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URS X The City of Curitiba

In 2007' World Carfree Day, more than 50 bicyclist's painted the first bike lane of Curitiba (Brazil). Three of them were arrested and accused of "environmental crime". The City decided to charge them in 3.000 reais (around 1.500 us dollars).

After some unsuccessfull appeals to the courts and directly to the Mayor, they decided to pay the bill and then charge the City for not following the Brazilian Traffic Code, that says that every city has to build infrastructure for bicyclists. Some fundraising events happened and the next chapter of the brave Curitiba Repair Squad X The Autocratic City battle has just begun.

More information (in portuguese) here and here.

CCA 'Actions' Exhibition Photos

Photos by Yvonne. This show is touring in the US now at the Graham Foundation, Chicago. Pictured URS Video 'Le Depart', Pink Bike Lane Stencil and Bike Lane Crapet by take the Tooker. Photo essay by Martin Reis/CCA

Slow Down! People's Lives At Stake.

After Fernando Couto was killed by a bus in Sao Paulo on October 26 local activists and the bus drivers union got together to install a warning message designed to calm traffic at the site of the collision. Inspiring.
Photos by William Cruz: Link

The Next Day In Brooklyn

The Guerrilla Bike Lane is still there on Bedford. (photo via Flickr)

More News Stories

Updates
Funeral Procession Dec. 13 Video
Naked Protest Ride Dec. 19

Brooklyn - Repaint A Bike Lane Action

"Do not try to remove [bike lanes], or we will put them back for our own safety."

Links:
http://www.avclub.com/newyork/articles/guerilla-cyclists-paint-illegal-bike-lanes-in-broo,36122/

http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/12/07/guerrilla-stripers-paint-back-bedford-avenue-bike-lane/
http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/12/07/hasidic-cyclists-joined-up-with-secular-riders-in-bedford-ave-re-striping/
Treehugger Article:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/nyc-brooklyn-cyclists-repaint-removed-bike-lane-middle-night-video-bedford-street.php

Urban Repair Squad Photos on the TTC!

Contacting Toronto: What's Your Revolution | Contact 2009 Photography Festival

Projects will play on the Onestop TTC screens, cycling every 10 minutes all day, for the month of May.

Contacting Toronto is an annual, open-call photography exhibition on the Onestop network of over 270 TTC screens. It offers artists and photographers an audience of 1.3 million people a day in over 50 stations.

What’s Your Revolution? is curated by Sharon Switzer and co-produced by Onestop Media Group and Art for Commuters.

A schedule of when each project is screening will be posted here at the end of April. The works will also be available here for viewing, so you can watch the ones you loved again, or catch the ones you missed. Online schedule

Some Sample images

PARK by Sean Martindale, Toronto

via the Wooster Collective

Guerrilla Bike Lanes on Oak Street

Guerrilla Bike Lanes on Oak Street
Cargado originalmente por houze

San Fransisco, July 2009

Then in 2012, came the bike lane. http://www.sfbike.org/?fell

New Photo of URS (Toronto)

From the Bloor West Rush Hour Bike Lane installation in 2007.

Photo by Michael D'Amico. "Brave, very brave."

Urban Repair New York Style (Visual Pollution)

10 Years Ago: Bike Lane Installed During Bike Summer (SF)

 Jym Dyer writes:
 "Earlier guerilla bike lane activity, Bike Summer 1999. This lane was installed in the middle of the night on Fell Street, extending from Scott to Baker, thereby connecting the Wiggle to the Golden Gate Park Panhandle. It immediately attracted bicyclists -- I counted 100 the next day -- but the city removed the lines within a week. This is now an official city bike lane..."
 Source
 Photo by Dan Kliman

'Actions' Exhibition Goes To Chicago

Opening October 16, 2009 Graham Foundation, Chicago

Original Exhibition Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), Montreal

Actions: What You Can Do With the City

Curated by Mirko Zardini and Giovanna Borasi

An exploration of how everyday human actions can animate and influence the perception and experience of contemporary cities. Seemingly common activities such as gardening, recycling, playing, and walking are pushed beyond their usual definition by the international architects, artists, and collectives featured in the exhibition. Their experimental interactions with the urban environment show the potential of a new level of participation by city residents.
Photo: Urban Repair Squad 'Rush Hour Bike Lane' on Bloor Street West, Toronto (2007).

Review in Time Out Chicago

The Big Parade & LA's Dept. of DIY (Make Your Own Park)

THE ORIGINAL BIG PARADE was a two-day public walk that took place in Los Angeles in July, 2009. It covered 40 miles and more than 100 public stairways, beginning downtown, starting at the historic Angel's Flight stairway, passing dozens of landmarks, and ending at the Hollywood Sign. More than 200 people joined the parade for segments ranging from just one or two miles to a full day - or more (nine people finished the whole thing.) The original Big Parade website, with maps, routes, cultural links info, is right here. The parade was an assemblage of more than 20 individual stairway routes. Look for them here, as well as a return to scheduled public walks in mid-September. Picture: Steve Matsuda. http://bigparadela.com/wordpress/?cat=27

Before And After

A River Runs Through It installation on Crawford Street just south of Dundas West

DIY Urban Repair Squads Worldwide (Article)

Photo: O.U.R.S. Victoria, BC

OURS is part of an international network with groups across North and South America and Europe.

“The Urban Repair Squads encourage citizens to reclaim stewardship of their cities through direct action,” says Duit. “The point of tapping in to that network is to show we’re not just flying solo here. There are people all over the world working on similar things.”

Full Article in Monday Magazine, Victoria

URS - The Movie 'Le Départ'

Urban Repair Squad - Le départ
by URBANREPAIRS

Official Selections
New York Bicycle Film Festival
Toronto Bicycle Film Festival
Montreal Bicycle Film Festival
Featured in the Exhibition 'Actions'
at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal

URS Film at Toronto Bicycle Film Festival

Come see it on the big screen.

So good!

Schedule:

Toronto August 22th

Also in Victoria at VeloVictoria
August 21st

URS Handywork Seven Months Later ...

Photo by Val Dodge/Torontoist, August 2009

He writes:

"At the entrance to the station (Kennedy), the handiwork of the Urban Repair Squad is as fresh as the day it was installed seven months ago."

Sixth Anniversary of the Blackout Video

Sixth Anniversary Blackout Party Toronto from Tino on Vimeo.
August the 14th, 2009. Torontonians enjoyed a street celebration to commemorate the big blackout of 2003 on Ossington Avenue.

The street was filled with happiness and live music. After a procession north to Dundas street, local activist group the Public Squares installed Praça Portugal | Portugal Square in honour of the local Portuguese community.
Then they turned off the street lights and we all danced.
A night to remember.