Bike Lanes and Greenways

Two Lanes for Two-Wheelers on Prospect Park West

Media Outlet: 
Brownstoner
Date: 
April 17, 2009

The reduced car access to Prospect Park isn't the only bike-friendly change in the works for the Park Slope area: The Department of Transportation showed off a plan for a two-way bike path along Prosp

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Submitted by forrest on April 30, 2009 - 15:42. categories [ ]

Queens Groups Graduate Parks Program

Subtitle: 
Two Coves Community Garden in Astoria and Transportation Alternatives Queens Committee finish parks program
Author: 
Pete Davis
Media Outlet: 
Queens Courier
Date: 
April 1, 2009
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Photo Courtesy of Partnerships for Park Joe Salvatore, Partnerships for Parks; Ina Brennan, Two Coves Community Garden; David Rivel, Executive Director City Parks Foundation; Emily Compton with son, Two Coves Community Garden; Stephanos Koullias, Two Coves Community Garden; Taryn Cunha and Eddie Hernandez, Transportation Alternatives Queens Committee; Adrian

Seven Queens residents representing two groups made up this year's graduating class at the Partnerships Academy -- a free program offered by the City Parks Foundation and City Department of Parks & Re

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Submitted by forrest on April 9, 2009 - 11:10. categories [ ]

Open Spaces in NYS Get Funding

Author: 
Andrea Bernstein
Media Outlet: 
WNYC
Date: 
April 2, 2009

NEW YORK, NY April 02, 2009 --New York State is funding some $81 million in bike paths and public spaces. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein has more.

Submitted by forrest on April 9, 2009 - 10:54. categories [ ]

Bigger Sidewalks But No Protected Bike Lane for Houston Street

Author: 
Ben Fried
Media Outlet: 
StreetsBlog
Date: 
April 3, 2009
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A photosim of the East Houston Street plan; existing condition shown inset. Image: DCP.

The reconstruction of East Houston Street will include wider medians, bigger sidewalks, fewer

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Submitted by forrest on April 9, 2009 - 10:11. categories [ ]

Letters to the Editor

Subtitle: 
Simply Irrational
Author: 
Danny Chen
Media Outlet: 
Downtown Express
Date: 
January 23, 2009

To The Editor:
Re "Bridge, brides, bottlenecks raise Chatham Square scare" (news article, Jan. 16 -- 22):

Submitted by forrest on February 5, 2009 - 16:11. categories [ ]

Join the Kent Avenue Bike Lane Day of Action

Action Type: In-Person Outreach
Expiration Date: February 10, 2009


Submitted by ali on February 5, 2009 - 15:57. categories [ ]

Not Just Clownin’ Around On Controversial Bike Lane

Subtitle: 
Cyclists Face Opposition in Williamsburg
Author: 
Pheobe Neidi
Media Outlet: 
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Date: 
December 17, 2008
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‘Bicycle clowns’ from the environmental group Time’s Up ride down Kent Avenue in Williamsburg Wednesday morning to defend the street’s controversial two-way bike lane from vehicles that would block it. Photo by Clarissa Roudabush

WILLIAMSBURG -- A group of "bicycle clowns" showed up on Kent Avenue in Williamsburg Wednesday morning to defend their turf -- the new two-way, 1.5-mile bike lane the city installed this past fall.

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Submitted by forrest on January 22, 2009 - 17:58. categories [ ]

The 2008 Streetsie Awards, Part 3

Author: 
Aaron Naparstek
Media Outlet: 
StreetsBlog
Date: 
December 31, 2008

Bureaucrat of the Year: In just a year-and-a-half, Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan has transformed New York City's Department of Transportation into the envy of city transportation ag

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Submitted by forrest on January 22, 2009 - 16:55. categories [ ]

Bike Lanes Crowd Out Cars In Bd. 1

Author: 
Richard Gentilviso
Media Outlet: 
Queens Gazette
Date: 
December 24, 2008

Everyone knows it's tough to find safe indoor parking for automobiles. But what about bicycles?

Submitted by forrest on January 22, 2009 - 16:18. categories [ ]