Holly Whyte Way: A Way for Walkers on 6-1/2 Avenue

Between 51st and 57th Streets lies a public secret: a network of privately owned public spaces (POPS) built in exchange for additional building height above. Join Brian Nesin, David Grider and Jordan Zimolka of F-POPS for a tour of the art and design within this exciting shortcut through Midtown, christened “Holly Whyte Way”. Get the scoop on proposed plans to install mid-block crosswalks, connecting these pubilc plazas along “6-1/2 Avenue”.

Every day, all over the city, Transportation Alternatives is working to revitalize New York City’s neighborhoods and restore a vibrant culture of street life. This walk features one of the many communities where T.A. advocacy brings safe and healthy streets for all.

Time: 4:30pm-5:30pm

Date: Saturday May 5, 2012

Event Start: Meeting Place: AXA Plaza, 151 West 51st Street

Event End: Alliance Berstein Plaza, 55th Street and 6th Avenue

Hosts: Transportation Alternatives, Friends of Privately Owned Public Spaces (F-POPS)

Registration: RSVP at http://transalt.org/events/calendar/5851

Accessibility:  Fully Accessible

Complete Streets (r)Evolution: Jackson Heights and Elmhurst

Walk with us in Elmhurst, a bustling neighborhood with historic architecture, where busy Queens Boulevard is being re-imagined into a “complete street” for all users. Next door, Jackson Heights, a 1920’s planned community and home to “Little India,” is undergoing a transformation as streets are converted to plazas for needed public space, and traffic calming improvements make this family-centric neighborhood safer for kids and adults alike to walk and play.

Every day, all over the city, Transportation Alternatives is working to revitalize New York City’s neighborhoods and restore a vibrant culture of street life. This walk features one of the many communities where T.A. advocacy brings safe and healthy streets for all.

Time: 11:30am-1:00pm

Date: Saturday May 5, 2012

Event Start: NW corner of Queens Boulevard and 55th Avenue; in front of the Georgia Diner

Event End: Broadway and 74th Street

Hosts: Transportation Alternatives’ Queens Volunteer Committee, Jackson Heights Green Alliance

Registration: RSVP at http://transalt.org/events/calendar/5848 – NOTE: there is a limit of 40 people total for this event.

Accessibility: Partially Accessible – curbs, uneven terrain, busy sidewalks

New Dorp is set apart by its architectural characteristics, density, walkability, and independent businesses. Walk with us around New Dorp Lane, the “Main Street” of Staten Island’s East Shore, to learn about the history and visit local businesses, and see tree-lined residential streets and parks. Take part in a mobile discussion and envision how New Dorp and sister railway villages can improve cohesiveness, walkability, transit use and and take advantage of inevitable pressures to densify.

Every day, all over the city, Transportation Alternatives is working to revitalize New York City’s neighborhoods and restore a vibrant culture of street life. This walk features one of the many communities where T.A. advocacy brings safe and healthy streets for all.

Time: 11:30am-1:00pm

Date: Saturday May 5, 2012

Event Start: Rose Avenue and N. Railroad Avenue; Staten Island Railroad station south entrance

Event End: New Dorp Lane and S. Railroad Avenue; Staten Island Railroad station north entrance

Hosts: Transportation Alternatives’ Staten Island Volunteer Committee

Registration: RSVP at http://transalt.org/events/calendar/5849

Accessibility: Fully Accessible

Take an epic three-mile walk bookended by two iconic New York public spaces: Times Square and the High Line. Along the way, we’ll highlight public plazas, safer street crossings, transit corridors and protected bike lanes—all situated in the midst of New York City’s unique architecture. We’ll stroll past the house where Jane Jacobs wrote The Death and Life of Great American Cities and end with refreshments at Gansevoort Plaza.

Transportation Alternatives is working to revitalize New York City’s neighborhoods and restore a vibrant culture of street life. This walk features some of the many communities where T.A. advocacy brings safe and healthy streets for all.

Time: 8:15am-11:30am

Date: Saturday May 5, 2012

Event Start: Broadway and West 47th Street – TKTS steps

Event End: Gansevoort Plaza, Little West 12th Street and 9th Avenue

Hosts: Transportation Alternatives, Clinton Hell’s Kitchen Coalition for Pedestrian Safety, Jim Braddock (Mitchell/Giurgola Architects), Friends of the High Line

Registration: RSVP (capacity constraints in place at the High Line): http://transalt.org/events/calendar/5808

Accessibility: Fully Accessible