Comments on: When Streets Are for People http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/05/02/when-streets-are-for-people/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:31:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Anne http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/05/02/when-streets-are-for-people/comment-page-1/#comment-31359 Anne Thu, 03 May 2007 20:26:15 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/05/02/when-streets-are-for-people/#comment-31359 Car-Free Ocean Parkway on Sundays... fantastic!! or maybe Saturday makes more sense? whatever!! once a month would be amazing to start!! Car-Free Ocean Parkway on Sundays... fantastic!! or maybe Saturday makes more sense? whatever!! once a month would be amazing to start!!

]]> By: shamez http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/05/02/when-streets-are-for-people/comment-page-1/#comment-31344 shamez Thu, 03 May 2007 17:12:06 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/05/02/when-streets-are-for-people/#comment-31344 Fantastic to hear that. Here in Toronto we celebrate community, culture and ecology in the carfree streets of Kensington Market once a month on Pedestrian Sundays. This year, the new tradition has caught on in two other neighbourhoods. Without physically changing the streets, it forever changes the way you perceive them, something that goes a long way in the struggle to liberate the commons from the tyranny of auto-addiction. Italy has also done a lot of similar activity on a grander scale with its Ecological Sundays, celebrated in a hundred cities and towns across the country. Fantastic to hear that. Here in Toronto we celebrate community, culture and ecology in the carfree streets of Kensington Market once a month on Pedestrian Sundays. This year, the new tradition has caught on in two other neighbourhoods. Without physically changing the streets, it forever changes the way you perceive them, something that goes a long way in the struggle to liberate the commons from the tyranny of auto-addiction.

Italy has also done a lot of similar activity on a grander scale with its Ecological Sundays, celebrated in a hundred cities and towns across the country.

]]> By: P http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/05/02/when-streets-are-for-people/comment-page-1/#comment-31324 P Thu, 03 May 2007 09:05:28 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/05/02/when-streets-are-for-people/#comment-31324 The weekly closing of streets for bicylces and pedestrians was included in last year's Garvin Report. To my knowledge it didn't make the cut into PlaNYC though. In the Report, Ocean Parkway is called out as a location that could benefit from a 'Ciclovia' as quickly as... last summer. The weekly closing of streets for bicylces and pedestrians was included in last year's Garvin Report. To my knowledge it didn't make the cut into PlaNYC though.

In the Report, Ocean Parkway is called out as a location that could benefit from a 'Ciclovia' as quickly as... last summer.

]]> By: brian http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/05/02/when-streets-are-for-people/comment-page-1/#comment-31321 brian Wed, 02 May 2007 23:06:03 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/05/02/when-streets-are-for-people/#comment-31321 Fair question. I was attending the World Carfree Conference in Bogota. This year is in Istambul. http://www.worldcarfree.net/conference/ I'll miss it, but sure sounds lovely. Luckily next year's conference will be in Portland, Oregon. So I can take a train. Or ride a bike. It's only 1,000 miles from the Bay Area. Fair question. I was attending the World Carfree Conference in Bogota.

This year is in Istambul.
http://www.worldcarfree.net/conference/
I'll miss it, but sure sounds lovely.

Luckily next year's conference will be in Portland, Oregon. So I can take a train. Or ride a bike. It's only 1,000 miles from the Bay Area.

]]> By: Xue http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/05/02/when-streets-are-for-people/comment-page-1/#comment-31318 Xue Wed, 02 May 2007 22:59:37 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/05/02/when-streets-are-for-people/#comment-31318 Question: How many biking Bogotanos does it take to offset the pollution of one American's flight to Colombia to participate? Sorry, couldn't resist. :) Question: How many biking Bogotanos does it take to offset the pollution of one American's flight to Colombia to participate?

Sorry, couldn't resist. :)

]]> By: Anne http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/05/02/when-streets-are-for-people/comment-page-1/#comment-31317 Anne Wed, 02 May 2007 22:03:53 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/05/02/when-streets-are-for-people/#comment-31317 at last year's Green Brooklyn Expo (or whatever it was called), one of the speakers talked about cycling issues in general and mentioned the possibility of attempting a **Brooklyn Ciclovia** in the future. who's in? at last year's Green Brooklyn Expo (or whatever it was called), one of the speakers talked about cycling issues in general and mentioned the possibility of attempting a **Brooklyn Ciclovia** in the future.

who's in?

]]> By: brian http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/05/02/when-streets-are-for-people/comment-page-1/#comment-31307 brian Wed, 02 May 2007 18:41:11 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/05/02/when-streets-are-for-people/#comment-31307 Riding Ciclovia in Bogata was one of the best thing I've ever done. Wrote about it here. http://carfreeusa.blogspot.com/2006/09/mira-papi-muchos-gringos.html If you ever get a chance, do it. Or start one in your town! Riding Ciclovia in Bogata was one of the best thing I've ever done.

Wrote about it here.
http://carfreeusa.blogspot.com/2006/09/mira-papi-muchos-gringos.html

If you ever get a chance, do it. Or start one in your town!

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