Central Park Traffic Calming Ride
Cyclists will ride side-by-side around the park’s loop drive in a nonconfrontational ride to slow down car traffic during the hours the park is open to cars.
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This Week in Livable Streets Events
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TA candidate debates come to Queens this week, while Time’s Up! volunteers will work to calm traffic and clean up trash in city parks. Tuesday: Auto-Free New York does a walking tour of the new car-free Broadway, Herald Square and Times Square. 6 p.m. Tuesday: The second in Transportation Alternatives’ series of City Council […]
Parents and Kids Ride for a Car-Free Prospect Park
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Parents and children biked through Prospect Park this morning, calling on the city to get cars off the park loop all year round.
Next Thursday: A Neighborly Rally for the Traffic-Calming PPW Bike Lane
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Mark next Thursday on your calendars. It’s a critical day for one of the city’s most innovative livable streets projects. If you care about safer streets, it’s going to be an excellent time to respectfully show your support in public. That morning, at 8:30, opponents of the Prospect Park West bike lane are holding an […]
Prospect Park Goes Car-Free Forever on January 2
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Over the course of many years and several thousand volunteer hours - including massive petition campaigns in 2002 and 2008 - advocates were able to get DOT to gradually whittle down the times and places where cars were allowed in the park.
The mayor's announcement today is the culmination of that steady advocacy and the incremental progress toward a car-free park.
Who Rides the Lanes? 750 Turn Out for the Prospect Park West Family Ride
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On a grey, chilly Sunday, an estimated 750 people, many of them on training wheels and balance bikes, turned out to ride the Prospect Park West bike lane and show their support for the traffic-calming redesign. Since the two-way, separated bike path debuted last summer, it’s become indispensable for many parents who use it to […]
The Rules of the Road Are Everyone’s Responsibility
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I’ve been trying a little experiment lately as I ride around town on my bike: doing my level best to follow the letter of the law. I’ve been inspired by both the carrot and the stick. In the carrot department, Transportation Alternatives’ new Biking Rules handbook has made a very nice case for more rule-based […]