June 27: C4 BBQ at Car-Free Crotona Park

This Saturday, the Co-op City Cycling Club (C4) will be having a BBQ at Crotona Park.

C4 and TA members are invited. Other cyclist will also be welcome. Volunteers are needed to help organize, setup, or cook. We also need someone to lead a bike ride from Co-op City (and other parts of the BX). Donations will be encouraged. PLEASE RSVP.

Location: Crotona Park, near Crotona Ave, opposite tennis courts.

June 27th: Block Party @ Car-Free Crotona Park (12-5pm)

A half mile of Crotona Ave will be closed in Crotona Park for kids and adults to come out and play, dance, sing, skate or bike!

Events will include a DJ, Zumba fitness, and a Learn to Ride event for kids. We have also invited the Emperors Stickball League to play & teach the game, the Sea Cadetsband and drill team to perfrom, and I personally will have my family there barbequing in the park, and expect to have a poet and a latin drum musician performing.

Please encourage your family and friends to come and make it their own. Consider it your block party in the park. If you'd like to table or lead an activity, you can contactinfo@transalt.org or myself.

Co-op City Cycling Club will be organizing a feeder ride from Co-op City, starting at 11am from Bartow Mall. Please RSVP if you'd like to bike there.

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Sincerely,
Mel Rodriguez
Safe Streets & Cycling
www.SafeStreetsInCoop.org
917.592.7595

Bicycle Access Bill Hearing @ City Hall

The Monday after next, the New York City Council's Consumer Affairs and Transportation Committees will hold a joint hearing on the Bicycle Access Bill (Intro. 871) (PDF), as well as a bill introduced by Councilmember Oliver Koppell, which would mandate that public garages of more than 50 spaces provide bicycle parking (Intro. 780). 

Both bills are a boon to cyclists, and they both need your support. 

If you have an exceptional tale of bike parking (be it good or bad) and can make it to next Monday's meeting to testify, please contact peter@transalt.org. A large public presence at City Council meetings lets legislators know that their votes are being watched and their opinions remembered. 

Bicycle Access Bill Hearing
Monday, June 15th 
110 am 
City Hall
Manhattan