And Now, Your Bike-to-School Moment of Zen

By Brad Aaron
Sep 9, 2015

Time to make the streets safe so there are more scenes like this. #biketoschool #bikenyc pic.twitter.com/oLE6W7vuI3

— Brooklyn Spoke (@BrooklynSpoke) September 9, 2015

A snapshot of the morning commute on the first day of school from Doug Gordon, a.k.a. Brooklyn Spoke.

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