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Anti-Walmart Protesters Vastly Outnumber Pro-Walmart Boosters The Gothamist February 3, 2011 By Surekha Ratnatunga http://gothamist.com/2011/02/03/anti-walmart_protesters_vastly_outn.php?gallery0Pic=3#gallery There was supposed to be a battle of the protests before this afternoon’s twice-postponed City Council hearing on whether New Yorkers should allow Walmart’s corporate wickedness to taint our saintly city, but it ended up being a one-sided fight. In… read more

Singular protesta de ciclistas contra la policía Reparten chocolate caliente para reclamar contra excesivas multas policiales El Diario NY February 1, 2011 By Candida Portugues Google translation to English at bottom of the article: http://univisionnuevayork.univision.com/noticias/local/article/2011-02-01/protestas-de-ciclistas-contra-policias MANHATTAN — Mientras los automóviles circulaban a paso de tortuga con los parachoques pegados unos a otros, las bicicletas cruzaban… read more

New Yorkers: Fight the Bike Backlash Huffington Post January 31, 2011 By Benjamin Shepard http://www.huffingtonpost.com/benjamin-shepard/fight-the-bike-backlash_1_b_815632.html Anthropologist Jeff Ferrell has suggested that while the term hegemony is often an overused term, when one talks about influence of the automobile on U.S. political economy, energy, and urban policy, such a description does not feel unreasonable. Cars dominate… read more

Focus on making streets safer for all The Brooklyn Paper January 14, 2011 By Benjamin Shepard http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/34/3/all_opedbikecrackdownanti_2011_01_14_bk.html Time’s Up! Environmental Group has been advocating for safer streets for over two decades. We support efforts to make public spaces safer for all: pedestrians, cyclists and motorists. However, the crackdown targeting cycling announced by the NYPD will… read more

Talking Point: Critics can’t roll back the progress on bike lanes The Villager January 5, 2011 By Barbara Ross http://www.thevillager.com/villager_402/criticscantroll.html Following the big blizzard of Sun., Dec. 26, some in the daily press angrily accused the city of prioritizing bike lanes for snow clearance. However, it appears what they were complaining about were, in fact,… read more

A Cue From Tourists On Public Space The Local East Village: A collaboration between Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University, and The New York Times January 6, 2011 By Bill Di Paolahttp://eastvillage.thelocal.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/a-cue-from-tourists-on-public-space/?emc=eta1 The city announced on Tuesday that a record 47.8 million tourists visited New York City in 2010 and in a… read more

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Marty looks bike gift in the mouth The Brooklyn Paper December 17, 2010 By Shavana Abruzzohttp://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/33/52/all_bb_martybike_2010_12_24_bk.html Borough President Markowitz turned Scrooge on Thursday by turning down a gift two-wheeler from cycling activists who showed up at Borough Hall to complain — in song! — about his anti-bike lane stance. It fell to nice guy Chief… read more

Bike Lane Clowns Give Marty Markowitz A Bike For Christmas The Gothamist December 17, 2010 By John Del Signorehttp://gothamist.com/2010/12/17/bike_lane_clowns_give_markowitz_a_b.php Last week Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz decried the increasing number of bike lanes in Brooklyn by singing a song for the City Council. The ditty, which you can watch Marty sing here, was set to… read more

Brooklyn beep Markowitz takes jab at city’s bike lanes in holiday card Daily News December 17, 2010 By Erin Durkinhttp://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2010/12/17/2010-12-17_antibike_bklyn_beeps_a_real_card.html Tis the season to spread holiday cheer with festive cards – and for Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz to take a light-hearted swipe at the city’s bike lane craze. Markowitz, a fierce opponent of the… read more

Cheery Bike-Lane Salvos and Burbling Test Tubes The New York Times City Room December 17, 2010 By The New York Timeshttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/17/cheery-bike-lane-salvos-and-burbling-test-tubes/ The Brooklyn Bike Lane Holiday Charm War continues. In the wake of Borough President Marty Markowitz’s recent rendition of “My Favorite Lanes” (not all of them dedicated to bicycles) at a City Council hearing… read more

New York to install big bike sharing program BikeRadar November 29, 2010 By Kirsten Frattinihttp://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/new-york-to-install-big-bike-sharing-program-28546 The New York City active transportation community has a reason to celebrate after the Department of Transportation requested a proposal to install a big scale bike share program in early 2012. Specific details regarding the system are still under lock… read more

City Tech’s Shepard Makes List of Nation’s 20 ‘Most Innovative’ Professors CUNY Newswire October 5, 2010 http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/forum/2010/10/05/city-tech%E2%80%99s-shepard-makes-list-of-nation%E2%80%99s-20-%E2%80%98most-innovative%E2%80%99-professors/ Brooklyn, NY — New York City College of Technology (City Tech) has a faculty that has distinguished itself with awards like Fulbright grants to teach or conduct research. Now, it has received more recognition, as Benjamin Shepard (assistant… read more

Mom Wendy Clouse wants cyclist-safety course for motorists after her daughter’s tragic death Daily News October 27, 2010 By Simone Weichselbaum http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/10/27/2010-10-27_bid_for_cyclistsafety_course.html A heartbroken mom, whose only child died under the wheels of a bus in Brooklyn after an opening car door launched her bike into its path, wants to require all new motorists to… read more

Police Records Detail Large Presence at Critical Mass Rides New York Times City Room October 20, 2010 By J. David Goodman http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/20/police-records-detail-large-presence-at-critical-mass-rides/#comment-783285 Cyclists and advocates connected to the monthly rides known as Critical Mass have long charged the police with responding to the unsanctioned events with a display of force far out of proportion to… read more

Friendly Officers, Gambling Birds and Future Gods of Guitar New York Times City Room October 13, 2010 By J. David Goodman http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/13/friendly-cops-gambling-birds-and-future-gods-of-guitar/#more-231635 Time’s Up, the bicycling advocacy group closely linked to the city’s monthly Critical Mass rides, wants everyone to remember that the police and cyclists weren’t always antagonists. Indeed, as a video the group… read more

Waylaid by bike pirates, they still roll at wedding The Villager September 30 – October 6, 2010 By Clayton Patterson http://www.thevillager.com/villager_388/waylaid.html Christopher Ryan and Allie Compton were married in a special “Critical Mass / Bike Wedding” on Governors Island on Sat., Sept. 18. It also happened to be international Talk Like a Pirate Day…so, Ryan… read more

Happy Park(ing) Day 2010! The Gothamist By John Del Signore September 17, 2010 http://gothamist.com/2010/09/17/happy_parking_day_2010.php Today is Park(ing) Day (Observed). Most banks and post offices are open, but hundreds of New Yorkers across the city are taking the holiday off of work and turning parking spaces into whimsical mini “parks.” In a sort of friendly competition… read more

City’s New Rules On Community Gardens Leaves Them in Jeopardy The L Magazine September 14, 2010By Jonny Diamond http://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2010/09/14/citys-new-rules-on-community-gardens-leaves-them-in-jeopardy#more Just four days ahead of the expiration of the current “Garden Settlement” (a 2002 set of provisional rules governing the use of our fair city’s hundreds of wonderful community gardens) the powers that be announced yesterday… read more

Community-Garden Rules Receive a Mixed Reaction New York TimesSeptember 14, 2010 By Javier C. Hernandez http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/nyregion/14gardens.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion To protect the city’s sparse greenery over the years, New Yorkers have climbed trees, wagged freshly picked beets and carrots in the faces of politicians and barricaded themselves inside gardens. Hoping to avoid another such battle, the Bloomberg administration… read more

May Day Events: Books, Bikes and Bizarre Family Scenes The IndypendentApril 21, 2010By Irina Ivanova http://www.indypendent.org/2010/04/21/may-day-events/ On May 1, join New York’s radical environmental organization Time’s Up! as they lead a bike ride from Union Square South to Brooklyn Museum’s free monthly party (both the ride and party happen the first Saturday of every month;… read more

Community Mourns Musician Killed in UES Bicycle Accident, Worries About Safety of Cyclists Bob Bowen, a noted musician in the city’s jazz scene, was killed in a hit-and-run accident near the 59th Street Bridge.September 7, 2010 By Ben Fractenberghttp://dnainfo.com/20100907/upper-east-side/community-mourns-musician-killed-ues-bicycle-accident-worries-about-safety-of-cyclists UPPER EAST SIDE — Friends and family of Bob Bowen, who was struck by a flatbed… read more

City to add new, limited protections for community gardens in effort to satisfy critics New York Daily NewsSeptember 7, 2010 By Erin Einhornhttp://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/09/07/2010-09-07_city_sprouts_community_gardens_compromise.html?r=ny_local City officials eager to quash a green rebellion are planning to announce a compromise this week on the fate of community gardens. A source familiar with the city’s latest proposal says new… read more

Paul Revere, Rat Zoos and the GTL Index New York Times City RoomJuly 28, 2010 By J. David Goodman http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/28/paul-revere-rat-zoos-and-the-gtl-index/ The sunsetting of a 2002 agreement on community gardens has some advocates and bloggers feeling like Paul Revere. “The developers are coming! The developers are coming!” a headline on EV Grieve shouted Wednesday morning, in… read more

Where to Share… New York Magazine July 4, 2010 By Sarah Bernard & Beth Shapouri http://nymag.com/guides/everything/collectivism/67014/ Bike Repairs Time’s Up! 156 Rivington St., nr. Suffolk St., and 99 S. 6th St., nr. Bedford Ave., Williamsburg Several nights a week, the biking-advocacy group Time’s Up! opens the doors to its grease-smeared workshops for gearheads and the… read more

Will Paul Revere Bike Ride Save Community Gardens? The Gothamist July 29, 2010 Zoe Schlanger http://gothamist.com/2010/07/29/community_gardeners_plan_to_take_gr.php/ Environmental advocacy group Times Up! won’t resign themselves to sitting and watching while some 500 NYC community gardens lose legislative protection against housing developers. Instead, at 7 p.m. tonight, they’re decorating their bikes like horses and emulating Paul Revere… read more

Bike Activists to Ride Paul Revere-Style to Bloomberg’s House in Effort to Save City The L Magazine July 29, 2010 Jonny Diamond http://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2010/07/29/bike-activist… Four and a score of tricorned cyclists will be pedaling their two-wheeled steeds up the east side tonight, from a downtown community garden all the way up to Mayor Bloomberg’s house on… read more

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