Endless Summer on Brooklyn’s Fifth Avenue
For most New Yorkers the official end of summer is Labor Day which, this year, fell on Monday, September 4, 2006. For astronomers, pagans and Daniel Libeskind's "Wedge of Light," the end of summer is the Autumnal Equinox, the moment when the sun crosses the celestial equator from north to south. By that measure, Fall begins on Saturday, September 23 at 12:03 am this year. But for those who commute by bike along the northern end of Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn, the end of summer will be the day that New York City's Department of Transportation creates bike safety improvements along this stretch of avenue recently identified as one of the city's top three bicyclist fatality areas. At the moment, there is no end in sight.
September 20, 2006
Today’s Headlines
Governor Corzine Unveils $74 Million Pedestrian Safety Initiative (NJ.gov) Gore says tax pollution, not payrolls (Reuters) Epidemic of carpet-tack attacks along the Hudson River bike path (NY Mag) U.N. Gridlock nightmare not over (News) Drivers Pumped as Gas Prices Fall (News) Restaurant owner struck on bike dies (News) Bronx teen bicyclist hit by car, in … Continued
September 20, 2006
Towards Carfree Cities VI
September 20-24, 2006 Bogotá, Colombiahttp://www.worldcarfree.net/conference/
September 20, 2006
Stockholm Voters Approve Congestion Charging
Streetsblog: So, what happened in yesterday's election?
September 19, 2006
Today’s Headlines
Gridlock Expected During UN General Assembly (1010 WINS) Gore’s climate-policy speech at NYU (Grist) Beijing To Ban Cars At 2008 Olympics (Planetizen) Ratner Can Do Better on Traffic, Transit (TSTC) The Driveways That Ate the Parking Spaces (NYT) Stop Reckless Bicyclists (NYT Letters) The Problems of Neighborhood Traffic: The Neighborhood View (TSTC) 43,443 Road Dead. … Continued
September 19, 2006
Atlantic Yards Project, Written Comments Due
September 29, 5:00 pmWritten comments due for Atlantic Yards project. Send to 633 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017attention: Maria Mooney, or email to atlanticyards@empire.state.ny.us.
September 19, 2006
PARK(ing) Day
PARK(ing) Day is September 21, 2006 REBAR opened eyes worldwide by temporarily transforming a metered parking spot into a PARK. We reclaimed the street for people…at least until the meter ran out! Now the challenge is up to you. REBAR, with support from The Trust for Public Land (TPL) wants you, the most creative minds … Continued
September 19, 2006