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Recycle-a-Bicycle and Plan B

>>> Recycle-a-Bicycle and Plan B
Treehugger, November 18, 2005
"A TH reader, going by the name Wookosh, of NY, asked a while back where he might drop off his old bicycle inner tubes, and such forth, for recycling or reuse. Hadn’t really found a answer for him when these guys came to our attention. If they dunno, who would?"

Bike Lane Planned for Traffic-Choked Road in Brooklyn

>>> Bike Lane Planned for Traffic-Choked Road in Brooklyn
New York Times, June 16, 2005
"City officials plan to build a two-way path for bicyclists and pedestrians in the middle of a heavily trafficked street just west of the Brooklyn Navy Yard where a cycling advocate was critically injured in March."

Buy a used bike without getting taken for a ride

>>> Buy a used bike without getting taken for a ride
AM New York, May 26, 2005
"If you are just getting into city cycling, a used bike is a great — and usually cheaper — alternative to buying new wheels."

"Someone will be killed here"

>>> "Someone will be killed here"
Transportation Alternatives (press release), September 29, 2003
"Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and City Councilmember David Yassky Join Transportation Alternatives and Students from Recycle-A-Bicycle In Call For Safe Bicycle and Pedestrian Access to the Brooklyn side of the Manhattan Bridge"

Urban Legend: Karen Overton

>>> Urban Legend: Karen Overton
City Limits Magazine, June 1, 2003
"Karen Overton doesn't look Dominican. But when Yoandy Ramirez' high school shut down a few years ago, he says, Overton--white, blonde and blue-eyed--"made believe that she was my moms," to help her young student get his transcript for his new school. Overton's main job is as the director of Recycle-a-Bicycle, New York's only bicycle recycling program, but it's her generosity and resourcefulness, like she showed Ramirez, that makes her legendary among friends and co-workers."

A Wheelie Good Time

>>> A Wheelie Good Time
New York Post, May 24, 2003

On The Spot: Bikesutra interviews Taliah Lempert

>>> On The Spot: Bikesutra interviews Taliah Lempert
BIKEsutra.com, December 1, 2002
"Taliah Lempert loves to paint bicycles. Her paintings show that she views bicycles from a different perspective to what most others see them as...merely a form of transportation. But for Taliah, they are a part of her life, they are her inspiration and her love."

RAB: Fresh Paint in Park Slope

>>> RAB: Fresh Paint in Park Slope
Transportation Alternatives, May 1, 1997
"From the beginning, the students thought of RAB as an opportunity to do something “cool.” They could take bikes apart and rebuild them into something special."