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Posted in Transportation on Mar 9th, 2009
There’s still time to contact your state senator and make sure they’re going to battle for MTA funding. Here’s Streetfilms:
Transportation Alternatives collected nearly 1,000 letters from Queens transit riders who oppose the looming MTA fare hikes and service cuts. In the letters, straphangers urged their state senators to approve a plan that uses bridge toll […]
Posted in Livable Streets on Jun 22nd, 2008
For a sense of how the recently announced Summer Streets might play out, look no further than this Streetfilm about Bogota’s Cyclovia:
This is but a shortened version of a longer piece all about the amazing Cyclovia in Bogota. You can check that out here.
Posted in Community, Transportation on Jun 19th, 2008
[Much of Park Avenue, above, will be closed to cars on parts of Aug. 9, 16 and 23. Right, Lance Armstrong joined Mayor Bloomberg to announce street closings. Photo: Fred R. Conrad/NYT; John Marshall Mantel for NYT]
We’re a couple days late on this–not for lack of excitement, but because it actually took a […]
Posted in Transportation on Mar 24th, 2008
A very amusing protest-performance by the inimitable Rev. Billy, his choir, and some folks from Transportation Alternatives.
Hit up StreetFilms for more deets.
Posted in Livable Streets, Transportation on Feb 20th, 2008
The indispensable StreetFilms delivers another gem. I’ve talked with Penalosa a couple years back, and I can assure you that he is the real deal. I’m interested to learn more about this COMMUTE initiative. From the source:
Yesterday, Bogotá, Colombia’s most famous former mayor and livable streets hero, Enrique Peñalosa, presented many of […]