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Monday, December 1, 2008
Save the High Line Spur! Eastern Railyards Public Forum
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Red Cross
520 W. 49th St. (bet. Tenth & Eleventh Aves.)
Manhattan
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Call to Action: Join DOT Engineers and Elected Officials to Give Your Input on Hell’s Kitchen and Chelsea Traffic Conditions
7:30 am to 10:00 am
W. 40th St. & Dyer Av.
Manhattan
Phone Bank – Urgent Calls Needed to West Siders
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Transportation Alternatives
127 W. 26th St. (bet. Sixth & Seventh Aves.), Suite 1002
Manhattan
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Call to Action: Join DOT Engineers and Elected Officials to Give Your Input on Hell’s Kitchen and Chelsea Traffic Conditions
3:30 pm to 6:00 pm
29th St. & Eighth Av.
Manhattan
Volunteer Mailing Night at Transportation Alternatives
6:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Transportation Alternatives
127 W. 26th St. (bet. Sixth & Seventh Aves.), Suite 1002
Manhattan
Manhattan Community Board 4 (Full Board!) Votes on Eighth Avenue Bike Lane
6:30 pm
Roosevelt Hospital
1000 Tenth Av. (bet. 58th & 59th Sts.)
Manhattan
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Call to Action: Join DOT Engineers and Elected Officials to Give Your Input on Hell’s Kitchen and Chelsea Traffic Conditions
3:30 pm to 6:00 pm
50th St. & Ninth Av.
Manhattan
NAG Organizing Agenda
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Holy Ghost Church Hall Basement
160 N. 5th St. (bet. Bedford & Driggs Aves.)
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Transportation Alternatives Holiday Party
8:30 pm to 10:30 pm
Housing Works Bookstore Café
126 Crosby St. (bet. Prince & Houston Sts.)
Manhattan
Friday, December 5, 2008
Urban Transportation in Global Megacities: Highlights from Istanbul, Mexico City, and Seoul
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
The Rudin Family Forum for Civic Dialogue at the Puck Building
295 Lafayette St (at E. Houston St.), 2nd Floor
Manhattan
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Peace and Gratitude Ride
11:00 am
Gandhi Statue
Union Square Park
Manhattan
Monday, December 8, 2008
City Council Bikes-in-Buildings Hearing: What Can the City Do to Encourage Bicycle Commuting?
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
City Hall - City Council Chambers
Manhattan
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
21st Century Streets Celebration
7:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Galapagos Art Space
16 Main St. (at Water St.)
DUMBO, Brooklyn
Contested Streets Airs on the Sundance Channel
9:35 pm to 10:35 pm
The Sundance Channel (Channel 101 if you have Time Warner Cable)
(Don't have cable? Don't have a TV? Put it on your Netflix queue!)
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Transportation Alternatives Bronx Committee Meeting
7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Bronx Library Center
310 E. Kingsbridge Rd. (one block north of Fordham Road)
The Bronx
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Course: Clean Vehicles in New York: The Past & Future of Alternative Fuels for City Fleets
8:15 am to 10:15 am
Municipal Art Society
457 Madison Av. (at 51st St.)
Manhattan
Panel and Report Release: “How Public-Private Partnerships Can Help New York Address Its Infrastructure Needs”
8:30 am to 10:30 am
Baruch College, Vertical Campus, Conference Center
55 Lexington Av. (bet. 24th & 25th Sts.), 14th Floor
Manhattan
Panel: Exploring New York’s Energy Options: Nuclear Power
9:00 am to 12:00 pm
New York University - Kimmel Center
60 Washington Sq. S. (at LaGuardia Pl.), Room 914
Manhattan
Slowing Down: Artists and Designers Mapping the City
6:30 pm
Museum of Art and Design
2 Columbus Circle
Manhattan
Friday, December 12, 2008
Queens Boulevard Bike-Pool
6:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Queens side of the Queensboro Bridge Bike Path
Long Island City, Queens
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Five Borough Bicycle Club Holiday Party
8:00 pm
Woolworth Tower Kitchen
233 Broadway at Barclay St. (entrance on Barclay St.)
Manhattan
Prospect Park Moonlight Ride
9:00 pm
Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Ride to the Rink
11:00 am to 2:00 pm
Meet at Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn

Ride to Wollman Rink
Prospect Park
Brooklyn
Contested Streets Airs on the Sundance Channel
3:35 pm
The Sundance Channel (Channel 101 if you have Time Warner Cable)
(Don't have cable? Put it on your Netflix queue!)
(Don't have cable or Netflix? Ask a community group to show it at a meeting, or have your own group host a viewing!)
Monday, December 15, 2008
Exhibition Opening: Growing & Greening New York: PlaNYC and the Future of the City
6:30 pm
Museum of the City of New York
1220 Fifth Av. (bet. 103rd & 104th Sts.)
Manhattan
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Auto-Free New York: Concept Plan for Boroughwide Light Rail/Streetcar Grid: Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens and Staten Island
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Transportation Alternatives
127 W. 26th St. (bet. Sixth & Seventh Aves.), 10th Floor
Manhattan
WNET’s “Blueprint America” Feature on the Building of the Second Avenue Subway
8:00 pm
Channel Thirteen / WNET
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Volunteer Mailing Night at Transportation Alternatives
6:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Transportation Alternatives
127 W. 26th St. (bet. Sixth & Seventh Aves.), Suite 1002
Manhattan
Regional Rail Working Group Monthly Meeting
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
NYPD Downtown Center
104 Washington St. (at Rector St.)
Manhattan
Thursday, December 18, 2008
NYC DOT Bike Helmet Giveaway and Fitting in Sunset Park
3:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Health Plus
241 37th St. (bet. Second & Third Aves.)
Sunset Park, Brooklyn
Brooklyn Community Board 6 Reviews Proposed Bikes-in-Buildings Regulation
6:00 pm
Long Island College Hospital
339 Hicks St. (at Pacific St.), Rooms C & D
Brooklyn
Transportation Alternatives Brooklyn Committee Meeting
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
SODA Bar
629 Vanderbilt Av. (bet. St. Marks. Av. & Prospect Pl.)
Brooklyn
Friday, December 19, 2008
NYC DOT Bike Helmet Giveaway and Fitting in Brownsville
3:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Brownsville Multi-Service Health Center
592 Rockaway Av. (at Blake Av.), 2nd Floor
Brooklyn
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Riverside Ride
10:00 pm
Columbus Circle
Manhattan
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Lights in the Heights Ride
4:00 pm
Meet across from the bicycle entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge
City Hall/Centre St. bet. Chambers & Spruce Sts.
Manhattan

OR: Meet at 4:45 p.m. at 3rd St. & Prospect Park West
Brooklyn
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
New Year’s Eve Party Ride
10:30 pm
Washington Square Park - under the arch
Manhattan