A safety snippet: for more information on bicycle helmets contact the Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute, 4611 7th St. S., Arlington, VA 22204. ^eriocficafs: City Cyclist, the bi-monthly magazine of New York City’s upbeat ecological transportation advocacy organization. Transportation Alternatives, tracks the latest NYC cycling campaigns, including access to bridges and auto-free parks. It teaches you how to survive the fast-paced NYC scene, including articles about NYC- proof bike locks, how to handle pollution, where to find bicycle parking and how to get involved with good-time bicycle activists. Each issue points out the latest roads to avoid, where to complain about road problems and the inspiring story of a “Commuter of the Month”. Available with a $20 TA membership from: Page 20 Rain Winter/Spring 1992 Volume XIV, Number 2 Transportation Alternatives, 494 Broadway, New York City 10012, phone: (212) 941-4600 A spin-off organization of Transportation Alternatives, Auto- Free New York, prints the Auto-Free Press, a bi-monthly newspaper exploring “the upper limit of devehicularization of the nation’s largest city’ ’. Their latest projects include greater transportation alternatives at Newark’s airport, an auto-free Central Park and the expansion of pedestrian- friendly areas. A recent article explored the history of NYC play streets (streets closed to motor vehicles for children to play safely on, left), an idea whose time has come again. In 1991, Transportation Alternatives organized the First International Conference For Auto-Free Cities and are now helping to put together the second (at the University of Toronto May 22-24. Contact A«to Free Toronto, 40 Dundas Street W., Suite 219, Toronto, Ontario Canada MSG 2C2, phone/fax: (416) 392-0089). TA membership is $20 and can include both Auto-Free Press and City Cyclist, if you request it. Send to: Transportation Alternatives, 494 Broadway, New York City 10012, phone: (212) 941-4600. The Bicycle Network’s Network News is packed with current newspaper clippings and photos covering bicycle use around the world. Recent articles range from translations of articles about Chile’s construction of bike lanes along major highways, to information about Portland (OR) Area Bicycle Coalitions’ work for bikes on buses and light rail. Ten years of back issues would provide a fair history of the global bicycle revolution, which editor John Dowlin calls the
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