Aaron Donovan

Transportation Alternatives and Park(ing) Day organizers remind you to gather with your fellow spontaneous cityscape redesigners for a celebration of last month's successful Park(ing) Day NYC.

This month they'll be reading Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future, by Bill McKibben.

G’day Mates! Hop on your “push bike,” and join Richard Sanford for his Australian adventure. His 600 mile, 30 day journey took place during Australia’s summer months, and early into the fall, from March 10 to April 10 of 2006. His 18 days of long distance touring along Australia’s east coast had him coming face to face with Kangaroos, and Koalas, catching the strangest thief imaginable, and riding along beaches like Surfers Paradise, and Byron Bay. He even joined a beekeeper for one honey of an interview! Part of Richard’s time in Australia also combined days of city cycling, a train ride into the outback and a bus ride to Melbourne (bike on board of course). Melbourne turned out to be a cyclist’s dream. Find out what new foods he discovered, how Australians spend their free time and some of the things that make life “down under,” distinctly Australian.

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Three weeks ago, people all around the country -- including nearly two dozen groups in New York City -- took part in National Park(ing) Day, a nationwide effort to transform public on-street parking spaces into mini-parks and community gathering places. Park Slope Neighbors intended to take part, but their team was quickly asked to move along by a local police officer who was not aware that Park(ing) Day festivities were going on all around the city.

Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz is hosting a forum on congestion pricing.

The Institution of Civil Engineers invites you to a debate in a bar: "Congestion Pricing, as proposed in PlaNYC 2030, Solves Manhattan's Transport Problems"