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Streetfilms: The Sands Street Bike Path, a New Kind of Bridge Approach

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Sep 25, 2009 | 10 Comments

Chalk up more bikeway innovation to the folks at the NYC Department of Transportation. Nearly complete, the Sands Street approach to the Manhattan Bridge is now safer and more enjoyable thanks to a New York City first: a center-median, two-way protected bike path. The facility is a perfect solution to counter the dangers posed by […]

Profile Page Enhancements; Bike Rack Hunt Tomorrow!

By Lily Bernheimer | Sep 18, 2009 | No Comments

Taken a look at your Livable Streets profile recently? We’ve added some handy features. Profiles now include an activity feed of everything you do on Livable Streets. Need a quick link to that last page you edited or discussion message someone sent? Now it’s easily on hand.

Park(ing) Day: Tomorrow, Reclaim the Curb

By Brad Aaron | Sep 17, 2009 | No Comments

In preparation for Park(ing) Day festivities tomorrow, here’s a flashback to last year. If you’re setting up a spot, or will be hanging out in one or more the 50-plus spaces to be reclaimed for the day, share your photos with us by tagging them "parkingdaynyc" and "streetsblog" on Flickr. We’ll be posting pics from […]

Cy Vance Wasn’t the Only Winner in the Race for Manhattan DA

By Brad Aaron | Sep 17, 2009 | 2 Comments

Street safety wasn’t mentioned in today’s Daily News piece about Cy Vance, but Manhattan’s next district attorney made clear that he intends to pursue, as the News put it, a "fresh agenda." And after Transportation Alternatives literally brought Vance and his opponents to the table to discuss the plague of traffic crime, livable streets advocates […]

Team Amsterdam Victorious in Bike Slam Design Battle

By Ben Fried | Sep 15, 2009 | 6 Comments

Team Amsterdam’s concept for a bike and bus boulevard down Broadway. Team Amsterdam won running away at Saturday night’s New Amsterdam Bike Slam design battle, the two-team competition to devise the best plan for boosting bicycle modeshare in New York City. But Team New York could go home with their heads high — they presented […]

Want More Bike Racks? Join the Hunt!

By Lily Bernheimer | Sep 11, 2009 | 1 Comment

Want more bike parking in Williamsburg and Greenpoint? Join us for Bike Rack Hunt: a fun afternoon of planning for Brooklyn Community District 1’s bulk order of bike racks. Come help launch the FixCity Bike Racks project we’re building to facilitate this process! Sunday, September 202 – 5 p.m. Wiillamsburg/GreenpointExact location and time TBA FixCity […]

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