Rally for Safe Cycling Space on W. Houston St.
Date: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 Time: 4 p.m. Location: W. Houston St., south side between Greene and Mercer Sts. Objective: To draw attention to the hazardous conditions for cyclists along Houston St., which DOT and City Planning designate a “proposed bicycle route,†and to pressure DOT to include a safe bicycling route in the currently-underway … Continued
4:42 PM EDT on August 25, 2006
- Date: Wednesday, August 30, 2006
- Time: 4 p.m.
- Location: W. Houston St., south side between Greene and Mercer Sts.
- Objective: To draw attention to the hazardous conditions for cyclists along Houston St., which DOT and City Planning designate a “proposed bicycle route,†and to pressure DOT to include a safe bicycling route in the currently-underway Houston St. Reconstruction project.
- Sponsored by: The Ad-hoc Committee for Houston St. Bike Lanes of Community Board 2, Manhattan.
- More Info: bikehoustonst.net
Before he began blogging about land use and transportation, Aaron Donovan wrote The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund's annual fundraising appeal for three years and earned a master's degree in urban planning from Columbia. Since then, he has worked for nonprofit organizations devoted to New York City economic development. He lives and works in the Financial District, and sees New York's pre-automobile built form as an asset that makes New York unique in the United States, and as a strategic advantage that should be capitalized upon.
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