Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Events

M15 Select Bus Service (SBS) is coming to First and Second Avenues starting October 10, 2010.  M15 SBS replaces the M15 limited bus and will provide faster and more reliable service through the use of off-board fare payment, bus-only lanes, and low-floor, three door buses.   The M15 local service will remain in effect but […]

One of the best opportunities for community members to speak in favor of the replacement of the Sheridan Expressway in the South Bronx with housing and open space is next week. NYSDOT will host its first “Stakeholders Committee” meeting in two years on July 13 at 6 pm at the Casita Maria Center for Arts […]

Join the Public Safety and Transportation Committee of Community Board 11, NYC Dept of Transportation and the MTA to discuss the city’s upcoming select bus service design treatments  for First & Second Avenues. Features include:  Low-Floor, Three-Door Buses   Bicycle Facilities & Pedestrian Improvements   Transit Signal Priority & Off-Board Fare Collection   Dedicated Bus Lanes on First Avenue and Second Avenue  […]

Queens Community Board 7 will meet to discuss, among other things, the development of the Flushing Commons project in Downtown Flushing. The already parking-filled project is expected to be pressured to add even more spaces. 

After the great success of our first event last month, we’ll be having a second meetup to continue the effort to make up-to-date New York public transit data easily and freely available. This meeting will serve both as an update on the events of the past month and as a working session. There’s lots happening […]

It’s an exciting time. The values that have been championed for decades by the free software movement — values of sharing, participation, and freedom — have over the past several years spread well beyond the confines of computer software and are permeating everything from the arts to government. That’s why the Software Freedom Law Center, […]