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54 Percent of New Yorkers Support NYC Bike Lanes ---- Statement by Paul Steely White, Executive Director of Transportation Alternatives

March 18, 2011
Brian Krapf 212-608-0333

A majority of New Yorkers support New York City's bike lanes, which have brought more orderly streets and fewer traffic crashes citywide.


Cops Ticketing Cyclists for Red Lights Far Beyond Central Park

Author: 
John Del Signore
Media Outlet: 
gothamist
Date: 
March 10, 2011
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There's been an outcry over the NYPD cracking down on cyclists who blow through red lights in Central Park, and biking advocates hope to persuade the NYPD to adjust enforcement in the park at a meetin

Submitted by volunteer on March 15, 2011 - 17:26. categories [ ]

New Yorkers Thank City For 3+ Years of Transportation Improvements

Author: 
Steven Higashide
Media Outlet: 
Mobilizing the Region
Date: 
March 9, 2011
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New Yorkers joined city and regional transportation, environmental, and planning organizations this morning to thank the city for over three years of transportation improvements.

Image Caption: 
This morning, on the steps of City Hall, advocates and city residents displayed a thank-you card to NYC Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and her bosses with 1,700 signatures.
Submitted by volunteer on March 15, 2011 - 17:23. categories [ ]

Debunking The New Yorker's Anti-Bike Lane Screed

Author: 
John Del Signore
Media Outlet: 
gothamist
Date: 
March 9, 2011
Image: 
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New Yorker columnist John Cassidy usually writes about economics, but he also drives a Jaguar around NYC, and the man is sick and tired of seeing bike lanes "poach on our territory." The phrase is tel

Submitted by volunteer on March 15, 2011 - 17:20. categories [ ]

For a Change, They Came to Praise Her

Author: 
Colin Moynihan
Media Outlet: 
New York Times
Date: 
March 9, 2011
Image: 
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There is no question that the policies of the city's transportation commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan, can be polarizing.

Image Caption: 
Michael Appleton for The New York Times Supporters of the city transportation commissioner gathered outside City Hall.
Submitted by volunteer on March 15, 2011 - 17:16. categories [ ]

Bike Lane Suit Could Spur Other Legal Challenges

Author: 
Susannah Griffee
Media Outlet: 
NBC New York
Date: 
March 10, 2011
Image: 
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A lawsuit filed this week demanding the removal of the bike lane along Prospect Park West might be just the first of many court challenges that could seek to tear apart the city's nearly 500-mile bik

Submitted by volunteer on March 15, 2011 - 17:10. categories [ ]

NRDC Supporting Transportation Innovations of Mayor Bloomberg and Commissioner Sadik-Khan at City Hall Tomorrow

Author: 
Rich Kassel
Media Outlet: 
SWiTCHBOARD
Date: 
March 8, 2011
Submitted by volunteer on March 15, 2011 - 17:07. categories [ ]

Good Morning!

Author: 
Ed Litvak
Media Outlet: 
The Lo-Down
Date: 
March 9, 2011
Image: 
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Cloudy today and windy with a high of 44. Rain showers begin this evening, continuing into tomorrow. On the agenda... the 7th Precinct's Community Council meets tonight.

Submitted by volunteer on March 15, 2011 - 17:04. categories [ ]

License Plate for Bicycles Bill Withdrawn

Author: 
Laura Ciminera
Media Outlet: 
Queens Courier
Date: 
March 8, 2011

Cyclists can keep pedaling for now without worrying about having to register their bicycles.

Submitted by volunteer on March 15, 2011 - 17:01. categories [ ]