@LAShepard221
@lashepard221.bsky.social
Transportation & Parks Liaison to the Queens Borough President. Still love riding downhill fast! All posts and opinions are my own.
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There were as many cyclists over the Queensboro Bridge today as there were cars and trucks. Even when it’s hot as hell, we cyclists make our own breeze 🌬️
#BikeNYC
#BikeNYC
June 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
There were as many cyclists over the Queensboro Bridge today as there were cars and trucks. Even when it’s hot as hell, we cyclists make our own breeze 🌬️
#BikeNYC
#BikeNYC
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We did it! Many years of activism came to fruition today as the #MoreSpaceQBB south outer roadway was finally repurposed as a pedestrian-only path. People can now walk and jog across safely. You can even walk side-by-side!!
May 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
We did it! Many years of activism came to fruition today as the #MoreSpaceQBB south outer roadway was finally repurposed as a pedestrian-only path. People can now walk and jog across safely. You can even walk side-by-side!!
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The warm weather yields brand new bike riders on 34 Ave Open Streets every day! He came to one of our classes but it was his big sister’s dogged persistence & cheer leading that did it!
Bicycling gives kids a taste of independence & a sense of accomplishment. Great to see!
#OpenStreets rule!
Bicycling gives kids a taste of independence & a sense of accomplishment. Great to see!
#OpenStreets rule!
April 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The warm weather yields brand new bike riders on 34 Ave Open Streets every day! He came to one of our classes but it was his big sister’s dogged persistence & cheer leading that did it!
Bicycling gives kids a taste of independence & a sense of accomplishment. Great to see!
#OpenStreets rule!
Bicycling gives kids a taste of independence & a sense of accomplishment. Great to see!
#OpenStreets rule!
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No more delays! Safe space for pedestrians on the Queensboro Bridge has been delayed for one reason or another year after year. Now the fence is up, the signs are changed, and the south outer roadway is ready for pedestrians! The only thing left is for Mayor Adams to stop blocking pedestrians! 🧑🦯🏃♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🏃♂️
April 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
No more delays! Safe space for pedestrians on the Queensboro Bridge has been delayed for one reason or another year after year. Now the fence is up, the signs are changed, and the south outer roadway is ready for pedestrians! The only thing left is for Mayor Adams to stop blocking pedestrians! 🧑🦯🏃♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️🏃♂️
Love commuting to my new job on my favorite protected bike lane!
February 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Love commuting to my new job on my favorite protected bike lane!
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Community boards influence what actually happens on the ground in NYC. I joined my CB promote transportation equity in Northeast Queens and helped get several miles of bike lanes in our area. I’ve also advocated in favor of a homeless shelter. I strongly encourage other people to join their CB.
February 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Community boards influence what actually happens on the ground in NYC. I joined my CB promote transportation equity in Northeast Queens and helped get several miles of bike lanes in our area. I’ve also advocated in favor of a homeless shelter. I strongly encourage other people to join their CB.
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February 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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This is a small, no brainer step to save lives. The city knows dooring is a leading cause of bike injury & has killed a # of cyclists.
TLC distributes these decals but doesn't require them.
A city actually practicing "vision zero" would have required them long ago @streetspac.org
TLC distributes these decals but doesn't require them.
A city actually practicing "vision zero" would have required them long ago @streetspac.org
Looks like the long-lingering bill (Intro 193) to require anti-dooring decals in all taxis & ubers will finally see light of day at a Council hearing Feb 10!
Thanks again to all bill co-sponsors & special ❤️ to bill author
@cmjengutierrez.bsky.social! Please weigh in in support w your CMs!
Thanks again to all bill co-sponsors & special ❤️ to bill author
@cmjengutierrez.bsky.social! Please weigh in in support w your CMs!
January 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This is a small, no brainer step to save lives. The city knows dooring is a leading cause of bike injury & has killed a # of cyclists.
TLC distributes these decals but doesn't require them.
A city actually practicing "vision zero" would have required them long ago @streetspac.org
TLC distributes these decals but doesn't require them.
A city actually practicing "vision zero" would have required them long ago @streetspac.org
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Save the date for our annual Martin Luther King, Jr along 34 Ave on Mon, Jan 20 we will meet up on 93 St at 10am. Great community activity for all ages. More details to follow including on our annual sign making event.
@34ave.bsky.social
#OpenStreets
#34AveOpenStreets
#citiesforpeople
@34ave.bsky.social
#OpenStreets
#34AveOpenStreets
#citiesforpeople
January 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Save the date for our annual Martin Luther King, Jr along 34 Ave on Mon, Jan 20 we will meet up on 93 St at 10am. Great community activity for all ages. More details to follow including on our annual sign making event.
@34ave.bsky.social
#OpenStreets
#34AveOpenStreets
#citiesforpeople
@34ave.bsky.social
#OpenStreets
#34AveOpenStreets
#citiesforpeople
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#Daylighting has two meanings:
1. removing parked cars from intersection corners
2. uncovering buried rivers and streams
Eastern Queens should join the Bronx and Yonkers in the latter.
"Why We Need Daylighting in #KissenaPark"
1. removing parked cars from intersection corners
2. uncovering buried rivers and streams
Eastern Queens should join the Bronx and Yonkers in the latter.
"Why We Need Daylighting in #KissenaPark"
January 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
#Daylighting has two meanings:
1. removing parked cars from intersection corners
2. uncovering buried rivers and streams
Eastern Queens should join the Bronx and Yonkers in the latter.
"Why We Need Daylighting in #KissenaPark"
1. removing parked cars from intersection corners
2. uncovering buried rivers and streams
Eastern Queens should join the Bronx and Yonkers in the latter.
"Why We Need Daylighting in #KissenaPark"
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The sudden car-lightness of Manhattan makes the City Council’s destruction of outdoor dining even more ridiculous & ill-timed than it already was
January 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The sudden car-lightness of Manhattan makes the City Council’s destruction of outdoor dining even more ridiculous & ill-timed than it already was
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🎉🚲 Happy congestion pricing Sunday! 🚇🌿
Congestion pricing cameras officially went live at midnight.
Today, we’re celebrating progress — safer streets, better transit, and cleaner air for all New Yorkers.
Together we're building a city that works for everyone.
Congestion pricing cameras officially went live at midnight.
Today, we’re celebrating progress — safer streets, better transit, and cleaner air for all New Yorkers.
Together we're building a city that works for everyone.
January 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
🎉🚲 Happy congestion pricing Sunday! 🚇🌿
Congestion pricing cameras officially went live at midnight.
Today, we’re celebrating progress — safer streets, better transit, and cleaner air for all New Yorkers.
Together we're building a city that works for everyone.
Congestion pricing cameras officially went live at midnight.
Today, we’re celebrating progress — safer streets, better transit, and cleaner air for all New Yorkers.
Together we're building a city that works for everyone.
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Celebrating in the streets as Manhattan congestion pricing finally goes live at Midnight
January 5, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Celebrating in the streets as Manhattan congestion pricing finally goes live at Midnight
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#CongestionPricing is live! 💃🕺🏃♀️🧑🦯👩🦼🚴♂️🚍🎉🎉
January 5, 2025 at 6:19 AM
#CongestionPricing is live! 💃🕺🏃♀️🧑🦯👩🦼🚴♂️🚍🎉🎉
We Win!!!!!!!
Friend I am hanging out with at a bar: Ok, I get it! This is your version of sports.
Friend I am hanging out with at a bar: Ok, I get it! This is your version of sports.
TRO DENIED
January 4, 2025 at 1:55 AM
We Win!!!!!!!
Friend I am hanging out with at a bar: Ok, I get it! This is your version of sports.
Friend I am hanging out with at a bar: Ok, I get it! This is your version of sports.
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This year showed that change happens when we organize, fight, and never give up.
As we head into 2025, we're ready to keep pushing for a safer, more accessible, and equitable NYC.
THANK YOU for everything you’ve done. Stay tuned for what’s next!
As we head into 2025, we're ready to keep pushing for a safer, more accessible, and equitable NYC.
THANK YOU for everything you’ve done. Stay tuned for what’s next!
December 27, 2024 at 7:28 PM
This year showed that change happens when we organize, fight, and never give up.
As we head into 2025, we're ready to keep pushing for a safer, more accessible, and equitable NYC.
THANK YOU for everything you’ve done. Stay tuned for what’s next!
As we head into 2025, we're ready to keep pushing for a safer, more accessible, and equitable NYC.
THANK YOU for everything you’ve done. Stay tuned for what’s next!
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TA’s Youth & Schools Organizer is working alongside our Youth Committee to fight for better bike share access for young people.
We launched our $5 Citi Bike petition to make biking more affordable for all students — because every young New Yorker deserves the freedom to ride.
We launched our $5 Citi Bike petition to make biking more affordable for all students — because every young New Yorker deserves the freedom to ride.
December 27, 2024 at 7:28 PM
TA’s Youth & Schools Organizer is working alongside our Youth Committee to fight for better bike share access for young people.
We launched our $5 Citi Bike petition to make biking more affordable for all students — because every young New Yorker deserves the freedom to ride.
We launched our $5 Citi Bike petition to make biking more affordable for all students — because every young New Yorker deserves the freedom to ride.
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Together, we won campaigns to build protected bike lanes in Queens.
From the new lanes on 31st Avenue in Astoria and Queens Boulevard in Sunnyside...
to our activists working tirelessly for new protected bike lanes in Bayside, making Eastern Queens safer for cyclists.
From the new lanes on 31st Avenue in Astoria and Queens Boulevard in Sunnyside...
to our activists working tirelessly for new protected bike lanes in Bayside, making Eastern Queens safer for cyclists.
December 27, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Together, we won campaigns to build protected bike lanes in Queens.
From the new lanes on 31st Avenue in Astoria and Queens Boulevard in Sunnyside...
to our activists working tirelessly for new protected bike lanes in Bayside, making Eastern Queens safer for cyclists.
From the new lanes on 31st Avenue in Astoria and Queens Boulevard in Sunnyside...
to our activists working tirelessly for new protected bike lanes in Bayside, making Eastern Queens safer for cyclists.
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As 2024 wraps up, let’s reflect on a year of hard-fought battles and remarkable change that YOU made happen in New York City!
Together, we’ve shown that when communities unite to demand change, we can reshape our city for the better.
Here are a few of this year’s highlights.
Together, we’ve shown that when communities unite to demand change, we can reshape our city for the better.
Here are a few of this year’s highlights.
December 27, 2024 at 7:28 PM
As 2024 wraps up, let’s reflect on a year of hard-fought battles and remarkable change that YOU made happen in New York City!
Together, we’ve shown that when communities unite to demand change, we can reshape our city for the better.
Here are a few of this year’s highlights.
Together, we’ve shown that when communities unite to demand change, we can reshape our city for the better.
Here are a few of this year’s highlights.
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NEW sign on the 34th Ave open street: Do not enter EXCEPT BIKES!
December 20, 2024 at 1:14 AM
NEW sign on the 34th Ave open street: Do not enter EXCEPT BIKES!
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If the @nyc-dot.bsky.social doesn't like this, is worried about it slowing down safety projects, then they should aggressively back Intro 1138 for universal daylighting in NYC. If universal daylighting is the law, a whole lot of curb space isn't technically "parking" anymore. @jehiah.cz
The City Council just passed a bill that will effectively put new skids on the city's ability to make street design changes if parking spots are impacted. nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/12/18/c...
Council Members Want To Be Notified When City Repurposes 'Their' Parking - Streetsblog New York City
Why can't we have nice things? Because the Council wants DOT to issue more notifications whenever parking is affected.
nyc.streetsblog.org
December 19, 2024 at 8:59 PM
If the @nyc-dot.bsky.social doesn't like this, is worried about it slowing down safety projects, then they should aggressively back Intro 1138 for universal daylighting in NYC. If universal daylighting is the law, a whole lot of curb space isn't technically "parking" anymore. @jehiah.cz
THANK YOU to Council Member Julie Won for voting NO on both of these bad bills in committee!
Now we need ALL NYC Council Members to vote NO at the stated meeting. A safer, more equitable future for our city is at stake.
☎️CALL YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER ASAP!
Now we need ALL NYC Council Members to vote NO at the stated meeting. A safer, more equitable future for our city is at stake.
☎️CALL YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER ASAP!
City Council is considering two new bills that will make it much harder to fight for safer streets, better biking, and more public space.
Here’s what you need to know and how to fight back.
Here’s what you need to know and how to fight back.
December 19, 2024 at 6:24 PM
THANK YOU to Council Member Julie Won for voting NO on both of these bad bills in committee!
Now we need ALL NYC Council Members to vote NO at the stated meeting. A safer, more equitable future for our city is at stake.
☎️CALL YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER ASAP!
Now we need ALL NYC Council Members to vote NO at the stated meeting. A safer, more equitable future for our city is at stake.
☎️CALL YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER ASAP!
🚨 EVERYONE: Email & Call YOUR Council Member TONIGHT (leave a voicemail) and urge them to vote NO on both of these bills! #bikenyc
The City Council is voting on them tomorrow (12/19!)
The City Council is voting on them tomorrow (12/19!)
City Council is considering two new bills that will make it much harder to fight for safer streets, better biking, and more public space.
Here’s what you need to know and how to fight back.
Here’s what you need to know and how to fight back.
December 18, 2024 at 11:35 PM
🚨 EVERYONE: Email & Call YOUR Council Member TONIGHT (leave a voicemail) and urge them to vote NO on both of these bills! #bikenyc
The City Council is voting on them tomorrow (12/19!)
The City Council is voting on them tomorrow (12/19!)
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I'm testifying tomorrow against this ill conceived, and I believe illegal, bill. Join us and stop the tide of the anti-bike backlash
December 10, 2024 at 1:50 PM
I'm testifying tomorrow against this ill conceived, and I believe illegal, bill. Join us and stop the tide of the anti-bike backlash