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Sunday: Moms, Dads and Kids Ride the Prospect Park West Bike Lane
If you read the Streetsblog headlines every morning, you already know there's a family ride happening this Sunday on the Prospect Park West bike lane. Here are the details straight from the organizers if you'd like to participate:
April 8, 2011
Jim Brennan Wants to Get Rid of the Prospect Park West Bike Lane
After Assembly Member James Brennan released the results of his telephone survey on the Prospect Park West bike lane last Friday, the assessment in the press was unanimous. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein headlined her post on the poll results "They Like It. They Really Like It." Gersh Kuntzman at The Brooklyn Paper began his story: "The survey says — again! — that Park Slopers like their controversial bike lane."
April 7, 2011
Pedestrian Seriously Injured Crossing Brooklyn’s Fourth Avenue
A driver struck and injured a pedestrian crossing Brooklyn's Fourth Avenue near President Street yesterday evening around 6:35 p.m., according to the FDNY.
April 5, 2011
This Is What Gibson Dunn Lawyer Jim Walden Wants to Sue Out of Existence
This weekend brought some gorgeous early spring weather to NYC, and the Prospect Park West bike lane was full of people riding bicycles -- many of whom probably needed parental permission to go ride on the street.
April 4, 2011
PPW Bike Lane Opponents Have PR Firm Spinning For Them
Wondering how the members of bike lane opposition group Neighbors for Better Bike Lanes manage to get quoted so much in the papers? It helps when you have a public relations firm working the press for you.
April 1, 2011
Jim Brennan Poll Finds 3-2 Margin of Support for PPW Redesign
Assembly Member Jim Brennan's office released the results of a telephone survey on the Prospect Park West redesign this afternoon [PDF], and the topline numbers echo the results of the web survey conducted last year by Council Members Brad Lander and Steve Levin and Community Board 6.
April 1, 2011
Chuck Schumer: America Needs More Streets Like Prospect Park West
Senator Chuck Schumer broke his long public silence on the redesigned Prospect Park West in dramatic fashion this morning, leading members of Congress on a two-wheeled tour of the physically separated bike lane that runs past his Brooklyn home. Schumer used the occasion to announce that he'll be introducing new legislation to promote investment in bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure.
April 1, 2011
Someone’s Paying for a Phone Survey About the Prospect Park West Bike Lane
Streetsblog has received multiple reports from people who were called yesterday for an opinion survey about the Prospect Park West bike lane. Notably, the question set focused specifically on the redesign of this one street, not broader issues of cycling or bike infrastructure.
March 28, 2011
Prospect Park West Lawsuit Hearing Postponed Until May
The first court date for the Prospect Park West lawsuit has been pushed back two months. Though Brooklyn Civil Supreme Court Justice Bert Bunyan was originally scheduled to begin hearing the case tomorrow, the case is now scheduled for May 18, according to the court system's online information.
March 28, 2011
Jim Walden Tries to Distance Bike Lane Lawsuit From Weinshall and Schumer
This morning, Gibson Dunn attorney Jim Walden continued his media tour calling attention to the lawsuit he filed earlier this month to remove the Prospect Park West bike lane. Appearing on the Brian Lehrer show, Walden tried to distance the group he represents from former DOT Commissioner Iris Weinshall and her husband, Senator Chuck Schumer.
March 23, 2011