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This Week: Get Ready for the Youth Bike Summit
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In addition to a big slate of street safety meetings, on the Streetsblog calendar this week are a discussion of infrastructure resiliency, an effort to bring countdown clocks to bus stops, and the annual Youth Bike Summit. Here are the details: Monday: DOT will present plans for a neighborhood slow zone in Bedford Stuyvesant and Clinton Hill […]
Friday Jobs Market
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Looking to hire a smart, qualified person for a position in transportation planning, engineering, IT, or advocacy? Post a listing on the Streetsblog Jobs Board and reach our national audience of dedicated readers. Looking for a job? Here are the current listings: Transit Community Relations Officer, City of Santa Monica, California Develops, organizes, directs and […]
This Week: Street Safety, Transit Experts, and a Trip to Albany
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It’s a big week to get involved with neighborhood efforts to improve street safety: A community board in Bedford Stuyvesant will mull a 20 mph neighborhood speed zone, Brownsville residents will figure out where they want better walking and biking, and the Boerum Hill Association will host a traffic safety forum, followed by a Park Slope […]
This Week: Morningside Ave, Pulaski Bridge, Bed Stuy Slow Zone
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Three community board meetings about street safety projects fill out the Streetsblog calendar this week. Here are the details: Monday: Last month, the CB 10 transportation committee didn’t field the quorum needed to vote on the city’s traffic-calming plan for Morningside Avenue. Tonight that project is back before the committee, which has seldom shown an […]
This Week: Lincoln Square, UES Intersection, Park Slope Safety
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The first full week of 2014 is full of public meetings about Select Bus Service, traffic enforcement, street safety and more. Be sure to check the full calendar for a complete listing of events. Here are the highlights: Monday: Community board transportation committees take on street design near a busy uptown hospital (Manhattan CB 12), signage on Flatbush […]
This Week: Community Board Action in Brooklyn and Queens
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DOT will make presentations for street improvements in Brooklyn and Queens this week, and Transportation Alternatives will hold a community board sign-up in Staten Island. Here are the calendar highlights — a lot the action is packed into Tuesday: Tuesday: City & State and the Rockefeller Foundation will host the “NYC Transportation of Tomorrow” forum, […]
This Week: How to Join Your Community Board
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In the heart of Midtown Manhattan and on Staten Island’s North Shore, community boards may ask DOT to move ahead with critical street safety improvements. Plus: If you’re interested in joining your local community board, head over to the join-up events in Queens and the Bronx this week. Be sure to check the full calendar for a […]
Thursday Jobs Market
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Looking to hire a smart, qualified person for a position in transportation planning, engineering, IT, or advocacy? Post a listing on the Streetsblog Jobs Board and reach our national audience of dedicated readers. Looking for a job? Here are the current listings: Executive Director of the Institute for Quality Communities, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma The University […]
This Week: Park Slope Safety Forum, Amsterdam Avenue Vote
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There are some major items on the Streeetsblog calendar this week: an important street safety forum in Park Slope, a crucial vote for the effort to bring a complete street redesign to Amsterdam Avenue on the Upper West Side, and a City Council transportation committee hearing on NYPD’s hit-and-run investigations. Be sure to check the full […]
This Week: Complete Fifth and Sixth Aves, Riders Alliance Gala
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It’s a holiday week, but there are two quality events on the calendar, both tonight. Join supporters of complete streets in Midtown or party for better transit service with Riders Alliance. Either way, you win. Today: In Midtown, the transportation committee of Manhattan Community Board 5 will consider a resolution to ask DOT for a feasibility […]
New Yorkers Gather in Park Slope to Talk Street Safety
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Park Slope resident David Alquist sent us a summary of last night’s traffic safety meeting. Here are his notes, edited for style and clarity. Approximately 30 people gathered at Congregation Beth Elohim for a meeting to address community street safety in Park Slope. The meeting was convened by Daniel Hurewitz, a Park Slope parent who […]
This Week: NYPD Traffic Safety and De Blasio, Astoria Bike-Share
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It’s a busy week on the Streetsblog calendar, including a panel discussion on NYPD’s traffic safety agenda and events to demand action after two young lives were lost to traffic violence. Be sure to check the full calendar for a complete listing of events. Here are some highlights: Tuesday: Transportation Alternatives and NYU’s Rudin Center are hosting a panel […]