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Tue 7: Amtrak Bill Clears the Way for Bike-Friendly Trains 2
Wed 1: Weigh in on the Future of City Bike Racks 18
Thu 25: Streetfilms: The Prospect Park Youth Advocates 2
Wed 24: Bikes in Buildings: So Easy, So Effective 15
Tue 23: Wednesday: Ask the City Council to Pass the "Bikes in Buildings Bill" 13
Thu 18: Sen. Jeff Klein to No Impact Man: "Hands Off My Car, You F--king A--hole" 58
Fri 12: Ride for a Safer Queens Boulevard Tonight 5
Thu 4: NYC Century Tour This Sunday 4
Fri 22: The Parking Cure, Step 1: Diagnose the Problem 10
Mon 18: Planners and Green Groups Call for Off-Street Parking Reform 13
Mon 18: Report: NYC's Off-Street Parking Policy Will Set Off a Traffic Explosion 19
Thu 7: A Citywide Prescription for Livable Streets 2
Wed 6: Ride to Summer Streets in Style With T.A. [Updated] 5
Mon 4: DOT Takes Steps to Improve Ped Safety Near Park Avenue Tunnel 28
Thu 31: And the Bike-Friendly Business Award Goes to... 5
Thu 31: Measuring the Value of Livable Streets 2
Thu 24: T.A. Urges Bloomberg Admin to Take the Lead in Parking Reform 7
Fri 18: Streetfilms: What's an LPI? 13
Mon 7: T.A. Offers Reward for Park Slope "Post-Automobile Street" Designs 10
Mon 7: Queens CBs Greet Vernon Boulevard Bike Lanes With Skepticism 19
Fri 6: Wanted: Ex-Drivers Eager to Talk About Switching Modes 0
Wed 4: New Law Encourages DOT to Set Traffic Reduction Targets 10
Fri 30: Streetfilms: The Great NYC Commuter Race 18
Thu 29: Cycling Still Offers Quickest City Commute 37
Thu 29: DOT Previews Big Plans at Greenway Summit 19
Wed 28: Bike, Transit or Car: Which Is the Fastest Commute? 36
Tue 27: Has Time Run Out on the Parking Placard "Crackdown"? 6
Fri 16: Open Thread: Share Your Bike-to-Work Stories 29
Thu 15: Revenge of the Free Riders 21
Wed 14: DOT to Present Manhattan Bridge Plans to CB 3 Tonight 10
Fri 9: Streetfilm: Snackin' and Schwaggin' in Queens 8
Fri 9: CB2 Chairman Punts Queens Greenway Vote Over Loss of Parking 25
Thu 8: Streetfilm: City Officials Talk Up Bike Month 2
Wed 7: Eyes on the Street: T.A. Rings in Bike Month 12
Thu 1: TONY Does New York on Two Wheels 4
Fri 18: Electeds Still Need to Hear From Pricing Supporters 8
Mon 31: City Council Passes Congestion Pricing. Next Stop: Albany. 60
Mon 31: Pricing Clears Committee, Moves to Full Council Tonight 8
Mon 24: Rev. Billy Preaches Bikes & Transit at the NYC Auto Show 5
Fri 21: StreetFilm: Queens Roller Racing 1
Fri 21: T.A. Ad Drives It Home ... to Westchester 7
Thu 20: Pricing Round Up: Persuasive Arguments, Rigged Polls, New Buses 19
Fri 14: DOT Launches Bike Rack Design Competition 3
Tue 4: Is the NYPD Reducing Traffic Violations? Hard to Say... 28
Mon 3: Sander Makes the Case for MTA Capital Plan and Pricing 3
Mon 25: Ads Pitch Pricing Benefits to Transit-Taking Majority 3
Fri 22: It's Time to Tell Your Reps to Vote for Pricing 7
Mon 18: Mary Beth Kelly: From Tragedy to Advocacy 7
Fri 1: A "Vision Zero" for New York? 3
Fri 25: Proof That Congestion Pricing Supporters Do Exist in Queens 15
Thu 24: Testify! Public Hearings on Congestion Pricing Tonight 7
Tue 22: Streetfilms: Street Star Christine Berthet 1
Thu 17: Road Pricing and Public Transit: The "Virtuous Cycle" 19
Mon 14: Who Are You Nominating for the 2008 Jane Jacobs Medal? 7
Fri 11: Another New Bike Shelter 12
Fri 11: What if DOT Simply Forgot to Open the Parks to Traffic? 19
Mon 7: StreetFilm: The Street Memorial Project 2
Fri 4: A Year After Eric Ng's Death, Greenway Hazards Remain Unfixed 42
Wed 2: Sleek Bike Parking Facilities Appear in Queens and Brooklyn 32
Mon 17: City Pedestrian Crossings Are Discriminatory by Design 13
Wed 12: Shoup Dogg, Parking Policy Cult Hero, Fills Fordham Auditorium 47
Tue 11: Manhattan Bridge Bike & Ped Improvements Nearing Completion 19
Fri 7: Parking Guru Donald Shoup Coming to Town Monday 3
Fri 7: Replace Penn Station Rats' Warren With a Pedestrian Boulevard 5
Tue 4: Crashstat 2.0 Reveals NYC’S Most Dangerous Intersections 9
Wed 28: T.A. Responds to Fidler's Tax'n'Tunnel Pipe Dream 5
Tue 27: NYPD Emerges as New Focus for NYC's Livable Streets Movement 38
Mon 19: StreetFilms: Bay Ridge Bus Commuters Talk Congestion Pricing 18
Tue 13: Weiner Imagines Paying for His Traffic Plan With a Gas Tax Raise 40
Fri 9: MTA Chief Links Congestion Pricing to Fare Hike... or Not 35
Wed 7: Jan Gehl: Gridlocked Streets Are "Not a Law of Nature" 8
Wed 7: StreetFilms: Upper West Side Streets Renaissance With Jan Gehl 9
Wed 24: Senator Duane Takes a Swipe at DOT for 9th Ave. Bike Lane 16
Fri 19: RPA Refutes Anti-Pricing “Alternatives” Study 9
Tue 16: Park Slope Has Its Park(ing) Day 6
Fri 12: T.A. Responds to 'Keep NYC Congestion' Plan 40
Mon 24: StreetFilms: Park(ing) Day 2007 8
Fri 21: Why is There a Picnic in My Parking Spot? 12
Tue 18: City to Unveil 'Look' Bike Safety Campaign 4
Wed 12: The Transportation Alternatives Century Ride 2007 3
Tue 4: Infinite Jest 4
Tue 4: Last Weekend of Summer Marked by Child's Death 0
Fri 31: City Promises $5M in Ped Safety Improvements at Mural Opening 13
Thu 30: New Pricing Poll Hits the Spin Cycle 14
Wed 29: Brooklyn Traffic Calming Mural Unveiled 5
Tue 28: Celebrating a Car-Free Afternoon In Prospect Park 12
Mon 27: Prospect Park Car Restriction Starts Now 5
Fri 24: Survey Finds That Buffered Bike Lanes Are Better 17
Tue 21: Staten Island PlaNYC Panel Tonight 0
Mon 20: Cyclists Throwing Selves Under Cars in Brooklyn 28
Mon 13: Tonight: Traffic-Calming Mural Preview & Fundraiser 3
Mon 13: Thank You for the Extra Car-Free Hour, And... 4
Tue 17: Brodsky Killed Congestion Pricing But We Hurt His Feelings 22
Wed 11: Brodsky Attacks Critics of His Congestion Pricing Study 41
Thu 28: David Byrne on Bicycling in NYC 8
Wed 20: Leave Your iPod at Home Tomorrow 1
Mon 11: Call for Ped Safety Measures on Third and Fourth Avenues 1
Thu 7: Car-Free Sundays Return to the Bronx 4
Tue 5: T.A.: City, State Parking Drive Would Torpedo Taxi Initiative 10
Tue 5: NYPD Raid Nets Bikes and Bystanders 31
Sun 3: StreetFilms: Bike to Shea 4
Fri 25: Streetsblog Publisher Puts up $250K to Push PlaNYC 3
Fri 18: T.A. Rides with the Mayors of Sydney & Copenhagen 2
Fri 18: CB6 Committee Unanimously Approves 9th St. Project 12
Fri 27: Sadik-Khan Has Two Things Her Predecessors Lacked... 2
Sun 22: Rally for Mayor's Groundbreaking Green Transportation Plan 13
Mon 2: StreetFilm: Room to Breathe 6
Tue 27: Important Meeting for Livable Streets Advocates 5
Mon 12: Parking: If You Build it They Will Come... in Their Cars. 10
Mon 5: Old Gray Lady Gets on the Bandwagon 5
Tue 27: No Parking Slope 27
Wed 21: Illegal Permit Parking Crackdown Underway? 13
Thu 15: Plan Urged Safety Measures for Intersection Where Boy Died 16
Wed 14: 2006 Pedestrian Fatality Numbers from DOT 6
Tue 6: Help Wanted at DOT: Creative Thinkers Encouraged to Apply 18
Thu 21: Confronting Our Problems 112
Wed 13: Pedestrian Safety in Brooklyn Heights 0
Tue 24: And the 2006 Pokey Award Goes to... 1
Fri 6: Traffic's Human Toll 0
Tue 3: Traffic's Human Toll 0
Thu 10: Budnick Talks Transpo on NY1 3
Tue 25: Houston Street Redesign: The $30 Million Missed Opportunity 4
Mon 17: Brooklyn to Mayor: Get a Transportation Policy 4
Tue 27: Improper Steel Plate May Have Caused Fatal Crash 0
Thu 8: Liz Padilla Memorial & Bike Improvements 0