Riders work up an appetite cruising Brooklyn's waterfront bike paths.

Thank you to all the Brooklyn Waterfront Epic riders and marshals for making this a second year of awesome-ness!! But that big ride was just a warm up for the Century Tour (http://www.nyccentury.org/)!

Early registration ($55) for the T.A. Century Tour on September 12th ends this Friday, July 23rd. After that, it goes up by 5 bucks every few weeks until $70 the day of the ride. Online registration (http://bit.ly/d4fXlY) is open until September 10th.


Tuesday, July 20:
BQE Enhancement Public Meeting

Join your neighbors at our second design workshop so we can work together to improve the connections among the Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, and Columbia Street Waterfront neighborhoods. This is the second of a series of workshops; the first of which was earlier this year; come attend to see if issues raised are addressed in the developing plan.

Please RSVP to BQE@nycedc.com. For more info on the project, see http://bit.ly/dcSZji.

When: Tuesday, July 20, 6:30 – 8:30pm
Where: Long Island College Hospital (LICH), Avram Conference Center, Rooms A & B, 339 Hicks Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201


Wednesday, July 21:
Land Use & Local Voices: Is the City's Land Use Process in Need of Reform?

Join community board members, city planners, land use lawyers, real estate developers, elected officials, community activists, and others interested in New York City's land use process for a one-day conference. Co-sponsored by the Municipal Art Society and Community Board 1, this one-day conference explores various perspectives on New York City’s land use process and considers proposals to improve it. FREE. Registration required. Register online or call 212 935 2075. More Info: http://mas.org/this-wednesday-land-use-local-voices-conference/

When: Wednesday, July 21, Registration 8:30 p.m., Conference 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Where: At the Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University, 3 Spruce St.


Thursday July 22 – Sunday July 24th:
Count Bikes and Peds for BGI!

BGI is taking quarterly counts of bicyclists, pedestrians and runners along the route of the Greenway to demonstrate that usage continues to grow.

Where: the following locations in North Brooklyn: Flushing @ Vanderbilt and Kent Ave. @ Broadway
When: Thursday, July 22nd and Saturday July 24th, at the following times: 8am-9am, Noon-12, 6pm-7pm


T.A. Bike Valet Continues!!

Summer bike valet continues with more concerts at Celebrate Brooklyn and Movies in Brooklyn Bridge Park! Love concerts? Or Movies? And Bikes?! Sign up to volunteer at T.A.'s bike valet station at Celebrate Brooklyn or Summer Movies in Prospect Park and you get the best of both worlds. Email volunteer [at] transalt [dot] org to sign up for the concerts you love, today!

Summer Movies (Brooklyn Bridge Park)
Thursday, July 22nd: Movie: The Big Lebowski

Celebrate Brooklyn (Prospect Park Bandshell)
Thursday, July 22nd: Band: The Chaplin Mutuals
Friday, July 23rd: Band: Bomba Estereo


Saturday, July 24th:
T.A. Members Meet-Up @ Brooklyn Boulders

Join T.A. for a Member Meet-Up at Brooklyn Boulders this Saturday! Starting at 8pm T.A. will be hanging out at BKB, offering a super discounted membership and T.A. members get $5 off of any BKB service! We’ll have member stickers so you can see which climbers are also T.A. members like you! Brooklyn Boulders (BKB) is an amazing climbing gym! In Brooklyn! With free, secure, wonderful INDOOR BIKE PARKING! If you’d like to help out at the table, email Elena and volunteer@transalt.org now!

Where: Brooklyn Boulders http://www.brooklynboulders.com/), 575 Degraw (http://www.brooklynboulders.com/googlemap.html)

When: Saturday, July 24th: 8pm