Time's Up!
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Time's Up! is a grassroots environmental group that seeks to promote a more sustainable, less toxic New York City
. For over 20 years, it has been committed to improving the environment by empowering individuals to become active in their community.
From 2005-2007, the New York Police Department tried to identify Time's Up! as the organizer of New York City's Critical Mass
rides, based on its promotion of the rides. The City of New York filed a lawsuit against Time's Up! and four of its volunteers, claiming a need for permits for the monthly rides. The case was dropped after two years.
Time's Up! has been involved in advocacy and memorials for cyclists killed by motor vehicles. Each year, a memorial ride is held to visit every ghost bike
memorial placed during the previous year, to reflect on these tragedies and publicize safe cycling.
Time's Up! also organizes less political community bicycling events, including moonlight rides through Central Park
and Prospect Park
.
The organization's legacy of local radical activism is archived in a special collection of flyers and materials at the Tamiment Library at NYU.
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. For over 20 years, it has been committed to improving the environment by empowering individuals to become active in their community.
From 2005-2007, the New York Police Department tried to identify Time's Up! as the organizer of New York City's Critical Mass
Critical Mass
Critical Mass is a cycling event typically held on the last Friday of every month in over 300 cities around the world. The ride was originally founded in 1992 in San Francisco. The purpose of Critical Mass is not usually formalized beyond the direct action of meeting at a set location and time and...
rides, based on its promotion of the rides. The City of New York filed a lawsuit against Time's Up! and four of its volunteers, claiming a need for permits for the monthly rides. The case was dropped after two years.
Time's Up! has been involved in advocacy and memorials for cyclists killed by motor vehicles. Each year, a memorial ride is held to visit every ghost bike
Ghost bike
A ghost bike or ghostcycle is a bicycle set up as a roadside memorial in a place where a cyclist has been killed or severely injured...
memorial placed during the previous year, to reflect on these tragedies and publicize safe cycling.
Time's Up! also organizes less political community bicycling events, including moonlight rides through Central Park
Central Park
Central Park is a public park in the center of Manhattan in New York City, United States. The park initially opened in 1857, on of city-owned land. In 1858, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux won a design competition to improve and expand the park with a plan they entitled the Greensward Plan...
and Prospect Park
Prospect Park (Brooklyn)
Prospect Park is a 585-acre public park in the New York City borough of Brooklyn located between Park Slope, Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, Kensington, Windsor Terrace and Flatbush Avenue, Grand Army Plaza and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden...
.
The organization's legacy of local radical activism is archived in a special collection of flyers and materials at the Tamiment Library at NYU.