Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Car-Free Streets

Wiki Wednesday: Ciclovía

By Ben Fried | Aug 6, 2008 | 3 Comments

With New York’s big Summer Streets premier less than 72 hours away, this week we’re highlighting the StreetsWiki entry on the mother of all car-free events, Bogotá’s Ciclovía. Actually, the phrase "car-free event" doesn’t quite do justice to a weekly gathering of a million people along 70 miles of streets. And as the authors note, […]

Ride to Summer Streets in Style With T.A. [Updated]

By Ben Fried | Aug 6, 2008 | 5 Comments

Planning to bike into Manhattan for Saturday’s landmark Summer Streets event? Transportation Alternatives can help everything go smoothly. They’re running feeder rides from three locations in Brooklyn and Queens (a Bronx ride is scheduled for the next Saturday). All the rides this week start at 9 a.m. To participate you should RSVP. Here’s the details: […]

Williamsburg Walks in the Rain

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 5, 2008 | 9 Comments

My friend Jonathan and I loaded up our 70 pounds-worth of pre-schoolers into the "Batmobike" on Sunday and headed over to Williamsburg Walks. My brother Abe joined us as well. Ominous looking clouds were rolling in from the west as we left Park Slope around noon. By the time we hit Fort Greene the rain […]

Eyes on the Street: Countdown to August 9

By Ben Fried | Jul 30, 2008 | 4 Comments

A tipster sends this shot, snapped at the bicycle shelter on Broadway and 17th Street. The first Summer Streets Saturday is 10 days away. Have you seen the promo?

Want a Park(ing) Day Spot? 50 Spaces Now Available.

By Ben Fried | Jul 30, 2008 | 5 Comments

Mark September 19 on your calendars. That’s when Park(ing) Day returns to New York. Last year, neighborhood groups all over the city got into the street reclamation groove, converting 25 parking spots into temporary parks. Park(ing) Day 2008 figures to be even more visible. Fifty spots will be set aside to show how public street […]

Summer Streets

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 29, 2008 | 2 Comments

I’m planning on stopping by Williamsburg Walks this weekend. Next weekend I’ll be rolling over the Brooklyn Bridge with the whole family (on my new bakfiets, the Cadillac Escalade of bicycles) to participate in the big Summer Streets event in Manhattan. Clarence over at Streetfilms put together this 30-second promo video that will be airing […]

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