I just love riding my bicycle along the waterfront in Hoboken, Jersey City and the pathway north toward the George Washington Bridge, but due to either the sloppy construction or the rough winter snows, the pathways are in terrible shape. In Hoboken there are quite a few detours due to the piers crumbling and falling into the Hudson, and in Jersey City, the bricks are loose or missing.

My first complaint is why would they have constructed these pathways using bricks? Didn’t they realize that being that close to the water, with the pounding of the waves, will make the earth move and the pathways start breaking up? Plus, it’s not bicycle-friendly and takes it’s toll on my tires and bicycle.

Next, Hoboken is supposed to be the place to live with the new “W” Hotel, fancy shops and condos everywhere you look, yet there are areas of the waterfront that have been blocked off for years, which is becoming quite tiresome.

Lastly, when are these buildings on the waterfront in Jersey City and the rest of the Hudson area going to finish creating their pathways so we don’t have to take detours… and when are they going to connect Weehawken so we don’t have to ride on River Road with the cars?