http://www.livablestreets.com/projects/uws/blog Just another weblog Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:22:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Have you noticed more parents with young children, more senior citizens, and more people who work at home on the Upper West Side than ever before?  Wouldn’t it be nice if there were more outdoor seating so that when we aren’t on the run we can sit outside and ... http://www.livablestreets.com/projects/uws/blog/2008/10/06/i-love-my-neighborhood-but-where-do-i-sit/ Sometimes we get so used to our surroundings that we don’t even notice small changes.  Whenever a friend sees my baby, I inevitably hear about how big she has gotten.  I don’t even notice.  I see her everyday, and these small changes just don’t register with me. I ... http://www.livablestreets.com/projects/uws/blog/2008/09/25/through-other-eyes/ Thanks everyone who came out to help officially "welcome" the new bike lane to the community. With food, lemonade, and free bike goodies giveaways, it was a great time.    Thanks Innovation Bike Shop for Hosting!  Jean from DEBNA welcoming all  Bike Raffle  And the lane is "official." ... http://www.livablestreets.com/projects/uws/blog/2008/09/24/25/ As New York City braces for the impact of the ongoing financial turmoil on Wall Street, governments, non-profits, commuters and neighborhoods will face a stark choice in the months and years to come. The choice will be whether we will let the lack of financial resources dramatically reduce of quality of life, or if we ... http://www.livablestreets.com/projects/uws/blog/2008/09/19/what-cars-cost-the-rest-of-us/ This past Saturday, a handful of happy UWS cyclists met up at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument at 10am. Their destination? Summer Streets, of course! It was a beautiful day to be outside, an opinion shared by the thousands of New Yorkers that the UWS riders encountered when they arrived ... http://www.livablestreets.com/projects/uws/blog/2008/08/13/soldiers-sailors-and-cyclists-oh-my/ This week, we're featuring our first installment of the new "Letters from the Members" posts. Every couple of weeks, we'll be posting a letter from one of our Upper West Side Streets Renaissance members about happenings in the neighborhood. Have something to say? Don't let us stop you! Just click ... http://www.livablestreets.com/projects/uws/blog/2008/08/13/members-only-missives/ As summer rolls on, we continue to make great strides in spreading the message of livable streets across the Upper West Side. And as we talk to the residents and businesses that are the lifeblood of the neighborhood, we hear one thing over and over again: “Do something about ... http://www.livablestreets.com/projects/uws/blog/2008/07/15/volunteers-needed-for-working-cyclist-outreach/ The West Side Spirit has published a glowing article about our recent win in bringing a bike lane to West 106th Street, and about the UWS Streets Renaissance generally. Check it out here.  We couldn't have said it better ourselves. http://www.livablestreets.com/projects/uws/blog/2008/06/25/gimme-a-u-gimme-a-w-gimme-an-s/ Even the Wall Street Journal is on board with the DOT's new Summer Streets program. Check out what they had to say about the value of car-free streets: "On three August Saturdays this summer, New Yorkers will be able to ride their bikes all the way from the BrooklynBridge ... http://www.livablestreets.com/projects/uws/blog/2008/06/25/17/ Last Wednesday, the students of P.S. 87 took turns recording the speeds of vehicles traveling down Columbus Avenue. Armed with a radar gun, a speed display-board and an innate feeling of safe and dangerous, these kids were seeing first hand the common sense of livable streets. Part of a groundbreaking ... http://www.livablestreets.com/projects/uws/blog/2008/05/28/students-seeing-the-sense-in-livable-streets/