Upper Green Side

Greenmarket Success!

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We’ve managed to help bring a Greenmarket to St. Stephen’s Church on 82nd St (btwn 1st & York).

In fact they originally approved two, including an additional, larger greenmarket at the other end of 82nd, but CENYC withdrew that site as a proposal after misguided local protest.

Now we just need to make sure people come to the one we have. We’ll keep scouting for new locations, too - if you have any ideas, please let us know.

BRT Moving Slower than Molasses

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Tonight I attended a forum on Bus Rapid Transit sponsored by State Senator Liz Krueger’s office and co-sponsored by newly elected councilmembers Lappin & Garodnick, CIVITAS and Transportation Alternatives as well as other local elected officials and community board members. There was even a representative from Borough President Scott Stringer’s office.First to present their side were a collection of folks from the MTA, city DOT and state DOT. The first disappointment to most of the people in attendence was that despite the broad-based community support for faster, more efficient and higher quality bus services all that is being discussed by city/state/MTA officials is a STUDY that will examine 15 routes to pick JUST 5 in June 2007 and then (assuming the planets are aligned) to implement by late 2008.  

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