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Albany 2012: Transit Funds, Traffic Cams Top Transportation Agenda

By Noah Kazis | Feb 2, 2012 | 1 Comment

Many of Albany’s biggest transportation issues this year — the bloated and transit-free Tappan Zee, the unfunded MTA capital plan — will be decided by Governor Cuomo. But transportation advocates also have a slate of bills they hope to see make it through the legislature. Last year, the complete streets bill passed after a few […]

In Low-Income Neighborhoods, Children Face Extra Risk From Traffic

By Noah Kazis | Jan 19, 2012 | 6 Comments

Children growing up in Manhattan’s low-income communities are at significantly higher risk of being seriously injured or killed in traffic than their neighbors in wealthier districts, a new study from Transportation Alternatives finds [PDF]. Intersections near public housing appear to be particularly dangerous for children trying to cross the street. In East Harlem and on […]

NYC’s Most Frequent Voters Depend on Transit, Want Safer Streets

By Ben Fried | Dec 14, 2011 | 9 Comments

Despite the millions of New Yorkers who ride subways and buses and the thousands of life-altering traffic injuries suffered by residents of the five boroughs every year, transit and safe streets are typically second- or third-tier issues in the city’s big-time political campaigns. The 2013 mayoral election could be different: NYC DOT’s program to re-orient […]

Transportation Alternatives Launches Probe Into NYPD Crash Investigations

By Brad Aaron | Nov 30, 2011 | 9 Comments

Transportation Alternatives today delivered over 2,500 citizen letters to Ray Kelly demanding that NYPD crack down on dangerous driving, and announced a comprehensive probe into how the department handles traffic crash investigations. Flanked by dozens of supporters and victims of traffic violence at 1 Police Plaza, TA executive director Paul Steely White excoriated NYPD for […]

Victim’s Family to NYPD: Tell Us What Happened to Our Son

By Brad Aaron | Oct 26, 2011 | 21 Comments

The family of Mathieu Lefevre, the 30-year-old artist killed by a hit-and-run driver while riding his bike in East Williamsburg last week, was joined by dozens of supporters outside 1 Police Plaza today to demand that NYPD rein in deadly driving and end its policy of silence when it comes to fatal traffic crashes. Paul […]

Open Thread: How Would You Use City Traffic Crash Data?

By Brad Aaron | Oct 18, 2011 | 7 Comments

On Monday Transportation Alternatives released a report tallying pedestrian-involved crashes in each of the city’s community board districts, based on numbers from the state Department of Motor Vehicles, between 1995 and 2009. Not surprisingly, the data reveal that the most collisions occurred in Midtown Manhattan, where high-density auto and foot traffic led to 8,604 crashes […]

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