Media Hit

Bill Of Rights Targets Mass Transit Headaches

Author: 
Domenick Rafter
Media Outlet: 
Queens Tribune
Date: 
April 7, 2011

In response to outrage over late trains, disappearing bus lines and fare hikes, Assemblywoman Grace Meng (D-Flushing), has introduced a Transit Riders Bill of Rights aimed at improving service and com

Submitted by volunteer on May 2, 2011 - 16:18. categories [ ]

The Need For Speed Cameras

Author: 
Jon Lentz
Media Outlet: 
City Hall News
Date: 
April 29, 2011

New York City already uses cameras to nab motorists who run red lights or drive in designated bus lanes.

Submitted by volunteer on May 2, 2011 - 16:14. categories [ ]

Pedal Pushing

Subtitle: 
How NYC’s busy biking booster rolls from 9 to 5
Author: 
Victoria Grantham
Media Outlet: 
New York Post
Date: 
April 10, 2011
Image: 
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Name: Paul Steely White

Job: Executive director of Transportation Alternatives, the nonprofit that promotes biking, walking and mass transit.

Image Caption: 
SPOKESMAN: Paul Steely White runs the advocacy group Transportation Alternatives from a bustling Chelsea office.
Submitted by volunteer on May 2, 2011 - 16:11. categories [ ]

NYC Bike Lanes Get Bloomberg PR Push

Author: 
Joe Coscarelli
Media Outlet: 
Village Voice
Date: 
March 30, 2011

New York City and the Bloomberg administration are deploying a secret weapon in the war over bike lanes, the New York Times reports today, in the form of some offense led by Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfso

Submitted by volunteer on April 12, 2011 - 17:14. categories [ ]

Greenway For Bikes To Soon Encircle Fresh Kills Site

Author: 
Amanda Farinacci
Media Outlet: 
NY1
Date: 
March 30, 2011

Long before the former Fresh Kills landfill is transformed into a park, the Parks Department will complete in the near future a greenway on the perimeter of the Staten Island area that will make getti

Submitted by volunteer on April 12, 2011 - 16:21. categories [ ]

Car-free park? Council bill would ban behemoths among Brooklyn’s boughs

Author: 
Natalie O’Neill
Media Outlet: 
Brooklyn Paper
Date: 
March 29, 2011

A Manhattan lawmaker wants to ban cars from Prospect Park -- a plan that would tame the "hectic pace of city life," its chief supporter says.

Submitted by volunteer on April 11, 2011 - 17:26. categories [ ]

NYPD embarrassed in speeding cyclists ticketing blunder

Author: 
Mark Appleton
Media Outlet: 
road.cc
Date: 
March 25, 2011
Image: 
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In law enforcement circles it's generally accepted that the basic idea is to enforce laws that actually exist rather than ones you've made up or perhaps think should exist.

Submitted by volunteer on April 11, 2011 - 17:21. categories [ ]

Council Members Introduce ‘Flashing Yellow Light’ Bill To Help Cyclists

Author: 
Brooklyn Eagle
Media Outlet: 
Architect's Newspaper
Date: 
March 25, 2011

CITY HALL -- Council Members Ydanis Rodriguez (D-Manhattan), Gale Brewer(D-Manhattan) and Vincent Gentile (D-Bay Ridge/Dyker Heights) have introduced a "flashing yellow light" bill at the New Yor

Submitted by volunteer on April 11, 2011 - 17:18. categories [ ]

State Continuing Practice of Issuing Thousands of Parking Permits

Author: 
Andrea Bernstein
Media Outlet: 
WNYC
Date: 
March 27, 2011
Image: 
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Image Caption: 
A Subaru in Lower Manhattan Displaying Parking Placard is Parked in a No-Parking Zone (Andrea Bernstein)
Submitted by volunteer on April 11, 2011 - 17:06. categories [ ]

Gale Brewer Introduces Bill to Make Central Park, Prospect Park Car-Free

Author: 
Noah Kazis
Media Outlet: 
StreetsBlog
Date: 
March 23, 2011
Image: 
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Upper West Side City Council Member Gale Brewer introduced legislation today that would restore Central and Prospect Parks to their original car-free status.

Image Caption: 
City Council Member Gale Brewer reenergized the fight for car-free Central and Prospect Parks by introducing a bill in the City Council today. Image: nyc.gov.
Submitted by volunteer on April 11, 2011 - 16:47. categories [ ]