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East River Day Waterfront Tours
New York’s waterfront is being transformed. From Brooklyn Bridge Park to Throg’s Neck on the East River alone, over 1000 acres of redevelopment is slated to occur over the upcoming years. This scale of development is an enormous opportunity - and a risk. Too much waterfront development in recent years has created sterile, privatized places that don’t do justice to New York.
June 16, 2007
Tell the Parks Dept. About Your Vision for the High Bridge
Under PlaNYC, the High Bridge, an 1848 pedestrian- and cyclist-only bridge connecting the Bronx with Washingon Heights, is opening after some four decades of closure. The Parks Department wants to learn about your priorities for the bridge. Cyclists and pedestrians (especially those who live in Upper Manhattan and the Bronx) should come out and help shape the design to ensure that both uses can coexist harmoniously and are both encouraged by the design.
June 16, 2007
Memorial Ride for Mark Grichevsky
Mark Grichevsky was 18 years old. He was a student at City As School, and was also an intern at Recycle-A-Bicycle. He was struck by a car on May 29th in the afternoon, near his home in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. He passed away 4 days later in the hospital. This ride will link up with the Recycle-A-Bicycle Ride Club for youth.
June 15, 2007
Write to Speaker Silver at a Congestion Pricing Letter-Writing Station
Governor Spitzer supports it. The federal government wants it. And State Senate Leader Joe Bruno has introduced legislation to enable it. But Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has yet to take a position on Mayor Bloomberg's congestion pricing plan, and time is running out.
June 13, 2007
Write to Speaker Silver at a Congestion Pricing Letter-Writing Station
Governor Spitzer supports it. The federal government wants it. And State Senate Leader Joe Bruno has introduced legislation to enable it. But Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has yet to take a position on Mayor Bloomberg's congestion pricing plan, and time is running out.
June 13, 2007
Write to Speaker Silver at a Congestion Pricing Letter-Writing Station
Governor Spitzer supports it. The federal government wants it. And State Senate Leader Joe Bruno has introduced legislation to enable it. But Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has yet to take a position on Mayor Bloomberg's congestion pricing plan, and time is running out.
June 13, 2007
Write to Speaker Silver at a Congestion Pricing Letter-Writing Station
Governor Spitzer supports it. The federal government wants it. And State Senate Leader Joe Bruno has introduced legislation to enable it. But Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has yet to take a position on Mayor Bloomberg's congestion pricing plan, and time is running out.
June 13, 2007
Brooklyn Community Board 6 to Vote on 9th Street Bike Lane
The full board is expected to make a final vote on the 9th Street bike lane issue at this meeting.
June 13, 2007
Streetsblog Birthday Party
This Friday we'll be celebrating Streetsblog's first full year of operation and the remarkable progress that New York City's Livable Streets movement has made in pushing transportation policy and urban environmental issues to the very top of the civic agenda.
June 12, 2007
Public Hearing and Rally for PlaNYC
PlaNYC 2030 and supporters will gather in front of the CUNY Graduate Center at 8:15 a.m. to show support for PlaNYC and enter when the doors open for a New York State Assembly public hearing (brownfields and energy), which begins at 10 a.m.
June 11, 2007