 Only 10 weeks until the NYC Century Bike Tour on September 9, 2001. Save $15 - Register to Ride the NYC Century Bike Tour today (early registration discounts end July 31st). Explore the city and support bicycle advocacy. NYCcentury.org
Free Beer and Pizza This Wednesday! T.A. Magazine Mailing Party Wednesday, July 25, 6-9 pm, T.A. office (115 W 30th St #1207). Join us for beer, snacks, and the company of like-minded volunteers and staff. Be the first to get a copy of the Summer 2001 T.A. magazine! Donations Wish List Help cycling and walking and get a tax deduction. Donate to T.A. We need: -Laptop computer (P
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T.A. News T.A. has hired Noah Budnick as its new bicycle advocate. Noah is a city cyclist, bike mechanic, and sustainable transportation advocate. The T.A. Bulletin is a bi-weekly publication of Transportation Alternatives.
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NO: Assembly says no speed cameras in NYC. NO: Senate says no increase in number of red light cameras The NY State Legislature sputtered down to its usual dysfunctional conclusion this week. Though budget negotiations continued, policy legislation was shoved off until next year. As a result, T.A. supported legislative initiatives to permit NYC to to create a pilot speed radar program with 15 cameras and to allow NYC DOT to up its red light locations from 35 to 50 were shelved. The traffic safety bills were supported by the Mayor, DOT and Police and recieved strong editorial support from Newsday and NY Daily News. Email Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and let him know you are disappointed that he didn't pass A7355, speed cameras. speaker@assembly.state.ny.usT.A. Meets with State DOT and Hudson River Park Trust Over Hudson Path Safety Problems
See the Summer T.A. Mag for more. It will be mailed out 7/25. T.A. Asks Cops to Stop Ticketing Cyclists Riding Outside of Bike Lanes.
Transit
Authority to Close One in Five Token Booths Fear of Crime and Stuck Cyclists
In addition to crime fears, subway users with special needs like those using bicycles, strollers and wheelchairs will be especially inconvenienced. Existing booth closings force cyclists to travel one or even several stations beyond their destination - a major problem in bad weather and during mechanical failures. Write to: gov.pataki@chamber.state.ny.us Take Action
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Latest 7/19 Bicycles can help ease traffic congestion on Island streets, Staten Island Advance 7/15 The Buck Stops Here: Red tape puts city road fixes on hold, Newsday 7/2 Study: Bucking Limits Deadly for Pedestrians, Daily News Press Watch
Stopping suburban sprawl and its attendant dependence on the car is in the national news. See the NY Times 6/25 and the July National Geographic. Stay Smart & Informed. Sensible Transport Junkies: Subscribe to the Tri-State Transportation Campaign’s e-weekly, Mobilizing the Region. www.tstc.org Insiders Breakfast on Fresh Baked NYC Politics & Policy The daily Gotham Gazette. gothamgazette.org NYC News summaries and savvy commentary. Quick!
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State
Legislature Says "No" to Street Safety.
On July 13, T.A. met with officials from State DOT and Hudson
River Park Trust to demand they act quickly to fix critical safety problems on
the Hudson River Greenway. T.A. requested the immediate removal of the dangerous
and offensive stop signs. Our advocates also called for redesigns and temporary
bollards for dangerous motor vehicle crossings, especially at the Tow Pound
(pier 76), Circle Line, Port Imperial Ferry and Intrepid. Currently, terrifying
near misses between turning cars and path users are common, and reportedly some
path users have been struck. 
In phone discussions, and in a July 9th letter to the police
Traffic Control Division, T.A. asked cops to stop harassing cyclists with
tickets for not having bells, turning out of the wrong lane or riding outside of
the bicycle lane. T.A. has received numerous complaints from cyclists in Midtown
about arbitrary and foolish ticketing by bicycle mounted cops. T.A. likens bike
lanes to slow lanes on highways -- good for slow cyclists, but dangerous for
fast cyclists. In fact, when legally parked, the average SUV's open door leaves
cyclists about a foot of room in the 6th Ave. bicycle lane. Police officials
were not sympathetic to this argument and appear likely to continue fining
otherwise law abiding cyclists if they ride outside of a bike lane. 
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