OK, I rode to work today. I would have done it anyway, but now I can give myself a pat on the back for participating. I leave the house at 5:45 so I don't see much traffic but there is some and I didn't see a single other motorcycle during my 60 mile commute.
Zorkler - you have my sympathy if you have to ride your FJR with bags through Manhattan to get out of town. I used to live in NJ near Paramus and the traffic there is way too much for me these days, can only imagine what it's like for you.