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Posted in Livable Streets on Aug 11th, 2008
Wow. Well that video just about captures it. What more could you ask for out of a Summer Street?
Plenty of links about the day:
NRDC’s Scott Todd loved it and has a rather incredible slideshow of photos he took: “Look Ma, No Cars!“
Streetsblog has some great photos too.
The Times was all love and roses for Summer […]
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 Community, Livable Streets on Jul 22nd, 2008
A great piece about the inaugural Williamsburg Walks car-free day of glory on Bedford Avenue, put together by Clarence Eckerson at Streetfilms (it’s getting harder to remember a NYC livable streets movement without their blessed souls). Every week it feels like our city is changing into something even greater.
Next Saturday will again be car free. […]
Posted in Livable Streets on Jul 18th, 2008
Apparently SF is a little bit better to walk around. We’d disagree, but it’s tough to argue with this sort of cartography.
Streetsblog, of course, has something to say about this as well.
They just came out with a souped-up new version that is very cool yet somehow manages to rank San Francisco the #1 most walkable […]
Posted in Livable Streets, Parks and Open Space, Transportation on Jun 25th, 2008
Hot on the heels of the big Summer Streets announcement, a group in Williamsburg is planning a similar–if slightly less ambitious–car-free street experiment. Called Williamsburg Walks, for four saturdays (that’s one more than Summer Streets! take that Manhattan!) parts of Bedford Avenue, of course, will be closed off to cars, creating a safe haven for […]
Posted in Livable Streets, Transportation on Feb 15th, 2008
New logo, new website, new look magazine…great things always happening at our best local advocate for bicycling, walking, and public transit. From their newsletter:
TransAlt.org, your go-to source for action alerts, resources and news about bicycling, walking and public transit in NYC, has been fully upgraded. We think you’ll find the new site easier to […]