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Streetfilms: The Great NYC Commuter Race
You've read about it. You've analyzed it. Now see what the fuss is about.
May 30, 2008
Cycling Still Offers Quickest City Commute
To the surprise of no one -- with the possible exception of Bike Snob NYC -- bike commuter and social worker Jamie Favaro won Transportation Alternatives' 7th Annual Great NYC Commuter Race this morning, completing the 4.5-mile route between Fort Greene and Union Square in 16.5 minutes. Driver Emmanuel Fuentebella came in second at 22 minutes, and transit rider April Greene made the trip in 29 minutes. Writes T.A.:
May 29, 2008
DOT Previews Big Plans at Greenway Summit
The Ninth Avenue cycle track will be extended 10 blocks north to 33rd St.
May 29, 2008
Bike, Transit or Car: Which Is the Fastest Commute?
Tomorrow Transportation Alternatives will hold the 7th Annual Great NYC Commuter Race. Three contestants -- traveling by bike, transit and car -- will see who has the quickest commute from Fort Greene in Brooklyn to Manhattan's Union Square.
May 28, 2008
Has Time Run Out on the Parking Placard “Crackdown”?
Chinatown, December 2007: As good as it gets?
May 27, 2008
Open Thread: Share Your Bike-to-Work Stories
City Council Members John Liu and David Yassky bike to City Hall at a press event yesterday (the other 49 took a pass), as Paul Steely White brings up the rear in style.
May 16, 2008
DOT to Present Manhattan Bridge Plans to CB 3 Tonight
From Transportation Alternatives:
May 14, 2008
Streetfilm: Snackin’ and Schwaggin’ in Queens
Community board intransigence aside, cyclists abound in Queens, where Transportation Alternatives set up shop this week to hand out Bike Month snacks and schwag to commuters coming off the Queensborough Bridge. Streetfilms' Clarence Eckerson was there.
May 9, 2008
CB2 Chairman Punts Queens Greenway Vote Over Loss of Parking
From Transportation Alternatives' Queens Committee Chair Mike Heffron:
May 9, 2008