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Summer Streets
08 - 22 AUG, 2009
Enjoy the car-free streets from the Brooklyn Bridge all the way up to Central Park on one of our bright orange bicycles. During Summer Streets, you can rent a Dutch NY400 bicycle for free, and, even better, win one!
NYC Department of Transportation presents Summer Streets. On three consecutive Saturdays in August (August 8, 15 & 22), they will close Park Avenue and connecting streets from the Brooklyn Bridge to Central Park to motor vehicles; a green and sustainable transportation campaign designed to give New Yorkers a chance to get out and enjoy their streets freely! The 6.9 mile stretch of NYC’s streets will be car-free from 7 AM till 1 PM.
NY400 SUMMERSTREETS PHOTO COMPETITION
Capture your Summer Streets experience and win a NY400 bicycle! There are two ways to enter the competition:
-Use one of the 100 free digital cameras in conjunction with the free bike rental. Pick up a camera at the Bike & Roll free bike rental booths located at the Midtown rest Stop on Park Ave at 12th street or the Soho Station at Spring St at Lafayette St.. Your pictures will automatically be submitted to www.NY400summerstreets.org as well as the the Summer Streets Flickr page where they will be available asap.
-Use your own camera and upload your photos to the Summer Streets Flickr page.
For more information and details about the competition click here
http://www.ny400.org/events/summer-streets