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The horrific London terrorist attacks and the subsequent elevation of the terror threat alert for mass transit systems in the United States have made many New Yorkers jittery about taking the subway and bus. The City should expect that many people will want to use other options to get to work and around town in the next few weeks, including riding a bicycle. Now, more than ever, the City should make sure that bicyclists are safe and secure by convening a "tiger team" to take action to prevent yet more killing of bicyclists on our city streets. We can keep our city moving and thriving by taking immediate action to make bicycle commuting a real, safe option for all New Yorkers.	Join Transportation Alternatives for a Summer Benefit for Better Bicycling Monday, July 25th At Image Courtesy Bicyclepaintings.com Featuring The Ethicist, Randy Cohen Celebrating the Return of T.A.'s Noah Budnick RSVP Here Sunday, September 11, 2005 Be Like Dino and Register Early! Dino Tortu is the winner of our Century early registration raffle! Dino gets a $150 gift certificate to Bicycle Habitat or Spokes and Strings to gear up for the 2005 NYC Century Bike Tour. Says Dino "I am looking forward to this year's Century... it's one of my favorite days of the year, and now I have another reason to be glad I registered early!" Save big by registering for the NYC Century today. Already registered? Invite a friend to join you! Television is most often the antithesis of bicycling: passive, boring and saturated with car ads. Not so with BikeTV. For proof, check out some recent shows: Brooklyn Bike To Work Breakfast Tour de Brooklyn
Make Streets Safe for Bicycling! T.A. Presses City Hall to Stop the Killing of Bicyclists
Ten people have been killed and over 880 have been injured while bicycling on the streets of New York City so far in 2005. On June 22, a right turning truck driver killed 25-year-old Andrew Morgan, the tenth and latest victim, as he biked to work on Houston Street. How many of these tragedies could have been prevented? Each of the four most recent fatalities occurred on City-recommended bike routes that are, despite their designation as "bike routes," completely devoid of bicycling facilities and traffic calming measures. As the number of bicyclists in New York City has increased, the number of staff members at the DOT's bicycle and traffic calming departments has decreased. T.A. is outraged by the killing of bicyclists. We are working with a host of city bike groups, including the Five Borough Bicycle Club, FreeWheels, New York Bicycle Messenger Foundation, Right of Way, Staten Island Bicycle Association and Times Up!, to demand that City Hall take action to stop the killing. Together, we unveiled our recommendations for making bicycling safe at a City Hall vigil and rally on June 16th. These include boosting the City's capacity to plan and build bicycle routes, reviewing and updating the City's 1997 "Bicycle Master Plan," and adopting new and stronger design standards for biking routes. Watch a short video about fighting back against the killing of bicyclists! http://homepage.mac.com/trorb/T.A./iMovieTheater52.html Take Action! Send an e-fax to Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff urging him to make bicycling safe in NYC! Subject: Dear Deputy Mayor Doctoroff: Dear Deputy Mayor Doctoroff, As a fellow bike commuter, you understand the dangers that bicyclists face everyday. While our greenways, bridge paths and parks generally allow safe riding (thank you!), getting to and from these wonderful facilities is unacceptably hazardous. For example, on Houston Street, a City-recommended bike route, 81 bicyclists were injured between 2002 and 2004, and two have been killed in 2005 so far. We can stop the carnage and encourage more people to bicycle. I strongly encourage you to convene a tiger team of bicycling advocates, the City Department of Transportation, NYPD, Parks Department, Department of City Planning, Department of Design and Construction and the Department of Health to draft and implement an action plan to make bicycling safe in New York City. Sincerely, Name: Street address: City: State: Zip: E-mail: Please include your full contact information so that your message will be treated as official correspondence! Your message will be faxed to Mayor Bloomberg and e-mailed to Transportation Alternatives. Fax not working? Click here to access a print friendly version.
NYPD-Sponsored Bicycle Safety Discussion
If you are a bicyclist living in the East Village in Manhattan, take advantage of this opportunity to talk directly to the NYPD about improving bicycling safety. Angry? Frustrated? Got ideas? This is your chance to channel your energy into a productive conversation with the people who have the power to make your bicycling experience safe. Don’t miss it! Friday, July 8th at 6 pm 130 Avenue C, between 8th and 9th Streets Contact the 9th Precinct Highway Safety Officer at 212-477-7800 for more information Refreshments will be served