The Tour de Bronx
Sunday morning was the Tour de Bronx. An estimated 5,000 riders took to the streets. The highlight of the ride was the trip along a car-free Sheridan Expressway.
October 23, 2006
A New Vision for the Meatpacking District
The Gansevoort Project Aims to Turn a Chaotic Intersection into a Grand Piazza
October 23, 2006
Tour de Bronx
Sunday, October 22 The Bronx Borough President and Transportation Alternatives' Tour de Bronx
October 22, 2006
Walk Don’t Destroy 2
Park Slope Neighbors has put together a team and will be walking to raise funds for the legal fight against the proposed "Atlantic Yards" project. Join as a walker or to pitch in by contributing funds.
October 21, 2006
Rumor Confirmed
A couple of different sources tell me that Bob Kiley is moving back to New York City to take a position with Parsons Brinckerhoff, the global engineering firm with a lead role in Partnership for New York City's secretive, long-delayed congestion pricing study.
October 20, 2006
Project Greenway: Bicycle as Fashion Accessory
This week's Time Out Magazine cover story asks, "What is New York Style?" Joshua David, co-founder of Friends of the Highline answers,
October 19, 2006
Speaker Quinn “Pleased” With NYPD’s New Biking Restrictions
Despite being slapped down in court a couple of times now, the NYPD is proposing yet another set of rules to restrict public gatherings aimed primarily at the bicyclists who meet for the monthly Critical Mass ride. According to yesterday's Times:
October 19, 2006
Today’s Headlines
Charleston, S.C. Cops Ticket Park(ing) Squatters The Pitch for a Car-Free Bedford Avenue (YouTube) Silver Blocks Pataki’s Moynihan Station Plan (Gothamist) Hudson Valley Becomes Notable for Its Exurbanites (NYT) Nude Staten Island driver kills pedestrian (News) ESDC “releases” its “independent” fiscal “impact analysis” for AY (NLG) Take the Upper East Side Transportation Survey (UGS)
October 19, 2006
Today’s Headlines
NYU Study Links Bronx Pollution To Childhood Asthma (NBC) Bloomberg & Schwarzenegger do “Green” Photo-Ops in Manhattan (Post) Car-Free Bedford Avenue Video (YouTube) 38% of All U.S. Mass Transit Users Live in NY Area (Post) Commuter Conformity Is Out for a Metro-North Majority (NYT) EPA To Recommend Action On Newtown Creek Cleanup (Sun) Flatbush Ave … Continued
October 17, 2006