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Brooklyn Committee

Committee Chair Aaron Naparstek
Meets The first Monday of the month at 6:30 pm at a location TBD. See T.A. Calendar, www.transalt.org/calendar. Please bring a friend to the next meeting.
Contact www.transalt.org/brooklyn, www.carfreeprospectpark.org, Bklyn@transalt.org, Brooklyn-list-subscribe@topica.com 

Advocacy Campaigns

• Car-Free Prospect Park--Cars do not belong in Prospect Park. www.carfreeprospectpark.org 
• Downtown Brooklyn Traffic Calming--Your neighborhood is not a BQE service road. Help win real pedestrian, bicycle and traffic calming improvements. bklyn@transalt.org 
• Brooklyn Hazard ID--Identify dangerous street conditions in Brooklyn. HazardID@transalt.org 
• East River Bridge Bicycle Counts-Document the number of cyclists to make a stronger case for cycling improvements. Bridgecounts@transalt.org 

Updates
In January we won a major extension of car-free "summer hours" in Prospect Park (see p. 11). Gear up to fight the next round.

Huge thanks to Clarence Eckerson, Jr. for three years of vigorous service as Brooklyn Chair. He leaves the new chair, Aaron Naparstek, with a big pair of shoes to fill. OK, they're a bit sweaty as well.

The Bronx Committee
Committee Chair Rich Gans
Meets Once every two or three months. See T.A. Calendar, www.transalt.org/calendar.
Contact Bronx@transalt.org, 718-653-2203

Goals

• Re-open the Highbridge Bridge, a pedestrian and bicycle bridge across the Harlem River.
• Reinstate car-free Sundays on the Grand Concourse.
• Win a new segment of the Hudson River Greenway in Riverdale Park.
• Pedestrian and cycling safety improvements.

Car-Free Central Park Committee
Committee Chair Ken Coughlin
Meets Regular petitioning in park, occasional meetings. Check www.car-freecentralpark.org.
Contact www.car-freecentralpark.org, CentralPark@transalt.org, Centralpark-subscribe@topica.com 

Goals

• Collect 100,000 signatures on our petition to City Hall.
• Win a three month trial closing of the park to traffic.
• Reach out to community groups.

Updates

The petition drive has passed the 44,000-signature mark.

The Campaign's petition effort will be back in full swing when the weather warms and the days lengthen. Come out and help!

The Campaign is looking for a volunteer interested in organizing a new subgroup, Parents for a Car-Free Park.

The Campaign will have a presence at many of the park events commemorating the 150th anniversary of Central Park, including the 8th International Urban Parks Conference, "Celebrating 150 years of Central Park," June 21-25. www.pps.org/GPGC/

Gowanus Expressway Task Force
Committee Chair Michael Cairl, Gowanus Community Stakeholder Group Vice-President
Contact Gowanus@transalt.org 

Goal

• T.A. is a core member of the Gowanus Community Stakeholder Group, which seeks to ensure full environmental review and an unbiased study of what it will take to replace Brooklyn's hulking elevated Gowanus Expressway with a tunnel.

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