Times Up!

TIME'S UP! is a New York City-based not-for-profit direct-action environmental group that uses events and educational programs to promote a more sustainable, less toxic city.

TIME'S UP! campaigns support objectives shared globally and locally by people like you. We're community-based and all volunteer. It's easy to participate: JOIN!

Check out our 20th Anniversary Timeline of events and accomplishments.

Recent Updates:

06/28/09
Know Your Rights Bike Ride &
First Amendment Marathon!
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Union Square Park North
4:00 p.m. Marathon  
4:30 p.m. Dance Bike Ride

The Clash sang, "You have the right to Free Speech as long as you're not dumb enough to actually try it".

Let's try it!  This Independence Day celebrate Free Speech.  Join Reverend Billy and Civil Rights Attorney, Norman Siegel, at the First Amendment Marathon in Union Square Park, the City's traditional speakers’ corner, followed by a bike ride to exercise our our First Amendment rights.  We’ll dance to the music of The Clash from the sound bike as we bike our way around the city toward the fireworks show.

CLICK HERE for more information and photos


06/29/09

Time's up! Sound bike, photo by Barbara RossTime's Up! Dance Ride:
Michael Jackson Tribute Ride

Friday, July 24, 2009 
Meet 7:00 p.m.
Tompkins Square Park

Get on your bike and come celebrate the King of Pop.  We’ll ride through the streets of Manhattan to Michael Jackson’s greatest hits playing from the sound bike and make some stops at outdoor public spaces along the way to dance the night away!  Be prepared to moonwalk.

CLICK HERE for the video of 6/26 Dance Bike ride for Michael Jackson!!


04/28/09

DOGGIE PEDAL PARADE
May 31, 2009

The second annual Doggie Pedal Parade was a huge success.  Cyclists rode their dogs in baskets, trailers and pedicabs to the cheers of onlookers on the street. The ride ended with a big doggie celebration in Washington Square Park with tofu dogs donated by Earth Matters, homemade cookies and other great snacks. Everybody had a great time and we raised awareness about the benefits of green transportation and animal adoption.

Check out the really cute PHOTOS and VIDEO from the ride

Click here for more information on the ride


05/20/09

Have fun while making a difference for the planet by becoming a Time's Up! Volunteer.

Time's Up! is run 100% by volunteers. Everything we do -- from organizing events to maintaining our website, fielding press inquiries and teaching bicycle workshops -- is done by volunteers who commit their time and energy to helping the environment by helping Time's Up!

Time's Up! is currently looking for more volunteers and organizers to help expand our events and campaigns. We have several volunteer positions open, including internships for college credit, Membership Database Manager, Volunteer Coordinator, Fundraising Coordinator and more. For more information or to apply visit the Volunteer Page.


04/18/09
Photo by Tomas MelchorGo Green LES Allen Mall 6
Green Celebration
Saturday, April 25th
2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Allen Mall 6, Lower East Side
Enter at Allen and Rivington

Come celebrate with Time's Up! and Go Green Lower East Side as we bring one of the malls on Allen Street to life the Saturday after Earth Day.  Time's Up! will be offering FREE Bike Repair Education, Helmet and Safety Checks, and FREE Seed Planting Workshops.  Plus dancing to the music of Rude Mechanical Orchestra!

The Department of Transportation has a bike lane redesign in the works for Allen Street and we're excited by the potential for revitalization on the mall in the middle of Allen Street. 

Click here to download the flyer

04/10/09
Time's Up! Brooklyn
99 South 6th Street
off Bedford Avenue

Time's Up!'s grand opening celebration of it's new Brooklyn space was a huge success!   Hundreds of people flooded the street, dancing to the music of the full brass band, Rude Mechanical Orchestra.   Reverend Billy blessed the space and lead a community cake candle blow-out with a wish for many more workshops.    The new space, conveniently located right under the Williamsburg Bridge, signifies an increase in NYC bicycling and the sustained commitment of Times Up! volunteers celebrating their 700th bike mechanic workshop.

***Come by and check out the new space***

CLICK HERE for the schedule of Time's Up! bike mechanic workshops in Brooklyn and photos of the opening celebration

03/16/09

Beware the Ides - Make That - Pies of March!
Bike Clown Ride & Pie Fight: Bike Clowns vs. "Keystone" Cops

Click here to see these amazing PHOTOS by Adrian Kinloch  

Click here to watch this fantastic VIDEO of the ride

This past Saturday, March 14, 2009 the Time's Up! Bicycle Clown Brigade went out once again to liberate the new bike lanes throughout downtown Manhattan. The ride ended with a pie fight with the clown officers who escorted the ride but refused to move any of the many cars the clowns encountered in the bike lanes.

 The clowns successfully cleared the lanes as they warned drivers parked in the bike lanes to beware the Ides - make that - Pies of March.

**Please click here for restrictions on using this photo by Adrian Kinloch


01/19/09


LOVE YOUR LANE RIDE
Saturday, February 14th
Meet 7 p.m. at Astor Place Cube, NY, 8th Street and Lafayette Street

Celebrate Valentine's Day with your true love—your bicycle, and ride through Manhattan's lover's (bike) lanes.  Join the Party on Wheels as we listen to corny love ballads from the soundbike, throw roses at all the cars parked outside of the bike lanes and spread the message of love to all the drivers we pass stuck in traffic.   Road rage is OUT, bike-lane-loving is IN. We'll end at a great after-party with lots of dancing, chocolate kisses, "love your lane" patches and good lovin'.

LOVE YOUR LANE RIDE AFTER-PARTY

Saturday, February 14th, @ 8:30 p.m.
The Autumn Bowl, 73 West Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn
With Team Robespierre and DJs Stacher, Dirty Finger and K-Tel
Projection installation by CJ and friends
This is a Time's Up! Fundraiser- $10

Love Your Bike Lanes with Time's Up! at the Autumn Bowl- Celebrate bike infrastructure with an awesome dance party in the skate bowl! Team Robespierre and DJs Stache and K-Tel will make you dance in this funky space. Come with or without a sweetheart, free food, and free valet bike parking. Dress for love.


02/09/09
Time's Up! announces a new campaign called Love Your Lane, and all are invited to take part!   The Love Your Lanetm campaign is designed to inspire community support for the positive new cycling infrastructure sprouting up all around New York City. 

Help us promote respect and utilization of the exciting new green infrastructure and bicycling lanes created by the NYC Department of Transportation.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS EXCITING NEW CAMPAIGN

12/29/08

PlaNYC 2030 NOW zine cover pageCheck out the Time's Up! PlaNYC NOW zine by Sabrina Jones published in the Institute for Urban Design's "New York 2030 Notebook."


07/13/08

On Thursday evenings from 6:30 - 9:00, Time's Up! offers an open workshop in the basement at 156 Rivington Street on the Lower East Side (map).  You can work on your own bicycle using our tools and stands, and mechanics will be available to offer guidance and answer questions.

More information about classes and workshops can be found on the bike co-op page.


07/09/08

Time's Up! gets recognition for its years of hard work promoting sustainability in New York City.  Click on the image to watch the video.



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HELP TIME'S UP! FIND A PERMANENT SPACE:
Just what it says!

SCREEN THE 'STILL WE RIDE' DOCUMENTARY:
TIME'S UP! is now sponsoring screenings of 'Still We Ride!'.

VERY REASONABLE BIKING DEMANDS PRESS RELEASE:
Press Release: Very reasonable demands regarding the future of bicycling in NYC.

LEGAL NEWSWIRE CONNECT:
Keep on top of the Legal Newswire to see the latest in the city's attempts to censor TIME'S UP! (and those "acting in concert") from publicizing Critical Mass, or any gathering of 20 or more people in a city park, and another attempt to get an injunction against the ride.


Thu, Jul 02 · Fix Your Bike Workshop-Manhattan · 156 Rivington St.
Fri, Jul 03 · Central Park Moonlight Ride · Columbus Circle
Sat, Jul 04 · Know Your Rights Ride! · Union Square North
Sun, Jul 05 · Bike Repair Workshop: Basics-Brooklyn · Time's Up! Brooklyn at 99 South 6th Street
Sun, Jul 05 · Fix Your Bike Workshop-Brooklyn · Time's Up! Brooklyn at 99 South 6th Street
Mon, Jul 06 · Ladies' Bicycle Repair Class: Basics · 156 Rivington St.
Tue, Jul 07 · Bike Repair Workshop: Basics · ABC No Rio
Wed, Jul 08 · Fix Your Bike Workshop-Brooklyn · Time's Up! Brooklyn at 99 South 6th Street
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For over 20 years, Time's Up! Environmental Group has been working on environmental awareness and increasing non-polluting transportation.  We are happy to report that both are on a continuous rise in New York City thanks to your support.  Our wide range of different types of group rides have helped attract thousands of new bicyclists which has encouraged others to ride and become every day commuters.  This increase in ridership has also put pressure on the city to increase infrastructure- which we are now seeing.

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People's Environmental Tour of the South Bronx

Earth Day Ride

Brooklyn Rides and Events