IN THIS ISSUE:

• Thu. July 24, 7 pm : StreetTALK by Dutch Bike Company, "Bringing European standards of practicality, function and utility to cycling in Boston" >>
• Fri. July 25 : Boston's "Bike Fridays" event >>
• Mass. Ave. reconstruction in Boston will fail to deliver a livable street. Expect narrower sidewalks, no bike lanes, and faster traffic. The City of Boston rejects years of advice from advocates on this important stretch of Mass. Ave. between Symphony Hall and BU medical center that will cost $13 million. >>

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STREET TALK!
"Bringing European standards of practicality, function and utility to cycling in Boston"
Thu. July 24, 7 - 8:30 pm
by Dutch Bike Company
@ LivableStreets office space, 100 Sidney Street, Central Square, Cambridge [ map... ]

South End News - Opinion by Ken Kruckemeyer (July 10, 2008)
http://livablestreets.info/files/massaveboston_sendnews_10july08.pdf

Information sheet (June 22, 2008)
http://livablestreets.info/files/600636_massave_reconstruction/infosheet_22jun08.pdf

NEWS

Boston Courant, May 31, 2008
http://livablestreets.info/files/600636_massave_reconstruction/MassAve_bostoncourant_31may08.pdf

IN THIS ISSUE:

• BAY STATE BIKE WEEK-- Next Week!
• Mon. May 12, 2 pm: Bicycle Rally w/ Boston's Mayor Menino and Cambridge's Mayor Simmons
• Fri. May 16, 5:30 pm: The Boston dPARTY! Incite a design revolution. Food, drink, music, exhibits, shmooze, network! >>
• Thu. May 22, 7 pm: StreetTALK by Professor Furth, "Developing a bicycle network in Boston" >>
• Sun. May 25, 8:30 am: Swan's Brunch Ride for Safer Streets @ TheOTHERSIDE cafe ; benefiting LivableStreets advocacy >>
• Sun. June 8: Bikes Not Bombs Annual bike-a-thon / Green Roots Festival >>

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BAY STATE BIKE WEEK! May 12-18, 2006
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IN THIS ISSUE:

• StreetTALK Tuesday Apr. 29 7pm: The New Amsterdam Project: Human powered cargo trikes; paving the way for sustainable delivery services
• Hostelling International invites you to Martha's Vineyard to Help Clean up the Bike Paths! Sat May 3 / Sun May 4
• moveMASS presents: A View from Washington: The Policies and Politics of Transportation with Jane Garvey Fri. April 25th, 8:10 AM
• LivableStreets calls for recall of health insurance ad that discourages bicycling
• BAY STATE BIKE WEEK! May 12-18, 2006

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STREET TALK! (This coming TUESDAY)
The New Amsterdam Project: Human powered cargo trikes; paving the way for sustainable delivery services
Tue. Apr. 29, 7 - 8:30 pm
by Andrew Brown, founder and CEO of the New Amsterdam Project

NEWS:

Internet Outrage Makes State Farm Pull "Humiliated Cyclist" Ad. more... .

Cambridge Bicycle Committee writes letter condemning ad. read it... .

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The Massachusetts Health Connector, an arm of the MA Department of Health and Human Services, just released an advertisement campaign for health insurance, but picked an image and constructed messaging that sends the wrong message about health and transportation. It says, "bicycling in our city is dangerous, and is one of those extreme sport things." Not only does this campaign contradict and oppose the efforts of all of us working to increase the levels of cycling, it's just downright offensive to cyclists and embarassing to Governor Patrick.

STREET TALK!
Pandemonium in the parking lot: why are our instincts on parking are wrong?
Thu. Feb. 28, 6 - 8 pm
Jason Schrieber and Mark Chase of Nelson/ Nygaard

NOTE LOCATION: @ Adaptive Environments showroom, 200 Portland Street, next to North Station, Boston [ map... ]
free and open to the public, donation suggested, beer/wine/drinks served

STREET TALK!
Street Design: Dirty Little Engineering Secrets Revealed 
NEW DATE: Wed. Jan. 30, 7 - 9 pm
Jeff Rosenblum, Co-founder and President, LivableStreets Alliance
@ LivableStreets office space, 100 Sidney Street, Central Square, Cambridge [ map... ]
free and open to the public, donations suggested, beer/wine/drinks served

Why do cyclists, pedestrians, and transit riders get short shrift in street design while cars continue to get all the attention? Hear in detail the typical arguments that transportation departments and their consultants make-- and where they've gone wrong. Get in on the secrets! Jeff will also talk about best practice for urban street design showing slides from around the US and world of successful and inspiring streets. In the words of the late European traffic engineer Hans Monderman, "If you want vehicles to behave like they are in a village, build a village."

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/11/does_bicycle_fr.php

Richard Florida quotes Wendy Waters in "All About Cities"
noting that
City planners and economic development specialists are spending increasing
amounts of time trying to make their cities attractive to younger, educated
workers and the companies that wish to hire them.

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2004/06/01/369621/index.htm

http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110010911

http://www.massinc.org/index.php?id=216&pub_id=2012

In this issue:

• STREET TALK : Mon. Dec. 10, 7 - 9 pm [ more ... ]
  Design for a Livable City: Pedestrian and Bicycle Planning in Cambridge
  Cara Seiderman, Transportation Program Manager, City of Cambridge
  @ LivableStreets office space, 100 Sidney Street, Central Square, Cambridge [ map... ]
  free and open to the public

• Boston Globe: BigDig fails to deliver bike/ped connections [ more... ]

• Open letter to the BigDig : Time to rethink bicycle access on surface streets [ more... ]
  by Jeff Rosenblum, LivableStreets Alliance, in honor of Ted Hamann

• 1970: listen to the moment Boston highways were stopped, transit built [ more... ]

• Gov. Patrick to announce Green Line Extension funding [ more... ]

• UPCOMING EVENTS:
  Wed. Nov. 28, 6:00pm : "Cities Respond to the Climate Crisis" @ Harvard Institute of Politics (Harvard Square) [ more... ]
  Mon. Dec. 3, 7:30pm “Rethinking Centre Street II: Our Neighborhood Stores-- Film and Panel Discussion” (JP) [ more... ]
  Thu. Dec. 6, 8:15am "Municipal Meltdown: The Fiscal Crisis Facing Massachusetts Cities & Towns" (Boston) [ more... ]
  Mon. Dec. 10, 7:00pm "Design for a Livable City: Pedestrian and Bicycle Planning in Cambridge" (Cambridge) [ more... ]

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STREET TALK!  Design for a Livable City: Pedestrian and Bicycle Planning in Cambridge  [ more ... ]
Mon. Dec. 10, 7 - 9 pm
LivableStreets Alliance presents:
Cara Seiderman, Transportation Program Manager, City of Cambridge
@ LivableStreets office space, 100 Sidney Street, Central Square, Cambridge [ map... ]
free and open to the public