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Thursday, August 21, 2008: Discussion of Transit Services in Upper Manhattan

7:00 pm

Holyrood Episcopal Church
715 W. 179th St. (at Ft. Washington Av.)
Manhattan
Saturday, August 23, 2008: Summer Streets: Car-Free Park Avenue & Lafayette Street (Plus T.A. Feeder Rides from Flushing & McCarren Park)

7:00 am to 1:00 pm

Park Av. & Park Av. S. from 72nd St. to Union Sq.; Fourth Av.; Lafayette St.
See a map of the route
Manhattan; 108th Avenue Block Party

12:00 pm

108th Av. & Sutphin Blvd.
Queens; Ashford Street Block Party

12:00 pm

Ashford St. & Wortman Av.
Brooklyn
Sunday, August 24, 2008: Car-Free 78th Street, Jackson Heights, Queens

6:00 am to 8:00 pm

78th Street (bet. Northern Blvd. & 34th Av.)
Jackson Heights, Queens
Tuesday, August 26, 2008: Auto-Free New York: Summer Walking Tour #2: NJ Transit’s Hudson River Tunnel

6:00 pm

Amtrak Info Desk
Penn Station
Manhattan
Wednesday, August 27, 2008: Regional Rail Working Group Monthly Meeting

6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

NYPD Downtown Center
104 Washington St. (at Rector St.)
Manhattan
Saturday, August 30, 2008: Last Day to See 2 Exhibits: New York Waters & Twilight on the Waterfront

5:00 pm

Brooklyn Public Library - Grand Lobby
Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn
Sunday, August 31, 2008: Car-Free 78th Street, Jackson Heights, Queens

6:00 am to 8:00 pm

78th Street (bet. Northern Blvd. & 34th Av.)
Jackson Heights, Queens
Thursday, September 4, 2008: Rocky Anderson: Combating Climate Change: A Leadership Imperative

5:30 pm

India House
1 Hanover Square (William St. bet. Stone & Pearl Sts.)
Manhattan
Friday, September 12, 2008: Reinventing Grand Army Plaza Press Conference

11:00 am

Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn; Reinventing Grand Army Plaza Opening Night Reception

6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Saturday, September 13, 2008: Reinventing Grand Army Plaza Exhibition — Opening Day

11:00 am to 4:00 pm

Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn
Friday, September 19, 2008: Park(ing) Day 2008

10:00 am

Parking spaces throughout the city
Saturday, September 20, 2008: Climate Ride ‘08

9:00 am to 9:00 am

Manhattan to Washington, D.C.
Friday, September 26, 2008: Visiting Scholar Seminar: Paris Transit Agency (RATP): A Radical Change in Urban Transport

9:30 am to 12:00 pm

Baruch College Conference Center
151 E. 25th St. (bet. Lexington & Third Aves.), 7th Floor
Manhattan
Saturday, September 27, 2008: 17th Annual NYC Skate Marathon and New York 100K

6:30 am

Prospect Park - east side near Wollman Rink parking lot
Brooklyn
Friday, November 14, 2008: Symposium: Making the Connection: Transit Oriented Development – A Blueprint for Success

8:00 am to 1:00 pm

New York University, Kimmel Center, Eisner & Lubin Auditorium
60 Washington Square South (at LaGuardia Pl.), 4th Floor
Manhattan

- jen petersen said:
  "I think we of human-powered modes do best with each other when the absence of speed-designating lane markings send the signal that we’re responsible to look out for each..."
- Niccolo Machiavelli said:
  "To try to rise briefly above the ad hominem attack it needs to be said that Mr. Silver holds a very important position in New York politics. To remain Speaker of the..."
- JK said:
  "my tax money is spent on cops preventing me to get to work on time… what a dumb idea having a cop on duty slowing people down. really, i thought there was an attack or mugging on..."
- Cap'n Transit said:
  "I’m a big fan of tackling tasks that are politically feasible, but I’m disappointed that this does relatively little to address the overcrowding on Seventh and..."
- rex said:
  "Silver appears to be a civil cretin. He seems to spend all of his efforts maintaining his power rather than leading. What’s the matter Shelly, no ideas ever come your way? From my..."
1. Summer Streets: Bikes and Pedestrians Get Along Fine Without Cars
  August 12, 2008
2. Streetfilms: Summer Streets 2008
  August 11, 2008
3. Bike-Share Debuts in Washington D.C.
  August 14, 2008
4. Obama’s Energy Platform Has a (Small) Livable Cities Plank
  August 7, 2008
5. I Walked Five Miles in the Middle of the Street, Then I Bought a Dosa
  August 11, 2008
6. Eyes on the Street: Summer Streets Gallery #2
  August 12, 2008
7. Bloomberg Relieves Council Mems of Reserved Parking as NYPD Rants
  August 14, 2008
8. Hillary Clinton Introduces Senate Version of Transit Relief Bill
  August 4, 2008
9. Juan Valdez and Jay-Z Invite New Yorkers to Take to the Streets
  August 7, 2008
10. Orioles Pitcher Throws a High Hard One at Car Commuting
  August 8, 2008
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