Brooklyn Committee

June 2009 is BIKEBKLN, a month-long T.A. membership drive, celebration, and awareness-raising campaign, hosted by our Brooklyn-based members and volunteers.

Join T.A. in June at one of these great events!

For locations and details on events taking place this month, please check here.

Join the fight for better biking in Brooklyn by becoming a T.A. member today!

Brooklyn is fortunate to already have more than 100 miles of bike lanes, vast access to mass transit, and a strong base of livable streets advocates. However, none of it can be taken for granted; there are still many improvements needed borough wide. After several years of reduced activity, the Brooklyn Committee of Transportation Alternatives has been re-energized, more than doubling its membership and diving into issues big and small to create a safer environment for all street users.

Harnessing the revitalized spirit, the volunteer committee voted on key goals for 2009. Projects range from spearheading already established events such as the Tour de Brooklyn to creating entirely new ones like a Brooklyn-centric membership drive in June that will follow T.A.'s citywide May Bike Month. Other efforts include pushing for a Car Free Prospect Park, bringing new protected bike lanes to Brooklyn, working with the Department of Transportation to place bike racks in bulk across underserved community boards, and providing bike valet at the Celebrate Brooklyn summer arts series.

Contact Dave 'Paco' Abraham at dave.paco.abraham [at] gmail.com to learn more about the Committee, or visit the Google Group to read and join in the discussions.
http://groups.google.com/group/TransAltBrooklyn

And sign up for Brooklyn-related action alerts:


Meetings:

The T.A. Brooklyn Committee meets the last Thursday of each month (unless otherwise noted) from 7-8:30 pm. For the most up-to-date meeting location information, please visit the T.A. Events Calendar



Brooklyn Contacts:

Brooklyn Community Board 1 (Greenpoint/Williamsburg)
www.cb1brooklyn.org

Brooklyn Community Board 6 (Park Slope)
www.brooklyncb6.org

Brooklyn Greenway Initiative (BGI)
http://www.brooklyngreenway.org

Prospect Park Alliance
http://www.prospectpark.org

Neighbors Allied for Good Growth (NAG)
http://www.nag-brooklyn.org

Park Slope Civic Council
http://www.parkslopeciviccouncil.org

Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn
http://www.developdontdestroy.org


Elected Officials:

Mayor Michael Bloomberg
http://www.nyc.gov/mayor

Borough President Marty Markowitz
http://www.brooklyn-usa.org/index.htm

NYC Council
For updated and fully detailed information, visit: http://council.nyc.gov/html/members/members.shtml

District 39 - Council Member Bill de Blasio
http://council.nyc.gov/d39/html/members/home.shtml

District 38 - Council Member Sara M. Gonzalez
http://council.nyc.gov/d38/html/members/home.shtml

District 35 - Council Member Letitia James
http://council.nyc.gov/d35/html/members/home.shtml

District 34 - Council Member Diana Reyna
http://council.nyc.gov/d34/html/members/home.shtml

District 33 - Council Member David Yassky
http://council.nyc.gov/d33/html/members/home.shtml

Find My State Senator
http://www.senate.state.ny.us/Senatorbio.nsf/Public_NYCMap?openform

Find My State Assembly Member
http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem

Find My Congressman
http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW_by_State.shtml#ny


Other Contacts:

NYC Department of Transportation (DOT):
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml

Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan
http://www.nyc.gov/html/mail/html/maildot.html

DOT Brooklyn Borough Commissioner Joseph Palmieri
16 Court Street, Brooklyn NY 11241
(718) 222-7259


Community Boards:

Find your community board:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/cau/html/cb/cb_brooklyn.shtml


Bike Shops

See our bike shops page for a list of Brooklyn area bike shops.
http://transalt.org/resources/bikeshop#brooklyn