Pedestrian Barricades

Bad Bicycling Behavior

Author: 
Peter Goldwasser
Media Outlet: 
The Spirit
Date: 
December 4, 2008
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Pedaling Transportation Alternatives

Author: 
Oliver Haydock
Media Outlet: 
New York Observer
Date: 
August 26, 2008
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It's a golden age for Paul Steely White's advocacy. The 37-year-old executive director of nonprofit Transportation Alternatives talks about biking and public transit in the era of the $4 gallon of gas.

Location: Let's talk about the Summer Streets program. Has it gone as good as you would have hoped?

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Pedaling Transportation Alternatives

Author: 
Oliver Haydock
Media Outlet: 
New York Observer
Image Caption: 
It’s a golden age for Paul Steely White’s advocacy. The 37-year-old executive director of nonprofit Transportation Alternatives talks about biking and public transit in the era of the $4 gallon of gas.

Location: Let's talk about the Summer Streets program. Has it gone as good as you would have hoped?

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The State of the City's Streets: A Year to Remember?

Author: 
Graham T. Beck
Media Outlet: 
The Villager
Date: 
March 7, 2008
Image Caption: 
Riding in the new, protected bicycle lane along Ninth Ave. in Chelsea, a model for future protected bike lanes in the city.

The year 2007 may prove to be one of the most important years in the storied history of New York City's development. In a future timeline of urban advances, it might be printed in as big a font and as bold a type as 1811--when the grid system was adopted--or 1904--when the I.R.T. subway opened. The text adjacent to 2007 could say something like "the start of livable streets," or "the bike boom begins," or "congestion pricing kicks off." It may turn out that all of those descriptions may suit 2007. The real question is, in hindsight, will they?

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Pedestrian Barricades

October 15, 1999
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Midtown Pedestrian Action To Clear The Barricades

Noon, Tuesday, December 29, 1997
5th Ave. and 50th Street (North East Corner)

Pedestrians will gather to demand the Mayor abolish pedestrian barricades in Midtown and improve conditions for pedestrians on crowded Midtown sidewalks. Some participants will dress as cattle and travel as a herd around the intersection of 5th and 50th to dramatize the mistreatment of pedestrians. Other participants will carry signs saying:

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Release Date: 
December 29, 1998
Submitted by forrest on January 31, 2008 - 15:16. categories [ ]

Take Down The Midtown Barricades Say Pedestrian Advocates

Today, Transportation Alternatives (T.A.), a 5,000 member pedestrian advocacy group urged Mayor Giuliani to restore the eight crosswalks along 49th and 50th Streets currently blocked by pedestrian barricades. The group's request comes in response to a city plan to make the crosswalk blocking barricades permanent, and to move the crosswalk at 50th street and 5th Ave. 60 feet south, and at 50th St. and 6th Ave. 60 feet north. The City's plan was revealed in today's NY Post.

Subtitle: 
Group says setback crosswalks are bad idea for pedestrians.
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Release Date: 
March 3, 1998
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