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FORMER NYC DOT COMMISSIONER JANETTE SADIK-KHAN SITS AT A TABLE IN THE TIMES SQUARE PEDESTRIAN PLAZA SHE HELPED 

From 2007 to 2013, Janette Sadik-Khan oversaw a dramatic transformation of New York City’s Department of Transportation organized with bikes in mind. She turned part of Times Square into a pedestrian oasis (one of 60 similar street plazas throughout the city); installed more than 35 miles of protected bike lanes (accounting for over a third of the protected lane miles installed nationwide between 2008 and 2013); and oversaw the introduction of the wildly successful CitiBike bikesharing program (43 million miles pedaled and counting), in the process becoming an internationally recognized transportation expert.

Now a principal with Bloomberg Associates, Sadik-Khan assists cities worldwide with their own transportation programs. Bikes often play prominently in these consulting sessions; her thoughts on improving bike infrastructure have culminated in her book StreetFight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution, which comes out in March.

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