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  • 2011-11-01 – OWS Builds Bike-Powered Generators (video) – Care2 make a difference

    Occupy Wall Street Builds Bike-Powered Generators [Video] http://www.care2.com/causes/occupy-wall-street-installs-bike-powered-generators.html * by Beth Buczynski * November 1, 2011 * 3:14 pm Although the mainstream media has treated Occupy Wall Street like a carnival side show, images and firsthand reports of what’s really happening on Liberty Square have been flowing onto the internet for more than 45 days.… read more

  • 2011-10-31 – Bike Powered Generators – Huffington Post

    Bike-Powered Generators: A New Source of Electricity for Occupy Wall Street Posted: 10/31/11 By: Amelia Marzec http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amelia-marzec/bikepowered-generators-a-_b_1066574.html New York: In the wake of the confiscation of gasoline generators by the NYPD, the people of Occupy Wall Street have turned to a new source of power. Within 48 hours of losing their electricity, members of the… read more

  • 2011-10-30 – OWS Turns to Pedal Power – The Raw Story

    Occupy Wall Street turns to pedal power By Muriel Kane Sunday, October 30, 2011 18:56 EST http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/10/30/occupy-wall-street-turns-to-pedal-power/ The Occupy Wall Street protesters who were left without power after their gas-fueled generators were confiscated by New York City authorities on Friday may have found the idea solution in the form of a stationary bicycle hooked up… read more

  • 2011-10-29 – Occupy Wall Street Will Soon Survive On Pedal Power – Gothamist

    Occupy Wall Street Will Soon Survive On Pedal Power Gothamist October 29, 2011 By Christopher Robbins http://gothamist.com/2011/10/29/video_occupy_wall_street_will_soon.php Yesterday, the FDNY and NYPD raided Zuccotti Park and confiscated Occupy Wall Street’s “generators and fuel from Zuccotti that posed a fire safety threat.” Even the biofuels, man! But cycling advocacy group Times Up! energy-mapped the whole park… read more

  • 2011-10-13 – Bikers make a splash for public space – in fountains! – The Villager

    Bikers make a splash for public space – in fountains! The Villager October 13th, 2011 By Jefferson Siegel http://thevillager.com/villager_442/bikersmakeasplash.html On an unusually warm Monday for October, Time’s Up! held its annual Fountain Ride, intended to call attention to the more than 500 public spaces throughout the city — and also intended to have fun. This… read more

  • 2011-09-26 – NYPD Targeting Photographers – Gothamist

    NYPD Reportedly Targeting Photographers At Occupation Of Wall Street By: Christopher Robbins http://gothamist.com/2011/09/26/nypd_reportedly_targeting_photograp.php Photographs and especially videos of the NYPD’s actions during the occupation of Wall Street have sparked outrage and media attention regarding the protests, which have now spanned ten days. Accordingly, witnesses, including our own photographer, tell us that the NYPD has been… read more

  • 2011-09-26 – OWS Media Problems – NY Observer

    Occupy Wall Street’s Media Problems By Kat Stoeffel 9/26/11 8:59am http://www.observer.com/2011/09/occupy-wall-streets-media-problems/ Occupy Wall Street’s first media problem was that there was no media. On September 21, Keith Olbermann chastised New York newspapers and major news outlets for ignoring the demonstrations in their first five days. “[The protesters] are not going to be able to refine… read more

  • 2011-09-18 – NYPD Shuts Down Wall Street – Huffington Post

    NYPD Shuts Down Wall Street Huffington Post September 18, 2011 By Simone Weichselbaum http://www.huffingtonpost.com/natalie-pace/nypd-shuts-down-wall-stre_b_967844.html Protesters of the Occupy Wall Street: Public Space movement had hoped to take command of Wall Street on September 17, 2011, but the New York Police Department quickly showed them who was in charge, by barricading all entrances to the heart… read more

  • 2011-09-19 – NYPD Uses Law From 1845 To Arrest Masked Protestors In Financial District – Gothamist

    NYPD Uses Law From 1845 To Arrest Masked Protestor In Financial District Gothamist September 19th, 2011 By Christopher Robbins http://gothamist.com/2011/09/19/nypd_uses_law_from_1845_to_arrest_m.php#photo-1 As the protests against corporate greed and the “occupation” of the Financial District continues for a third day, at least seven demonstrators have been arrested. According to Bloomberg News, two were arrested for trying to… read more

  • 2011-09-15 – Working group working on safety solutions for dangerous Delancey – The Villager

    Working group working on safety solutions for dangerous Delancey The Villager September 15th, 2011 By Khiara Ortiz http://thevillager.com/villager_438/workinggroup.html A group of elected officials, city agencies, community leaders and advocates joined up in state Senator Daniel Squadron’s to form the Delancey St. Safety Working Group in response to a number of accidents that, according to them,… read more

  • 2011-09-08 – Scoopy’s Notebook – The Villager

    Scoopy’s Notebook The Villager September 8th, 2011 http://thevillager.com/villager_437/scoopysnotebook.html Delancey / bridge bicycling: Following our article last week on the Department of Transportation’s plan for the Manhattan side on/off ramp for the Williamsburg Bridge bike path, D.O.T. released an image of what it has in mind. Bikers almost jumped off their seats when they saw the… read more

  • 2011-09-01 – A bridge plan gone too far? – The Villager

    A bridge plan gone too far? Bikers have an idea of their own The Villager September 1, 2011 By Lincoln Andersonhttp://thevillager.com/villager_436/abridgeplan.html The cyclist came flying down the Manhattan-side ramp of the Williamsburg Bridge. A young woman, wearing a halter top and shorts, she zipped through a crosswalk area, then smoothly and assuredly coasted down a… read more

  • 2011-08-25 – Latest Biker Death Puts Delancey St. Danger in Spotlight – The Villager

    Latest Biker Death Puts Delancey St. Danger in Spotlight The Villager August 25, 2011 By Jefferson Siegel http://thevillager.com/villager_435/latestbiker.html Last Thursday afternoon Jeffrey Axelrod, 52, of Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, was bicycling south on Chrystie St. and turned right onto Delancey St. when he fell under the rear wheels of a cement truck and was killed. After… read more

  • 2011-08-11 – Cops Follow Indian Point Protesters On Metro-North Field Trip – Gothamist

    Cops Follow Indian Point Protesters On Metro-North Field Trip Gothamist August 11th, 2011 John Del Signore http://gothamist.com/2011/08/11/nypd_sends_six_cops_on_metro-north.php#photo-1 If you were worried that the festive cyclist demonstration against Indian Point might cause a meltdown on Metro-North, rest assured that the NYPD was all over it. On Tuesday a group of about twenty bike-riding activists wearing colorful… read more

  • 2011-07-29 – Aumentan los ciclistas en NY – El Diario NY

    Aumentan los ciclistas en NY El Diario NY July 29, 2011 By Annie Correal http://www.guiadenuevayork.com/aumenta-el-numero-de-ciclistas-en-nueva-york Según el Ayuntamiento de Nueva York y el Departamento de Transporte (DOT) el número de ciclistas que transitan diariamente por la ciudad ha aumentado un 14 por ciento en comparación con la primavera del año anterior, continuando la tendencia de… read more

  • 2011-08-09 Bike Ride & Sail Action to Indian Point

    MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate release Contacts: Benjamin Shepard 917.586.7952, press@times-up.org                 Barbara Ross, 917.494.8164 TIME’S UP! JOINS FORCES WITH CLEARWATER FOR BIKE RIDE & SAIL ACTION UP TO INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR POWER PLANT WITH 50FT BANNER: “SHUT DOWN INDIAN POINT NOW” WHAT: “Shut Down Indian Point” Bike Ride & Sail Action from Manhattan to Nuclear… read more

  • 2011-07-21 – Outdoor Group Activities – Time Out NY

    Outdoor Group Activities Time Out NY July 21, 2011 By Alexandra Finkel read more

  • 2011-06-21 – Urban Kayakers gain victory – Daily News

    Urban Kayakers gain victory with Con Ed agreeing to move cable barricade at Bronx Kill by year’s end Daily News June 21, 2011 By Daniel Beekman http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/bronx/2011/06/21/2011-06-21_paddling_on_bronx_kill_con_ed_to_move_cable_barricade_with_years_time.html The Bronx Kill, a waterway long closed to kayaks and canoes, could become navigable by the end of the year, buoying the spirits of urban paddlers. Con Edison… read more

  • 2011-06-09 – Best of the Fests – Time Out NY

    Best of the Fests Time Out NY June 9, 2011 By Sylvia Mendez read more

  • 2011-06-06 – World Naked Bike Ride – NYC 2011

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACT: Joseph Sharkey – (408) 506-4948, wnbrnyc@gmail.comPRESS CONTACT: Benjamin Shepard – (917)586-7952 “More Nudes, No Nukes!!!” “More Ass, Less Gas!!” “Love Your Body, Ride Your Bike!” These are just some of the chants you’ll hear as New York City joins cyclists in cities around the globe for the 8th year of… read more

  • 2011-04-14 – Our Hero: Bill Di Paola – EcoCentric

    Our Hero: Bill Di Paola of Time’s Up! EcoCentric April 14, 2011 By Chris Hunthttp://www.ecocentricblog.org/2011/04/14/our-hero-bill-di-paola-of-times-up/ If you ride a bicycle in New York City, you’re probably familiar with Time’s Up!, an environmental organization that promotes NYC bicycling through education, outreach and creative direct-action campaigns. But you might not know the organization’s founder and director, Bill… read more

  • 2011-04-08 NYPD Harrassment Campaign Exceeds $3M

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Barbara Ross – 917.494.8164, press@times-up.org Legal Contact: David B. Rankin, 212.226.4507, Gideon Oliver, 646.263.3495   CITY SENDS OUT CHECKS TO CYCLISTS TO PAY OUT $965K CRITICAL MASS LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT  Total taxpayer costs for NYPD harassment campaign against cyclists on Critical Mass exceeds $3 million NEW YORK, NY (April 8, 2011)… read more

  • 2011-03-23 – In Defense of Silly: ‘Pies’ of March – Huffington Post

    In Defense of the Silly: From Direct Action to the Pies of March The Huffington Post March 23, 2011 By Benjamin Shepardhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/benjamin-shepard/times-up-nyc-pies-of-march_b_839389.html I work with a group called Times Up! Toward the end of our recent Pies of March ride, we engaged in a pie fight at the house of one of our political opponents.… read more

  • 2011-02-22 – Spotlight: Monica Hunken – Culture Project

    Spotlight: Monica Hunken The Wild Finish Women Center Stage February, 2011   The Wild Finish is the story of your journey through Poland in search of your grandfather. Who was he, and why did he inspire you to travel across his homeland? My grandfather, Leonidas Dudarew Ossetynksi, was a powerful man. He was a prince… read more

  • 2011-01-31 “Token of Love” Tickets

    MEDIA ADVISORY 1/28/2011 Contacts: Barbara Ross – 917.494.8164, press@times-up.org                 Ben Shepard – 917.586.7952 TIME’S UP! AWARDS WINTER CYCLISTS WITH “TOKEN OF LOVE” TICKETS TO COUNTER NYPD’S ATTACK ON CYCLISTS NYPD’s selectively enforced ticketing blitz against cyclists fuels animosity and divisiveness at a time when the nation is seeking civility from its leaders “Token of… read more

  • 2011-01-26 Time’s Up! Says Fight the Bike Backlash

    Times Up! Says Fight the Bike Backlash Support Healthier Transportation for Everyone Time’s Up! supports healthy transportation for everyone – pedestrians, cyclists, and cars. This is why we applaud efforts to expand the network of bike lanes throughout New York City’s five boroughs. We already know that bicycles are part of the future of a… read more

  • 2010 Letter – Year in Review

    December 6, 2010 Dear Friend, Nonpolluting transportation and environmental awareness are continuously on the rise. Over the past four years, New York City has installed over 250 miles of bike lanes and ridership has increased by more than 25%. TIME’S UP! and all of our members and supporters can be proud of the role we… read more

  • 2011-01-13 – Letters to the Editor – East Villager

    Letters to the Editor East Villager January 13, 2011 read more

  • 2010-12-23 – C.M. Holiday Party – The Villager

    EXTRA! C.M. holiday partyThe Villager December 23,2010 http://www.thevillager.com/villager_400/fiesta.html Community Media held its holiday party last Thursday evening at the Hudson Square residence of Publisher John W. Sutter and his wife, artist Kathleen Kucka. Clockwise from above, Lincoln Anderson, associate editor of The Villager and East Villager, heard writer Laurie Mittelmann tell about her recent reporting… read more

  • 2010 12 16 “Love Your Lane” Clowns Serenade Brooklyn BP

    MEDIA ADVISORY Contacts: Benjamin Shepard – 917 586 7952                 Barbara Ross – 917 494 8164, press@times-up.org TIME’S UP!’ “LOVE YOUR LANE” BIKE CLOWNS TO SERENADE BROOKLYN BP MARKOWITZ WITH SINGING TELEGRAMS AND “GOLDEN BICYCLE” HOLIDAY GIFT Time’s Up! Gift Giving to Marty MarkowitzThursday, December 16th9:00am: Love Your Lane Bike Clowns gather at Court &… read more

  • 2010-11-29 Statement for Oversight Hearing on Community Gardens

    PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contacts: Benjamin Shepard 917.586.7952; Susan Howard 917.207.6738; press@times-up.org TIME’S UP! STATEMENT FOR OVERSIGHT HEARING ON COMMUNITY GARDENS Any plans for a green NYC, must include passing a law that preserves, supports and creates more community gardens. New York, NY (November 29, 2010) – The mobilization for the community… read more

  • 2010-11-04 – Heelz on Wheelz – East Villager

    Heelz on Wheelz East Villager November 4, 2010 Jefferson Seigel read more

  • 2010-10-29 – CM Cruises to $1M Settlement – Chief-Leader

    CM Cruises to $1M Settlement in Suit with City Chief-Leader October 29, 2010 By Mark Toor read more

  • 2010-10-28 – Critical Mass makes cycling safer – The Villager

    Talking Point Critical Mass makes cycling safer The Villager October 28, 2010 to November 3, 2010 By Barbara Ross http://www.thevillager.com/villager_392/talkingpoint2.html As a longtime volunteer with Time’s Up!, a volunteer-run environmental organization that promotes group bike rides to enhance cyclist safety, I was excited to read about the success of the recent Upright Bicycle Ride that… read more

  • 2010-10-21 – Battle Over Bike Lanes – Town & Village

    Battle Over Bike Lanes Town & Village October 21, 2010 By Sabina Mollot   read more

  • 2010-10-19 City Pays $965,000 to Cyclists Arrested on Critical Mass

    PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Barbara Ross – 917.494.8164, press@times-up.org LEGAL Contacts: David B. Rankin, 212.226.4507, Gideon Oliver, 646.263.3495   CITY PAYS $965,000 TO 83 CYCLISTS WRONGFULLY ARRESTED ON CRITICAL MASS  NYPD’S six-year multi-million-dollar harassment campaign continues despite costs to taxpayers and failures in court NEW YORK, NY (October 19, 2010) –… read more

  • 2010-10-08 – Allie Compton and Chris Ryan – New York Times

    Allie Compton and Chris Ryan New York Times October 8, 2010 By John Harney “>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/10/fashion/weddings/10vows.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=pirate%20wedding&st=cse HIS life is a fast-moving swirl of punk rock stagecraft, two-wheeled protests, film projects and occasional bits of street theater. So in September 2008, when Allie Compton, an artist, connected with Chris Ryan, a punk guitarist and singer and a… read more

  • 2010-09-14 Time’s Up! Statement on New Garden Rules

    Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts:  Benjamin Shepard 917.586.7952; press@times-up.org                  Susan Howard 917.207.6738 TIME’S UP! STATEMENT ON THE NEW GARDEN RULES  More of Bloomberg’s Green Follies Bloomberg Administration continues assault on green spaces, public spaces and voices. New York, NY (September 14, 2010) – The same week the Parks Department cut down 56 trees… read more

  • 2010-09-01 – Vous M’accorderez Bien Cette Cyclo-danse? – Nouveau Consommateur

    Vous M’accorderez Bien Cette Cyclo-danse? Nouveau Consommateur September 1, 2010 read more

  • 2010-08-18 Save The Gardens – The Villager

    Save The Gardens The Villager August 19 – 25, 2010 Editorial http://www.thevillager.com/villager_382/editorial.html Two weeks ago, Adrian Benepe, the city’s Parks Department commissioner, assured community garden advocates that the proposed new rules for governing the nearly 300 gardens currently under Parks’ jurisdiction would not threaten the green spaces’ existence. However, garden advocates — especially in the… read more

  • 2010-08-18 Constant Gardens for New York – New York Times

    Constant Gardens for New York New York Times Editorial August 18, 2010 By Christine C. Quinn and Melissa Mark-Viverito http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/19/opinion/19quinn.html?_r=1&hp “THE best place to find God is in a garden,” George Bernard Shaw wrote. “You can dig for him there.” Anyone who has ever cleared his mind while clearing weeds from a flower patch, or… read more

  • 2010-08-18 Our NYC Community Gardens – The L Magazine

    Our NYC Community Gardens: Still at Risk The L Magazine August 18, 2010 The Editors http://www.thelmagazine.com/newyork/our-nyc-community-gardens-still-at-risk/Content?oid=1715533 As of September 17, hundreds of community gardens could fall victim to bulldozers as the law meant to protect them expires. Mayor Bloomberg and Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe have yet to offer firm support for their protection. This is… read more

  • 2010-08-15 The Neighborhood News – NY Magazine

    The Neighborhood News New York Magazine August 15, 2010 http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/neighborhoodwatch/67519/ CITY HALL PARK A woman dressed as a sunflower climbed twenty feet up a tree to protest newly drafted rules governing community gardens. read more

  • 2010-08-12 – Your Community Garden

    Your Community Garden The Brian Lehrer Show August 12, 2010 By Brian Lehrer http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/2010/aug/12/your-community-garden/ Adrian Benepe, Commissioner of the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, discusses the new rules governing community gardens. Plus, Karen Washington, president of the New York City Community Garden Coalition board of directors, talks about why community gardens need to be… read more

  • 2010-08-12 New Community Garden Rules

    New Community Garden Rules Offer Weaker Protection Than 2002 Agreement: NY State Lead Attorney TreeHugger.com August 12, 2010 By Matthew McDermott http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/08/new-community-garden-rules-offer-weaker-protection-than-2002-agreement-new-york-state-lead-attorney.php To hear NYC Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe describe it, either on WNYC or in the New York Post, the proposed rules governing the City’s hundreds of community gardens are a definite step up… read more

  • 2010-08-10 Public Hearings of Proposed New Rules

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Benjamin Shepard – 917.586.7952, press@times-up.org Barbara Ross – 917.494.8164 TIME’S UP! JOINS GARDEN ACTIVISTS TO PROTEST PROPOSED NEW RULES AT TODAY’S PUBLIC HEARING Proposed new rules would illegally strip away permanent status of hundreds of community gardens Over 130 community gardens destroyed so far under Bloomberg Administration  New York, NY (August… read more

  • 2010-08-02 Keeping the Gardens Green – NY Times

    Keeping the Gardens Green New York Times August 2, 2010 Editorial http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/02/nyregion/02gardens.html?src=mv&ref=nyr… First, a little history. In 2002, a lawsuit by then-Attorney General Eliot Spitzer of New York was resolved by the Bloomberg administration. That brought an end to what many New Yorkers remember as the garden wars, the Giuliani administration’s effort to sell or… read more

  • 2010-08-01 – The Bulldozers Are Coming – NY Times

    ‘The Bulldozers Are Coming’: Garden Crusaders Hop on Their Bikes New York Times August 1, 2010 By Colin Moynihan http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/02/nyregion/02gardens.html?src=mv&ref=nyr… The bikes departed Tompkins Square, pedaled by men and women dressed in 21st-century thrift-store versions of 18th-century garb. There were tricorn hats, vests and, in a few cases, shirts with long, flowing sleeves. Many of… read more

  • 2010-08-02 Harvest Day Garden Crop Offering

    Event Advisory FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Benjamin Shepard – 917.586.7952, press@times-up.org Barbara Ross – 917.494.8164 GARDEN ACTIVISTS OFFER HOME-GROWN VEGETABLES FROM ENDANGERED COMMUNITY GARDENS TO MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL Harvest Day offering to draw attention to the City’s new proposed rules that would eliminate the protective status and endanger hundreds of community gardens Time’s Up!… read more

  • 2010-07-29 – Protest outside Bloomberg’s townhouse – Daily News

    Cyclists’ advocacy group Times Up! plans to protest outside Mayor Bloomberg’s townhouse New York Daily News July 29th 2010 By Simone Weichselbaum http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/07/29/2010-07-29_cyclists_advoc… It was the green thumb biker buff version of the Boston Tea Party. Instead of fighting off the British, two dozen community gardens loyalists will pedal around Manhattan on “horsecycles” Manhattan Thursday… read more

  • 2010-07-28 – Petal Pushing – Daily News

    Petal Pushing New York Daily News July 28, 2010 By Simone Weichselbaum http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/07/28/2010-07-28_petal_pushing…. It’s the green thumb biker buff version of the Boston Tea Party. Instead of battling the British, two dozen community gardens loyalists will pedal around Manhattan on “horsecycles” Manhattan tonight rallying the cry to keep the spaces safe from developers. The cyclists’… read more

  • 2010-07-28 Paul Revere Garden Ride

    Media Advisory FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Benjamin Shepard – 917.586.7952 Barbara Ross – 917.494.8164 CITY’S NEW RULES TO ELIMINATE PROTECTIVE STATUS AND ENDANGER HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY GARDENS Garden activists draw attention to the threat to community gardens by dressing up as Paul Revere and sounding the alarm, “the bulldozers are coming” Time’s Up! Garden Ride… read more

  • 2010-07-06 New Rules Worry Community Garden Advocates

    New Rules Worry Community Garden Advocates New York Times City Room July 6, 2010 By Colin Moynihan http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/06/impending-rules-worry-some-… New rules being drafted by the city may omit some protections and assurances accorded nearly a decade ago to hundreds of community gardens scattered across the five boroughs. The proposed rules, which are being written by the… read more

  • 2010-06-01 – Cycling: Time’s Up – Time Out NY Kids

    Cycling: Time’s Up Time Out NY Kids June 1, 2010 read more

  • 2010-05-19 – Riders on the corn: Cyclists raise alarm about gardens – The Villager

    Riders on the corn: Cyclists raise alarm about gardens The Villager May 19th, 2010 By Jefferson Siegel http://thevillager.com/villager_369/ridersonthecorn.html Last Saturday, Time’s Up! held a Garden Bike Ride and Hoedown to raise awareness of an imminent threat to community gardens.  “The 2002 Spitzer garden agreement that temporarily prevented the city from selling our community gardens to… read more

  • 2010-05-15 Time’s Up! Garden Ride & HoeDown

    PRESS ADVISORY: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Benjamin Shepard – 917-586-7952                   Elizabeth Michaels – 212-995-8963 Activists celebrate Community Gardens while calling for the city to make all gardens permanent, not subject to ‘transfer’ for redevelopment What: A Ride / Procession / Dance Party to Save the Community Gardens When: Saturday, May 15th Starts: 2:00pm, Tompkins… read more

  • 2010-05-07 – Videos: David Bowie Bike Ride, Last Week’s Critical Mass – Gothamist

    Videos: David Bowie Bike Ride, Last Week’s Critical Mass Gothamist May 7th, 2010 By John Del Signore http://gothamist.com/2010/05/07/videos_david_bowie_bike_ride_last_w.php To round out the first week of Bike Month NYC, here are a couple of pro-cycling videos. The first is from last night’s David Bowie bike ride, during which a group of glam cyclists pedaled and danced… read more

  • 2010-05-05 NYPD Lying on Official Statements

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Media: Barbara Ross, 917-494-8164; press@times-up.org                 Legal: Wylie Stecklow, Esq, 212-566-8000 UNEQUAL PUNISHMENT FOR NYPD ROOKIE AND SERGEANT ON CHARGES OF LYING ON OFFICIAL STATEMENTS   Patrick Pogan faces possible jail time while Sergeant Horohoe escapes any criminal charges for falsely claiming cyclists rode their bikes into them NEW YORK, NY (May… read more

  • 2010-03-25 City Pays $98K to CM Cyclists

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Barbara Ross, 917-494-8164; Judy Ross 917-405-1544; press@times-up.org                 Wylie Stecklow, Esq, 212-566-8000  CITY PAYS $98K TO CRITICAL MASS PARTICIPANTS WRONGFULLY ARRESTED ON MARCH 2007 BICYCLE RIDE Newly released audio revealing NYPD Sergeant’s false testimony against a plainpng is directly contradicted by video evidence. NEW YORK, NY (March 29, 2010) – – The… read more

  • 2010-03-22 – Clowns Liberate More Bike Lanes – Gothamist

    Clowns Liberate More Bike Lanes from “Toxic” Cars Gothamist March 22, 2010 By John Del Signore http://gothamist.com/2010/03/22/video_clowns_liberate_more_bike_lan.php On Friday, a group of bike-riding clowns associated with Times Up! staged another bike lane liberation action, using slapstick humor to dispel a widespread misconception that bike lanes are parking lots. Dressed in cartoonish hazmat suits and acting… read more

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