Vermont Sail Freight Project sails into New York City
A sailboat, filled with local produce and other goods, sails from Vermont to New York City, delivering its Northeast Kingdom bounty along the way.
Healthy Streets workshop: Bronx Museum of the Arts
Find out how to bring play streets, speed cameras for school zones and other safety improvements to your neighborhood, and take the first steps to implement them
Time’s Up Beach Ride
BEACH RIDE Bike ride to Rockaway Queens beaches. Bring swimsuit, towel, sunscreen, food and/or money for food, lock for bike, or leave your bike on…
Summer Streets Time’s Up Bike Ride
SUMMER STREETS SOUND BIKE RIDES Years ago, Time’s Up! had Bike Summer; now NYC has stopped car traffic for 7 miles of Manhattan on 3…
Buses but no bikes: Quinn’s scaled-back transit agenda
According to Quinn, New York City transportation options are in dire need of a serious revamping
A better city starts with pedestrian space
In this video, urban strategist & former Bogotá mayor Enrique Peñalosa tells us how we can reprioritize road space for people.
Ben & Jerry’s tasting: NYC- based flavor
Enjoy a rare opportunity to taste-test a new Ben & Jerry’s New York City-based flavor!
View the Solar Impulse Plane at JFK International Airport
Solar Impulse – the solar-powered airplane of Swiss pioneers Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg – has successfully landed at New York’s John F. Kennedy International…
Bike tickets on the rise in Manhattan and Brooklyn
Citibikes lead to more tickets. For safety or for quotas?
Book review: Terra Nova: The New World After Oil, Cars, and Suburbs
Cheap oil built the modern American landscape. Now what? Eric Sanderson has some ideas.
Longtime NYC biker Neistat switches to Citi Bike
Casey Neistat, filmmaker and former bike messenger, is the last person you’d expect to be won over by a 45 lb. blue bike-share bike.
Seduced by cheap oil, do we now wake up with a desire for lost streetcars?
In his new book, Eric Sanderson describes how we got here, and where we can go next.
LIC Bike Parade and the 1st Annual Northwest Queens Food Day
Celebrate the LIC Bike Parade and 1st Annual Northwest Queens Food Day with a parade along Vernon Blvd.
Terra Nova: The New World after Oil, Cars and Suburbs
Eric Sanderson talks about the successful future of America without cars, oil or suburbs.
Citi Bike protested by sculpture
A Clinton Hill resident, cartoonist Alex Gruss, found a creative way to share his opinion of Citi Bikes.
Ferry service updates: Red Hook’s is back, and Rockaway’s stays
Free weekend ferry service between Red Hook, Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan has resumed as of this Saturday, May 25th. Service to Rockaway stays for the summer.
Transportation Alternatives Brooklyn Activist Committee Meeting
Brooklyn is a constantly changing borough filled with bright spirits and unique ideas. The T.A. Brooklyn Committee harnesses the power of those who call this…