June 16, 2008
More NY: Summer Streets, bike map, coins rolled
Summer Streets map (in pdf)
Park/Lafayette to close for Summer Streets in August (NYC.gov)
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan today announced Summer Streets, a new City program that will temporarily open a 6.9 mile car-free route from the Brooklyn Bridge to 72nd Street. Featuring connections to Central Park and other open spaces, Summer Streets will give New Yorkers unprecedented access to the streets for exercise and exploration from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. on three consecutive Saturdays in August, the 9th, 16th and 23rd.
American Numismatic Society's stealth move to Canal and Varick (New York Times)
Yes, the New York Police Department provided an escort, but during more than eight hours on Saturday, one of the great hoards of coins and currency on the planet, worth hundreds of millions of dollars, was utterly unalarmed as it was bumped through potholes, squeezed by double-parked cars and slowed by tunnel-bound traffic during the trip to its fortresslike new vault a mile to the north.
A new bike map for New York (Post)
Ridethecity.com gives turn-by-turn directions, steering cyclists clear of danger by favoring streets with bike lanes and routes that take advantage of parks and greenways.
Dead whale reported near Verrazano Bridge (Sun)
"It may have drifted, it may have sank, we don't know," a Coast Guard official said. A spokeswoman for the National Marine Fisheries Service, Connie Barclay, said the animal was likely to be a humpback whale, sei whale, or fin whale, as those species commonly feed in New York waters during the summer.
AirTran to end service to NYC's "fourth airport" on Sept. 3 (Gothamist)
Stewart International Airport in Orange County, NY is losing one of its two major carriers--AirTran. The airline cited rising fuel costs, which are affecting all carriers negatively, as the reason for its ending of routes from Stewart. AirTran carried 315,000 passengers over the last year to Florida destinations and its Atlanta hub
United add iPod/iPhone connectivity for international flights (Gizmodo)
A new deal makes United the first U.S. carrier to offer iPod and iPhone connectivity to its in-flight entertainment system.
June 16, 2008 7:43 PM in Etceterology, Maps
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