"Sooner or later, you're gonna listen to Ralph Nader"

So the NYT sez that on three Saturdays in August, from 7am to 1pm, the city will close a route that extends from the BK Bridge to East 72nd to cars (except for some major crosstown intersections.

Now, this is a very cool idea in principle, no doubts, and it'll be totally sweet to see Manhattan streets free of cars (just like it is during street fairs), but will any of us be awake and in the city before 1pm? I hope so, but I'm not sure I'ma put any money on it.