Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Alternatives

Transit Riders to Albany: Get to Work on a Real MTA Solution

By Ben Fried | Apr 29, 2009 | No Comments

Photo: Ben Fried. Yesterday’s rally in Union Square drew hundreds of transit riders calling on the State Senate and Albany leaders to enact a long-term solution for the MTA’s enormous funding shortfall. Judging by the cheering sections in the audience, most of the crowd was mobilized by the Facebook group "1,000,000 People Against the NYC […]

Report: New Yorkers Like Ped Streets More Than They Expected

By Ben Fried | Apr 9, 2009 | 5 Comments

Enjoying a game of four-square out on the street in Jackson Heights. Photo: Transportation Alternatives. In addition to last summer’s blockbuster car-free event, Summer Streets, three New York neighborhoods tried out pedestrian streets on a more intimate scale. Williamsburg Walks, Summer Space in Brooklyn Heights, and the 78th Street Play Street in Jackson Heights gave […]

Dear State Senators, Don’t Let MTA Rescue Come to This

By Ben Fried | Mar 23, 2009 | No Comments

This vid from Transportation Alternatives is a little loopy, perhaps a commentary on the State Senate’s deranged MTA rescue plan — the one riddled with faulty accounting that the Fare Hike Four were so pleased to unveil last week. TA will be putting New Yorkers through to their state senators this Wednesday — the MTA’s […]

TA Urges DOT to Expand Safe Streets for Seniors

By Ben Fried | Mar 13, 2009 | 7 Comments

TA recommends longer crossing times than DOT’s Safe Streets for Seniors program currently employs. Older pedestrians are probably the city’s most vulnerable street users, much more likely to die in traffic collisions than younger New Yorkers. It’s a public health concern that extends beyond fatality statistics: Fear of the street keeps seniors cooped up inside, […]

Streetfilms: Signing On to Save Transit

By Brad Aaron | Mar 9, 2009 | 1 Comment

Last week we saw citizens of Minneapolis explain the many ways they rely on transit service to conduct their daily business. Streetfilms’ Robin Urban Smith captured New Yorkers doing the same, as Transportation Alternatives collected letters to state lawmakers from Queens residents who oppose possible MTA fare hikes and service cuts. If you haven’t yet […]

Jim Brennan: It’s Okay to Fund Transit With Fees on Driving

By Ben Fried | Feb 25, 2009 | 3 Comments

A reader forwards this email from Assembly member Jim Brennan’s office, apparently sent in response to the "Keep New York Moving" petition in support of an MTA rescue plan: Thank you for your email regarding the MTA. the Ravitch Commission has identified that that the MTA faces a combined capital budget and operating deficit shortfall […]

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