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Sensible TransportationThe Man Who Closed Times Square to TrafficMedia Outlet: New York ObserverDate: January 26, 2010 Standing along a busy downtown Manhattan street, Mark Gorton lamented all the traffic.
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With Pedestrian Deaths Up, Mayor, DOT, and NYPD Pledge Safer StreetsMedia Outlet: StreetsBlogDate: January 27, 2010 Pledging that "even one traffic fatality is one too many," Mayor Bloomberg joined DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and NYPD transportation chief James Tuller today to release new information on tra
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Meet The HelpstersSubtitle: Formerly self-obsessed interlopers are giving up coke binges for seed bombs. Goodwill goes glam with New York's new breed of sexy do-gooders. Media Hit link: http://www.nypress.com/article-20847-meet-the-helpsters.htmlMedia Outlet: New York PressDate: January 27, 2010 The Music Hall of Williamsburg was packed last fall with maturing music fans who had just cheered their way through the performance of They Might Be Giants, a group many in attendance remembered as an
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The B25 is Alive!Media Outlet: Your NabeDate: January 15, 2010 The B25 bus line could be brought back from the brink.
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Cities Promote Scooter CommutingMedia Hit link: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-12-03-scooters_N.htmMedia Outlet: USA TodayDate: December 4, 2009 Image: ![scootersx[1].jpg](http://www.transalt.org/files/newsroom/media/2009/images/scootersx[1].jpg "scootersx[1].jpg") Some cities are trying to combat traffic congestion by encouraging commuters to hop out of their cars and onto their motor scooters. Image Caption: By Jay LaPrete for USA TODAY -- Columbus, Ohio has sold 147 parking permits for two-wheeled vehicles so far, according to a spokesman for the mayor.
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Patrolling PedicabsMedia Outlet: Gotham GazetteDate: June 29, 2009 The three-wheeled, human-powered pedicab lobby rolled into City Hall this morning for a surprisingly calm hearing on new regulations that would license the industry for the first time.
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Pedicabs Roll Toward RegulationMedia Outlet: New York Times BlogDate: June 29, 2009 Image: ![pedicab-190[1].jpg](http://www.transalt.org/files/newsroom/media/2009/images/pedicab-190[1].jpg "pedicab-190[1].jpg") Nearly three weeks after a pedicab collided with a yellow taxi at the foot of the Williamsburg Bridge in Brooklyn -- leaving the pedicab driver seriously injured -- the City Council's Consumer Aff Image Caption: Theodore Parisienne for The New York Times -- Pedicab regulation was the focus of a City Council hearing after a June 10 accident.
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This Week in Livable Streets EventsMedia Outlet: StreetsBlogDate: August 10, 2009 As Summer Streets month continues, this week's Streetsblog Calendar also includes an event memorializing city workers who have lost their lives while on the job, and an opportunity to help bring safer
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New Website: Candidates for Council, Citywide Office Weigh in on Transportation
Leafletting and Letter Writing with Straphangers Date: Help us prevent the biggest transit fare increase and service cuts in NYC history. |