The Commerce Bank Five Boro Bike Tour
The annual bike tour of the city, through all five boroughs: 42 miles with 30,000 cyclists.
April 26, 2007
Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway Outreach Meeting
The Brooklyn Greenway Initiative will discuss outreach for an upcoming Brooklyn Community Board 1 public planning workshop for the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway. We need your help to get the word out to all sectors of the Greenpoint/Williamsburg communities.
April 23, 2007
Rally for Mayor’s Groundbreaking Green Transportation Plan
Stand with Transportation Alternatives and a coalition of environmental, labor, business and community groups who all support the Mayor's proposal for congestion pricing, less driving and more biking, walking and transit.
April 22, 2007
Northeast Queens Transportation Panel: Buses, Subways, LIRR, Access-a-Ride, Clean Fuels, Fair Fares, Tolls, Congestion Pricing
"2007 - A Transit Odyssey" (Legislative Forum): Buses, Subways, LIRR, Access-a-Ride, Clean Fuels, Fair Fares, Tolls, Congestion Pricing
April 20, 2007
Panel: Community Development and the Mega City
With large-scale developments underway in every borough, the physical face of New York City is already changing on a scale unseen in decades––even as the Bloomberg administration is planning for sustainable growth of nearly a million more residents by 2030. What are the implications for more livable neighborhoods and community renewal? Can City Hall's vision survive beyond the current mayoralty and the latest economic boom?
April 20, 2007
Mayor Bloomberg to Deliver Speech on PlaNYC
In a widely anticipated speech, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg will release PlaNYC, the culmination of months of public meetings, feedback, and studies that have resulted in a set of proposed initiatives that will allow New York to meet the challenges faced as our population grows by nearly 1 million between now and 2030. PlaNYC will also allow us to meet the Mayor’s goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30%. The breadth and scope of the proposals have generated national and international press attention.
April 20, 2007
Manhattan Community Board 2 Meeting on SoHo Bike Lanes
Livable streets advocates are needed to speak up against arguments by motorists who will complain about parking space loss required to stripe bike lanes on Prince and Bleecker Streets in SoHo.
April 18, 2007
Overheard on the Bus: NYC Bicyclists Losing the PR War
Stuck in traffic congestion all day long, one might think that New York City's bus drivers might be at the center of the movement to reduce automobile dependence and encourage more efficent forms of urban transportation. But if the conversation I heard last week is representative, it's the cyclists that are wrecking all that havoc out there on New York City's streets.
April 16, 2007