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Celebrate Brooklyn With Valet Bike Parking

By Robin Urban Smith | | 1 Comment
Thinking of riding your bike to Celebrate Brooklyn this summer but worried about finding a safe and reliable place to lock up? Look no further than the Celebrate Brooklyn Bike Zone, where friendly volunteers from Transportation Alternatives will take great care of your ride (for free!) while you enjoy the sights and sounds of the unbeatable […]

Help Oakland Name Its Own “Summer Streets”

By Lily Bernheimer | | No Comments
A night scene from Oakland’s Uptown Unveiled. Photo: Living in the O We were excited to welcome two long-time Oakland, CA, groups to the Livable Streets Community this week: Walk Oakland Bike Oakland (WOBO) and TransForm. Inspired by the success of San Francisco’s Sunday Streets, WOBO wants to launch its own East Bay version and […]

Urban Histories With Modern Lessons

By Lily Bernheimer | | 2 Comments
Downtown San Francisco as seen from Potrero Hill. Photo: Joe Bencharsky This week brought urban history lessons to StreetsWiki from Livable Streets members coast to coast. Joe Bencharsky penned a neighborhood profile of Potrero Hill, San Francisco, where his family has lived for three generations. Says Joe: Partly because of street and freeway configuration, partly […]

Fallen Pedestrians Memorialized in Hell’s Kitchen

By Brad Aaron | | 1 Comment
Christine Berthet of CHEKPEDS speaks at Ninth and 40th, where Susanne M. Schnitzer was killed in April. At left are Manhattan DA candidates Cy Vance and Richard Aborn. State Senator Tom Duane, who also spoke, stands at right. On Saturday, over 50 people, including several local electeds and candidates, joined bereaved family members for a […]

Streetfilms: Queens Boulevard Bike Pool

By Elizabeth Press | | 6 Comments
On the second Friday of the month, the Transportation Alternatives Queens Committee leads a bike pool along Queens Boulevard. This street is a critical yet dangerous part of many Queens bike commutes. By riding in a group each month, pool members aim to educate drivers that bikes are on the street, make a statement about […]
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