Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Alternatives

Is the NYPD Reducing Traffic Violations? Hard to Say…

By Ben Fried | | 28 Comments
Continuing Streetsblog’s breakdown of the Mayor’s Management Report [PDF], we turn our attention this week from DOT to the NYPD section (page 119). The MMR, if you’ll recall, is released every year as "a public report card on City services affecting the lives of New Yorkers." In addition to tracking felonies and violent crime, the […]

Sander Makes the Case for MTA Capital Plan and Pricing

By Ben Fried | | 3 Comments
A map presented by Lee Sander shows routes of short-term transit improvements (slide available in this PDF). MTA chief Elliott "Lee" Sander delivered the first-ever "State of the MTA" address this morning, using the agency’s 40th anniversary to urge the enactment of the full $29.5 billion, five-year capital plan unveiled last week. Speaking before a […]

Ads Pitch Pricing Benefits to Transit-Taking Majority

By Brad Aaron | | 3 Comments
 With the March 31 deadline to qualify for $354M in federal transit funds approaching, the Campaign for New York’s Future and the Empire State Transportation Alliance have rolled out an ad campaign to get the public behind congestion pricing. The three print ads and one TV spot, sponsored by Environmental Defense, direct their audience to […]

It’s Time to Tell Your Reps to Vote for Pricing

By Ben Fried | | 7 Comments
The public hearings have been held, the commission has approved a plan, now the votes on congestion pricing are fast approaching. As the March 31st legislative deadline draws near, Transportation Alternatives and other pro-pricing groups are ramping up the advocacy. Yesterday, T.A. sent a message to supporters outlining its strategy. The ad to the right […]

A “Vision Zero” for New York?

By Brad Aaron | | 3 Comments
On Tuesday the Bloomberg administration announced record low traffic deaths from 2000 to 2007, and claimed, if not in so many words, that city streets are safer than ever. But the numbers, included on a chart that accompanied this media release, also indicated that 23 cyclists died in 2007. That would make last year — […]
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