Aaron Donovan

Join Transportation Alternatives, New York City's advocates for cyclists and pedestrians, as they spread the word about their important work at their Volunteer Night mailing parties. Activities include stuffing envelopes, folding t-shirts and sending out campaign materials with fellow activists.

Agenda items for the September 19, 2007, meeting will include a quick update on each of these key initiatives:

The September monthly meeting of Auto-Free New York will feature remarks by Paul Rivey, Civil Engineer and Urban Planner from Paris.

Today is the deadline for registration for the Oct. 12 conference: Planning a More Livable New York: Regional Growth, Nature and the Ecological City.

Today is the deadline for early (less expensive) registration for the Oct. 12 conference: Planning a More Livable New York: Regional Growth, Nature and the Ecological City.

The NY Metro Chapter of the American Planning Association, in conjunction with NYU Wagner Rudin Center for Transportation Policy & Management, invites you to attend a conference on the planning and political challenges faced by the New York region as it copes with constraints on urban and suburban growth, an increasingly fragile environment, aging infrastructure, and an often-fragmented government structure.

ASPO Week in Houston will consist of four days of high-level energy discussions, including a pre-conference day and post-conference day, daytime and evening presentations, and mix & meet receptions with speakers and sponsors. In addition, they've planned field trips to an oil well drilling rig and Refinery Row, our nation's largest, on the Houston Ship Channel.

Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion, Jr. presents Bronx on the Move, a series of family fitness events. Power walks led by Health People, Inc., learn bike safety tips, improve your riding skills and pump up your tires at Transportation Alternatives' bike station, dance workshops instructed by Contemporary Ballet Theatre, relay races and other games offered by Montefiore School Health, tips on healthy cooking and eating, jump rope contests, hopscotch, roller skating and other kids’ activities, and free health screenings.

Save the date for a very special Upper West Side event featuring Jan Gehl, the world's foremost designer of green & livable streets.

Today is the RSVP deadline for the New York City Department of Transportation's upcoming public forum Upper West Side transportation issues. If you want to attend, e-mail westsidestudy @ hshassoc . com or call 917-339-0488.