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This Week: Hear From Candidates Vying to Succeed Tish James
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A candidate forum for the City Council district currently represented by Tish James — which includes Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Prospect Heights, and parts of Crown Heights — is the highlight on the Streetsblog calendar. Plus, lots of car-free events in Brooklyn coming up at the end of the week. Tuesday: The Manhattan Community Board 3 transportation committee […]
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 this week’s listings: High Speed Rail Advocacy Program Manager (Organizer), Midwest High Speed Rail Association The Midwest High […]
This Week: Speak Up for a Safer Fourth Avenue
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In June, Brooklyn Community Board 6 rejected a DOT proposal to calm traffic on deadly Fourth Avenue between Pacific and 15th Streets in Park Slope. The plan resulted from years of community activism, it has the backing of City Council Member Brad Lander and other community boards whose districts encompass Fourth Avenue, and it was overwhelmingly endorsed […]
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 this week’s listings: Community Organizer (Bilingual), San Francisco Bicycle Coalition The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition is seeking a seasoned, […]
This Week: Better 125th Street Buses, Safer Amsterdam Avenue
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This week, you can get involved in improving transit on 125th Street in Harlem and envisioning Amsterdam Avenue on the Upper West Side as a complete street. Head over to the full calendar for more events. Tuesday: Assembly Member Dan Quart is hosting a pedestrian safety forum with DOT, NYPD, Pedestrians for Accessible and Safe Streets, and Bike New […]
This Week: Mayoral Forum on Transportation, Safety, Livability
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There are key meetings this week about Fourth Avenue in Bay Ridge and the Sheridan Expressway in the South Bronx. There’s also an opportunity to hear directly from the mayoral candidates about their transportation platforms. Head over to the full calendar for more events. Monday: In the wake of Brooklyn Community Board 6’s vote against a traffic […]
This Week: 4th Avenue, 125th Street Buses, Barclays Center
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This week’s calendar highlights include community board meetings on traffic calming in Bay Ridge and 125th Street bus service in Harlem. Here are the details: Monday: Brooklyn Community Board 10’s transportation committee is meeting to vote on a resolution to support DOT’s traffic calming plan for Fourth Avenue in Bay Ridge. If it passes the committee, the […]
Thursday Job 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, Walk San Francisco Walk San Francisco seeks a results-driven, experienced nonprofit leader to […]
This Week: QBB Bike Access, Select Bus Service, Play Streets
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It’s a busy week on the Streetsblog calendar, with meetings in all five boroughs on everything from Select Bus Service and bike lanes to play streets and traffic calming. Head over to the full calendar for more events. Monday: Manhattan Community Board 6’s transportation committee will hold its third meeting on a shared lane proposal from DOT […]
This Week: Nostrand Ave Select Bus, PPW Anniversary Ride
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With all the excitement about bike-share launching this week, don’t forget the community-level meetings where your voice can help make a big difference. This week, many of those meetings are happening in Brooklyn, from Sunset Park to Midwood to Crown Heights. Here are the details: Tuesday: DOT will present the results of a Safe Routes to School […]
Gelinas Responds to Komanoff on Bike-Share Safety
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Manhattan Institute fellow Nicole Gelinas submitted this response to Charles Komanoff’s critique of her weekend opinion piece in the New York Post about bike-share safety. Charles Komanoff, in his Streetsblog post, called my weekend Post piece on bike-share “intellectually muddled.” In the piece, he offers no evidence for any intellectual muck on my part. Instead, he uses mirage […]
This Week: 4th Ave Traffic Calming, What’s Next for the Sheridan
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This week is packed with community board meetings and public events in Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. Here’s a sampling of the items on the Streetsblog calendar this week. Head over to the full calendar for more events: Monday: Join Riders Alliance for a strategy meeting to win better G train service, as the MTA prepares to release […]