a reblog covering NYC’s sustainability scene
Posted in Events, Livable Streets, Transportation on Dec 31st, 2008
Please join T.A. and the Street Memorial Project on Sunday, January 4th for the 4th Annual Memorial Ride and Walk, an annual event to honor the many bicyclists and pedestrians who were killed on NYC streets in the past year.
Usher in the New Year by showing your support for safer streets and the end of […]
Posted in Livable Streets, Transportation on Dec 29th, 2008
With categories like “The Year’s Best Livable Streets Project” and “Best New Public Space.” Part One is online now, with more categories every day through the week. Check it out.
Posted in Efficiently, Livable Streets, Transportation on Dec 16th, 2008
Save the Kent Ave. Bike Lane!
Posted in Efficiently, Transportation on Dec 15th, 2008
RPA Pres Bob Yaro is happy that the MTA crisis has been handed into Dick Ravitch’s capable hands.
Posted in Efficiently, Transportation on Dec 3rd, 2008
Commuter of the year award.
Posted in Transportation on Dec 1st, 2008
Juliette Michaelson from the Regional Plan Association hits it square:
It may sound crazy to say at a time of ballooning budget deficits, but rather than cutting subway and commuter rail service, the region’s governors and mayors should instead find the resources to actually increase the quality, speed and frequency of transit — because that’s the […]
Posted in Livable Streets, Parks and Open Space, Transportation, Urban Environment on Aug 6th, 2008
Lo, the glorious day is nigh. Prepare yourselves! Summer Streets is upon us!
Direct from the DOT:
Summer Streets is for you!
For three Saturdays this August, take pleasure in nearly 7 miles of car-free streets from the Brooklyn Bridge to Central Park.
Play! Run! Walk! Bike! Breathe!…at SUMMER STREETS!!
August 9th, 16th and 23rd from 7am - 1pm
Lafayette Street […]
Posted in Livable Streets, Transportation on Aug 2nd, 2008
It is once again time to start gearing up for Park(ing) Day NYC— get out your benches, roll out your sod, ready your great ideas!
Park(ing) Day NYC is September 19th, and parking spots across the city are just waiting to be rescued, turned for a day into the Park(ing) Spots that will get everyone thinking […]
Posted in Livable Streets, Transportation on Jul 17th, 2008
For anyone who spends any time on a bike in this town, this video will summon familiar feelings of outrage.
Bike-Lane Emergency from Nicholas Whitaker on Vimeo.
Posted in Livable Streets, Transportation on Jul 12th, 2008
Truly amazing development on the fabric of NYC’s streets. Two lanes of Broadway to be rededicated to a pedestrian plaza and a bike lane. From the Times:
In a surprising reshaping of the urban landscape, the city is creating a public esplanade along a portion of one of its most prominent streets, Broadway in Midtown, setting […]