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Correcting Thursday’s MTA Bike Seizure Correction
Quick, easy, inexpensive on-street bike parking in Montreal. Why not Williamsburg, Brooklyn?
October 29, 2007
MTA: Not Stealing Bikes. Just Following the Rules.
The MTA has been taking a lot of flack following yesterday's dust-up over MTA workers seizing bicycles locked to the Bedford Avenue subway station stairwell railing in Williamsburg. Perhaps the wrong transportation agency is taking the hit on this one.
October 25, 2007
DOT Installs 58 Muni-Meters in Bensonhurst
Is the Department of Transportation laying the groundwork for market rate, on-street parking? From a DOT media release yesterday:
October 25, 2007
Now the MTA is Stealing Bikes in Williamsburg
Back in July, New York City's Department of Transportation built sidewalk extensions and bike racks on a few automobile parking spaces-worth of street space near the Bedford Avenue subway stop in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It was the first time ever that on-street car parking had been replaced by bike parking in New York City.
October 24, 2007
Memorial Held for Craig Murphey
Friends of Craig Murphey held a memorial ride Saturday, and installed a ghost bike near the spot where he was struck by a commercial truck last week.
October 22, 2007
Park Slope Has Its Park(ing) Day
Evicted from their Park(ing) Day spot by the 78th Precinct last month, Park Slope Neighbors (with the PD's permission) observed the event over the weekend. StreetFilms' new producer Elizabeth Press was there, talking to participants, passers-by and motorists who support human-oriented use of valuable public space.
October 16, 2007