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Reimagining Jay Street With Shared Space and Protected Bike Lanes

By Stephen Miller | Nov 21, 2014 | 28 Comments

Jay Street is one of the major north-south spines of Downtown Brooklyn. The street is full of pedestrians near MetroTech, cyclists going to and from the Manhattan Bridge, and buses connecting to nearby subways, but it’s not designed to serve anyone particularly well — except, perhaps, people with parking placards. Double-parked cars constantly obstruct bike lanes […]

Citizens Budget Commission: MTA Capital Program Must Change Course

By Stephen Miller | Oct 24, 2014 | 1 Comment

The fight over how to fund the MTA’s next capital plan is just starting to heat up, with worries over disappearing federal dollars, ever-expanding debt, and proposals for new revenue sources. Before the funding discussion gets going in earnest, a new report from the Citizens Budget Commission [PDF] begs the region’s transportation policymakers to take a […]

TransAlt Volunteers Keep Momentum Going for Midtown Complete Streets

By Larissa Zimberoff | Oct 20, 2014 | 1 Comment

Despite being flat, Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue have long been an uphill battle — for safe biking and walking that is. In 1980, in a decision well ahead of the times, Mayor Ed Koch had protected bike lanes installed on these heavily trafficked corridors, only to wipe away that groundbreaking work by removing the concrete barriers […]

Council Members Van Bramer, Levin Come Out on Top in TA Report Card

By Stephen Miller | Aug 27, 2014 | No Comments

Which members of the City Council have made transportation a priority this term? A new report card from Transportation Alternatives [PDF] ranks each borough’s delegation on whether its members sponsored 15 key transportation bills and resolutions signed by the mayor in the first six months of 2014. It found that, while a majority of council members are […]

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Sunnyside Becomes a Bike-Friendly Business District

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Aug 25, 2014 | No Comments

Transportation Alternatives has been working all across NYC to foster goodwill for bicycling in the business community. Recently, TA has begun to award Bike-Friendly Business District designations in neighborhoods where local merchants support bicycling and safer streets. The first one outside Manhattan is Sunnyside, Queens. Come along on this group ride that toured six of […]

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