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More Bike-Sharing Photos From Paris

By Jason Varone | Sep 10, 2007 | 2 Comments

Luc Nadal of the Institute for Transportation & Development Policy snapped these photos of Parisians utilizing Velib, their city’s popular new bike-sharing service. As Eric Britton, founder of the Paris-based New Mobility Agenda notes in this video, the first half hour of bike rental is free.

Take the NYC Neighborhood Quality of Life Survey

By Jason Varone | Sep 4, 2007 | No Comments

Citizens for NYC, whose mission is to stimulate and support self-help and civic action to improve the quality of life in New York City neighborhoods, invites you to participate in their new Neighborhood Quality of Life Survey. This is your chance to report on your neighborhood’s air quality, capacity for open spaces, its facilities for […]

Queens Pedestrian Safety Fixes Move Ahead Despite Opposition

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 4, 2007 | No Comments

Workers on a DOT truck reconfigured a traffic signal in front of P.S. 200 in Queens on Friday. On Friday, I visited the intersection of Jewel Avenue and 164th Street in Fresh Meadows, Queens to take a look at the Department of Transportation’s latest controversial "road diet." Despite a Monday morning press conference in which […]

Happy Labor Day Weekend

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 31, 2007 | 6 Comments

Enjoy the long weekend and recharge your batteries. If you’re working to make New York a more livable city, it’s going to be a busy Fall. May these photos from Utrecht, Holland inspire you… I know I parked in here somewhere… Three generations on wheels. Evening rush hour downtown. Texture. Not afraid to ride in […]

City Promises $5M in Ped Safety Improvements at Mural Opening

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 31, 2007 | 13 Comments

The mother and grandfather of James Rice. With weeping family members and the ghostly, smiling images of three boys watching over them, city officials and elected representatives joined 100 community members on a Brooklyn street corner Tuesday evening to pledge "Not one more death." State Senator Velmanette Montgomery, Assembly member Joan Millman and representatives […]

Video: The Velib Project

By Jason Varone | Aug 30, 2007 | 14 Comments

More on the Vélib Project: this video shows the bicycles in action during the opening week. The Vélib was an instant success with Parisians clocking one million rides by the end of week two. The video is presented by Eric Britton, founder of the Paris-based New Mobility Agenda, who says "I have looked at more […]

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