Returning to the East Side: The Commuter as Aerialist.

In the company of 109 other daredevils, you'd step into a giant glass bubble. As the bubble is suspended, somewhat unconvincingly, from a length of wire, you'd all be pulled up off the ground and out away from solid land. Higher, farther, higher, farther -- until you were dangling 230 feet above the East River. David Blaine stunt or morning commute? In November, New Yorkers will get the chance to decide, when the Roosevelt Island trams return to service after a seven-month hiatus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]