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Queens’ First Official Bike District

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City Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer was joined by Transportation Alternatives, Rachel Thieme, executive director of Sunnyside Shines Business Improvement District, local business owners and over 50 cyclists and pedestrians to launch the borough’s first Bike Friendly Business District in Sunnyside on Saturday, Aug. 23. Following the announcement, Van Bramer and Transportation Alternative led a leisurely tour through the neighborhoods of Sunnyside and Woodside to highlight over 70 local participating businesses who support safer conditions for cyclists and pedestrians and will be offering special commercial discounts to Transportation Alternatives members. Van Bramer is pictured joined by State Sen. Michael Gianaris; Julie Roberts, co-chair of Transportation Alternatives Queens Activist Committee; Thieme; and Shira Siegel, social coordinator for Transportation Alternatives Queens Activist Committee.


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