Support Bleeker St and Prince St. Bike Lanes
We need people who live and work in Community Board 2 to stand up and
support the Transportation Committee's resolution in support of bike
improvements on Prince, Bleecker AND Houston Streets!
Here are the meeting details:
Thursday, April 19th, 6:30pm
St Vincent's Hospital, Cronin Auditorium, 10th floor
West 12th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues
*Please arrive by 6:45pm
Sign a speaker's card and write "Yes to Prince and Bleecker bike lanes"
on it.
Without a solid showing of support from people who live and work in the
area, it is very likely that the full Community Board will not support
these bike improvements; the status quo will remain and the city will
not be any closer to becoming a more inviting place to cycle.
A small group of anti-bike, anti-change residents are putting strong
pressure on the full Community Board to reject the bike lanes. They will
be out in numbers on Thursday to decry these changes to make New York a
more bikeable city. If we do not fill the room with one hundred
supporters, we will lose this vote and lose these bike lanes.
If people cannot make Thursday's meeting, please write or call Community
Board 2 in support of the Prince & Bleecker bike lanes:
Manhattan Community Board 2
District Manager Bob Gormley
3 Washington Square Village, Suite 1A
Phone: 212-979-2272
FAX: 212-254-5102
E-MAIL: cb2manhattan@nyc.rr.com
Without support from the neighborhood, change will not happen. If more
people show up at the Community Board to shout down these bike lanes
than to support them, then the board will not support them and the
neighborhood will have lost the opportunity to help New York become a
better place to bike. Please show your support for this plan and speak
out at this important meeting.
You can see the DOT's presentation on the Prince and Bleecker bike lanes
at:
DOT presentation of bike lanes
To read more about those who oppose the bike lanes, see:
Streets blog
For more background on these planned bike lanes, see:
TA on bike lanes
I hope to see you on Thursday. Please e-mail or call me with any
questions.
Thank you very much!
Best,
Noah S. Budnick
Deputy Director
Advocacy
Transportation Alternatives
127 West 26th Street, Suite 1002, New York, NY 10001-4010
Phone (212) 629-8080
Fax (212) 629-8334
Direct (646) 873-6022
Mobile (917) 684-2912
Email: noah@transalt.org . www.transalt.org
support the Transportation Committee's resolution in support of bike
improvements on Prince, Bleecker AND Houston Streets!
Here are the meeting details:
Thursday, April 19th, 6:30pm
St Vincent's Hospital, Cronin Auditorium, 10th floor
West 12th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues
*Please arrive by 6:45pm
Sign a speaker's card and write "Yes to Prince and Bleecker bike lanes"
on it.
Without a solid showing of support from people who live and work in the
area, it is very likely that the full Community Board will not support
these bike improvements; the status quo will remain and the city will
not be any closer to becoming a more inviting place to cycle.
A small group of anti-bike, anti-change residents are putting strong
pressure on the full Community Board to reject the bike lanes. They will
be out in numbers on Thursday to decry these changes to make New York a
more bikeable city. If we do not fill the room with one hundred
supporters, we will lose this vote and lose these bike lanes.
If people cannot make Thursday's meeting, please write or call Community
Board 2 in support of the Prince & Bleecker bike lanes:
Manhattan Community Board 2
District Manager Bob Gormley
3 Washington Square Village, Suite 1A
Phone: 212-979-2272
FAX: 212-254-5102
E-MAIL: cb2manhattan@nyc.rr.com
Without support from the neighborhood, change will not happen. If more
people show up at the Community Board to shout down these bike lanes
than to support them, then the board will not support them and the
neighborhood will have lost the opportunity to help New York become a
better place to bike. Please show your support for this plan and speak
out at this important meeting.
You can see the DOT's presentation on the Prince and Bleecker bike lanes
at:
DOT presentation of bike lanes
To read more about those who oppose the bike lanes, see:
Streets blog
For more background on these planned bike lanes, see:
TA on bike lanes
I hope to see you on Thursday. Please e-mail or call me with any
questions.
Thank you very much!
Best,
Noah S. Budnick
Deputy Director
Advocacy
Transportation Alternatives
127 West 26th Street, Suite 1002, New York, NY 10001-4010
Phone (212) 629-8080
Fax (212) 629-8334
Direct (646) 873-6022
Mobile (917) 684-2912
Email: noah@transalt.org . www.transalt.org
posted by Michael Green at 8:46 AM
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1 Comments:
Lets not forget that while these bike lanes are great, they do nothing to make Houston Street safe for cyclists and pedestrians. So when you make your case, you might remind them that the real goal is a class 1 bike lane on Houston Street. It was 'planned' by the DOT for over 10 years, and dropped 1 month ago.
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