happy with your work. Makes life miserable when you aren’t. Neat to work in a capacity where you can make a positive impact on young people. There wasn’t enough of that in my early years. Not something I think I could do. Good on you my friend!
Thank you so very much for your kind words! Always appreciated!
@EriebyCycle absolutely! I really enjoyed this one. And thank you. It takes courage and confidence for this. I was very apprehensive at first but I accepted the challenge and Im glad I did!
Glad to hear everything is going well. Im sure it gets quite hectic with school, work, youtube, bikes and the family. Adapting to change isn't easy. I like to think we are chosen for this adversity and the changes that come our way. How we handle them is a true reflection of who we are as individuals. It's good to hear your making strides to better your livelihood as well homie!!
I'm going to watch this video again after work tonight because it was so good on how you viewed everything. I love the water towns and you did an excellent job at displaying everything. Man you couldn't have picked a better day to do it either. Really cool stuff!!
@@billywood9717 Your comment here made me think of a poem a lady shared with me back when I was restoring, and collecting kerosene lanterns. I think it relates pretty well... in my mind it does anyway.
I can't tell you how much I appreciate the feedback. These types of videos typically don't get a lot of views, but I like making them. I'm super happy this one brings you some joy. Thanks again.
Here's the poem I was talking about. www.dailygood.org/story/1538/do-not-lose-heart-we-were-made-for-these-times-clarissa-pinkola-estes/
So, how far is your commute? I also like the Schwinn. Looks pretty slick! Thanks for bringing us along on your journey. Have a good week, Josh.
Also, feel free to do more of this type of video, anytime. I'll never make it to Erie. So, it's cool to see it from a bike perspective.
My typical route to and from is 4.5 miles one way. I can’t remember how long this trip was. Probably a few miles more. Maybe 6-8.
I like these sorts of videos, but not a lot of people choose to watch them. I’m sure I’ll continue to toss them in the mix.
Thanks always my friend!
I think its a magnolia tree 🌳
Hey, thanks a bunch!!!
Great video thanks! What is the population of erie?
The census data shows a population of 267571 for Erie County July 1st, 2023.
Thanks for your kind words!
lol ur wrong for the ice cream , if u cant share lol i miss that area
Are you saying that soft serve is not crap?
@@EriebyCycle i love soft server , sorbet , sherbet, as long as its ice cream . more fuel to ride more right.
@@CreativeFishDesignsCharlotte I dig the sherbets and sorbet. I used to make ice cream every summer with a hand crank machine I got from an antique shop.