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2007-12-12 Bike Lane Action
MEDIA ADVISORY TIME’S UP! BIKE LANE ACTION WILL DRAMATICALLY CALL ATTENTION TO UNSAFE CONDITIONS IN 6TH AVENUE BIKE LANE Action will also commemorate the death of cyclist, David Smith, who was killed while riding on 6th Avenue one week ago. **For further details of 3:30pm action call 917 405 1544 or email press@times-up.org New York,… read more
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2007-10-26 9th Annual Halloween CM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Judy Ross – 917.405.1544 Barbara Ross – 917.494.8164 9th ANNUAL HALLOWEEN CRITICAL MASS RIDES TONIGHT Pressure is mounting on Christine Quinn to oppose the NYPD’s anti-assembly regulations that target Critical Mass and other public events. Friday, October 26, 2007 at 7:00 PM Ride Participants meet at Union Square Park North… read more
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2007-10-15 – For Those Whos Deaths Never Made It To The News – CUNY Advocate
CUNY Graduate Center Advocate October 2007 by ROISIN O’CONNOR-MCGINN http://www.gcadvocate.com/2007/10/“for-those-whose-deaths-never-made-the-news”/ A white-painted bicycle slouches against a lamppost a few steps shy of Crosby St., several feet from the busy traffic on West Houston. Withered flowers stick out of the bike’s spokes. The paint is flaking. This quiet memorial the Village Voice called “Tomb of… read more
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2007-10-07 – Cycling Gains Ground in NYC – AP
Associated Press October 7, 2007 By KAREN MATTHEWS The AP story, no longer available for free on line, was picked up by many media outlets and blogs, including:USA TodayABC NewsWashington PostBoston.com NEW YORK (AP) — New York City, with its convoys of cabs, miles of subway track, fleets of fume-belching trucks and hordes of harried… read more
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2007-10-05 – Neighbors Sue City – Downtown Express
Neighbors sue city over Houston St. safety http://www.downtownexpress.com/de_230/neighborssue.html By Albert Amateau Lou Todd, a Prince St. resident who uses a walker, made his way slowly across the construction-choked W. Houston St. intersection at W. Broadway-LaGuardia Pl. at noon on Wednesday, but he had to wait at the narrow traffic median for another light cycle in… read more
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2007-10-02 Memorial for Hope Miller
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEMORIAL TO BE HELD FOR PEDESTRIAN HOPE MILLER, KILLED BY A CAR ON DEADLY HOUSTON STREET After a third death in the Houston Street construction zone, Time’s Up! remembers the lives lost and pushes the City to take action. HOUSTON STREET MEMORIAL AND SPEAK OUT Tuesday, Oct 2nd, 6:30pm at Houston… read more
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2007-09-24 20th Anniversary
MEDIA ADVISORY Contacts: Judy Ross 917.405.1544 Barbara Ross 917.494.8164 EVER-VIGILANT, TIME’S UP! CELEBRATES 20 YEARS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION Party on 9/28 Applauds Time’s Up!’s Continual Success in Creating Environmental Change Through Fun and Positive Solutions. 8:00 pm Time’s Up! 20th Anniversary FundraiserFriday, September 28, 2007 Time’s Up! Space, 49 East Houston Street, between Mott… read more
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2007-09-18 – NYC Launches Bike Safety Campaign – 1010 Wins
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Time’s Up! 25th Anniversary Timeline
1987 Time’s Up! Environmental Group is founded in New York City. The group commits to improving the environment by empowering individuals to become active participants in their communities. The first campaign focuses on raising public awareness through a series of highly visible, original Environmental Education Posters that introduce urban people to the connections between everyday… read more
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Time’s Up! Historical Timeline
1987 Time’s Up! Environmental Group is founded in New York City. The group commits to improving the environment by empowering individuals to become active participants in their communities. {anchor anchor=’1987′ text=’More’} 1991 Time’s Up! launches a major campaign to promote non-polluting transportation, focusing on hybrid-electric and electric-pedal-assist technology. {anchor anchor=’1991′ text=’More’} 1992 Time’s Up! supports Modern… read more
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2007-09-01 – August Critical Mass – Indymedia
Indymedia September 1, 2007 By roger m http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/2007/09/90396.html For the 3rd month in a row, NYC had a terrific hassle-free Critical Mass. It was the 3rd anniversary of the mammoth (5000 est.) Republican National Convention Critical Mass. The police presence at Union Square was substantial and intimidating. But for the 3rd month in a row… read more
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2007-08-14 – Time’s Up, Really – The Villager
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2007-08-08 – Eye In The Sky – Village Voice
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2007-08-08 – Bar None – The Village Voice
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2007-08-01 – Welcome to the Jungle – Village Voice
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2007-08-01 – Local Activist Pedals For Peace – The Progress NJ Newspaper
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2007-07-26 First Amendment Festival
MEDIA ADVISORY PHOTOGRAPHERS, PERFORMERS AND CYCLISTS JOIN FORCES TO PROTECT AND CELEBRATE FIRST AMENDMENT FREEDOMS Festival of First Amendment Held Before Critical Mass Ride 6:30 pm First Amendment Festival followed by Critical Mass Ride Friday, July 27, 2007 Union Square Park, 17th Street & Park Avenue New… read more
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2007-07-18 – The Path Of Least Congestion – NY Times
The Path Of Least Congestion NY Times July 18, 2007 By David Haskell http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/18/opinion/18haskell.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print CONGESTION pricing came to a halt after a head-on collision with Albany on Monday. The New York State Senate decided not to take up Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s plan to charge a fee to drivers entering the busiest parts of… read more
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2007-07-15 – New York – Brutus
New York Brutus July 15, 2007 By Mika Yoshida & David G. Imber read more
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2007-07-13 – Bikes Get Respect in B’klyn – AM NY
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2007-07-12 Bicycle Clown Brigade
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TIME’S UP! BICYCLE CLOWNS CLEAR BIKE LANES OF AUTOMOBILE CONGESTION Clowns give out parking tickets to cars blocking bike lanes and dramatize “Sheldon Silver” throwing away $500 million by refusing to support congestion pricing When: Friday, July 13th, 2007 Where: Ride meets 8:00 am at Madison Square Park, 23rd & Broadway, NW… read more
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2007-07-09 – Going Along – Newsday
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2007-06-19 – Spookfietsen – De Volkskrant
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2007-05-25 – Enforcing the Law – Metro NY
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2007-05-23 – Runnin’ Scared – Villiage Voice
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2007-05-03 – Critical Mass History Timeline Project – OnNYturf
Critical Mass History Timeline Project OnNYturf Blog May 3, 2007 By Will James read more
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2007-05-02 – A Female Fix – Village VoiceT
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2007-05-02 – Critical Mass Transit – The Villager
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2007-05-01 – NYC Priorities
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2007-04-30 – NYers ‘Go Green’ with Bikes- Voice of America
From: http://www.voanews.com/content/a-13-2007-04-26-voa40-66773462/564447.html VOICE OF AMERICA By Adam Phillips New York 30 April 2007 Phillips Report (MP3) – Download 1.1MBÂ As private cars, taxis, trucks and other motor vehicles continue to clog New York City streets, a growing number of Big Apple residents are hopping on their bicycles to get around town. Doing so, they say,… read more
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2007-04-30 – Critical Mass – Metro NY
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2007-04-20 – Parade Crackdown – Metro NY
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2007-04-04 – Protesters Tend To Garden – AM New York
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2007-04-04 – No Mass Arrest at March Critical Mass – Villager
Villager by Jefferson Siegel April 4 – 10, 2007 Tension was palpable among cyclists ready to start the Critical Mass ride as they gathered at Union Square before the monthly event last Friday evening. Last week’s Critical Mass ride was the first held under a new police regulation requiring a permit for any gathering of… read more
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2007-03-27 NYC Drops Lawsuit
For Immediate Release March 27, 2007 NYC CONCEDES DEFEAT AND DROPS MAJOR LAWSUIT AGAINST TIME’S UP! Another victory for Time’s Up! and the bicycling community. NEW YORK CITY — The City of New York quietly dropped a major lawsuit against TIME’S UP! after two years of legal browbeating at taxpayers’ expense. In the lawsuit, filed… read more
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2007-03-31 – Bloomy Vetoes City “Pedi-Cure” – NY Post
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2007-03-31 – Mass Tests New Parade Regs – Village Voice blog
Village Voice blog March 31, 2007 by Sarah Ferguson http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2007/03/critical_mass_t.php Friday night’s Critical Mass bike ride was played as a First Amendment “showdown” over the NYPD’s new parade rule, which requires groups of 50 or more to get a permit to be on the streets. Predictably there were arrests—three to be exact—along with 46 summonses… read more
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2007-03-31 – Critical Mass: Dispatches from #25 – L magazine
L Magazine By Adam Klasfeld March 31, 2007 http://www.imediaethics.org/news/5-03-07/report.htm When I decided to write an article about participating in March’s Critical Mass ride, I was almost certain that I was going to be arrested. After all, it was the first ride since the NYPD rewrote the parade rule to criminalize rides of 50 or more… read more
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2007-03-30 – Critical Mass – Metro NY
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2007-03-30 – Critical Mass – AM NY
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2007-03-28 – Bloomberg Likes police Spying – The Gothamist
Bloomberg Likes San Gennaro – And police Spying The Gothamist March 28, 2007 By Jen Chung http://gothamist.com/2007/03/28/bloomberg_likes.php Though not necessarily together. The Mayor believes in zeppole and fair games, telling reporters: “I understand the frustration of the community, who has their streets blocked and a lot of noise at night. On the other hand, it… read more
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2007-03-28 – City Decides Time’s Up For Mass Lawsuit – The Villager
City Decides Time’s Up For Mass Lawsuit The villager March 28, 2007 By Julie Shapiro http://thevillager.com/villager_204/citydecidestimesup.html After a two-year legal battle, the city of New York has dropped its lawsuit against Time’s Up! The lawsuit, filed March 22, 2005, targeted the monthly Critical Mass bicycle rides in Manhattan, in which large groups of cyclists ride… read more
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2007-03-28 – City Drops Suit – Metro
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2007-03-01 – Priorities – Bicycling
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2007-02-28 – Bicyclists Give Gift To Chief – The Villager
Bicyclists Give Gift To A Chief Who Gave Them Hell The villager February 28, 2007 By Jefferson Siegel http://thevillager.com/villager_200/bicyclistsgivegift.html For two and a half years, police have chased cyclists in the monthly Critical Mass rides. Last Friday, participants turned the tables, leaving the traditional Union Square starting point on foot and marching directly to… read more
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2007-02-14 – Taken For A Bad Ride – AM New York
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2007-02-07 – Cyclists and advocates rain on parade-permit rules – The Villager
Cyclists and advocates rain on parade-permit rules The Villager February 7, 2007 By Jefferson Siegelhttp://www.thevillager.com/villager_197/cyclistsandadvocatesrain.html Last Wednesday, a group of several dozen, including politicians, attorneys and cyclists, braved the cold wind in front of Police Headquarters to voice outrage at the department’s revamped parade-permit regulations — which will go into effect at this month’s end.… read more
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2007-01-11 – Flowers, Love and Rage- Queens Ledger
Thursday, January 11, 2007 By Nik Kovac They ranged in age from ten to 60, and they lived in every corner of the city, from St. Albans to Williamsburg, but all 14 of them have this in common: during 2006 they died while riding bicycles. “Ride with us,” announced Time’s Up, a two-decade-old advocacy group,… read more
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2007-01-11 – The Lazarus of the Bronx – Metro
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2007-01-08 – Cyclists Ride in Tribute – AM NY
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2006 Letter – Year in Review
December 19, 2006 TIME’S UP! Achievements in 2006 Despite the challenges we faced as a community, TIME’S UP! was able to garner significant victories in 2006. Two are worth highlighting: the increased amount of public programming and involvement thanks to our space; and the press attention the issues we stand for have obtained. This is… read more
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2006-12-27 Wheel Deal – Scooby’s Notebook – The Villager
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2006-02-22 Judge Denies CM Injunction – Villager
Another judge denies injunction on Critical Mass http://www.thevillager.com/villager_147/anotherjudgedenies.html The Villager February 22-28, 2006 Jefferson Siegel Last week a State Supreme Court judge issued a key ruling against the city’s attempts to halt the Critical Mass bike ride and force the cyclists to obtain a permit for their monthly event. Soon after the decision was released,… read more
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2006-05-16 Call Any Vegetable – Voice
Call Any Vegetable http://www.villagevoice.com/nyclife/0620,tudor,73225,15.html Village Voice May 16, 2006 By Silke Tudor The weatherman threatened the city with rain on Saturday but there seems little menace in the featherweight clouds shuffling across the pale May sky. Eventually, the growing heat of the afternoon sun coerces me into Tompkins Square Park, where I sprawl out on… read more
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2004-09-22 Cyclists to Reclaim NYC Streets
September 22nd, 2004 For Immediate Release Thousands of Peaceful Cyclists to Reclaim New York City Streets Friday Evening in Monthly “Critical Mass” Ride Despite Hundreds of Arrests at August Ride, Bike Riders Continue Time-Honored Tradition NEW YORK (September 22, 2004) – Manhattan’s car-clogged streets will be reclaimed by thousands of cyclists this Friday in the… read more
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2005-07-16 Reasonable Demands
July 16, 2005 VERY REASONABLE DEMANDS REGARDING THE FUTURE OF BICYCLING IN NEW YORK CITY The quality of life in New York City would be greatly enhanced by improving the City’s bicycling infrastructure. The lack of a safe environment for cycling is holding back progress in improving air quality, reducing asthma and obesity rates, and… read more
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2005-12-21 Bike the Strike!
For Immediate Release December 21, 2005 Bike the Strike! TIME’S UP! organizes Bike-Pools for new cyclists to ride to and from work, offers free bike repair and sells inexpensive bicycles to to bike riders NEW YORK CITY — TIME’S UP!, an environmental and bicycle advocacy group says, “Bike the Strike!” To encourage bicycle riders during… read more
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2006-01-06 Memorial Ride
For Immediate Release January 6, 2006 Memorial RideJoin Time’s Up! and a coalition of NYC Cycling Groups as we ride to the various fatality sites, holding mini-memorials for all the victims. NEW YORK CITY — We have many different types of bikers in NYC, and we all ride for different reasons — for the environment,… read more
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2006-01-20 Bike Lane Liberation
For Immediate Release January 20, 2006 Bicycle Clown Brigade clears Manhattan bike lanes to make them safe for cyclistsCyclists dressed like clowns brave the onslaught of Saturday double parkers to defend the lane reserved for bicycles in honor of Bike Lane Liberation day When: Saturday, January 21st at 2pm Where: The ride starts at the… read more