Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Alternatives

T.A.’s Online Ticket Tracker Helps Map Bike Crackdown

By Noah Kazis | Feb 18, 2011 | 15 Comments

Tracking the NYPD’s enforcement of traffic laws, including tickets issued to cyclists, has long been part of Transportation Alternatives’ job. A new tool on their website makes it easier than ever — especially relevant while the city’s bike ticketing blitz continues. The new web form looks just like a traffic ticket, so you can just […]

CrashStat 3.0 Will Build a Better Danger Map to Empower Safety Activists

By Noah Kazis | Feb 9, 2011 | 4 Comments

CrashStat, the interactive map of cyclist and pedestrian injuries and fatalities, is one of the most important tools for New Yorkers who want to make their streets safer. Nothing else lets you quickly access the safety stats for your community or visualize the injury rates at specific intersections and streets. Transportation Alternatives is now looking […]

Victims’ Families Ask Marty Markowitz to Get Serious About Street Safety

By Ben Fried | Feb 2, 2011 | 28 Comments

In the past year, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz has made several outspoken appearances against proven, life-saving traffic-calming projects. On the local news and in front of the City Council, he’s called for the removal of pedestrian safety measures and speciously claimed that the popular Prospect Park West bike lane was imposed against public will. […]

East Side Coalition Unveils Its Vision for Safer, Transit-Friendly Streets

By Ben Fried | Jan 28, 2011 | 52 Comments

Earlier this week, Laurence Renard was killed as she crossed First Avenue when a dump truck driver turned into her path from 90th Street, hitting her from behind. Renard was one of at least six pedestrians and cyclists who have lost their lives in traffic crashes on East Side streets since last August. People are […]

Watch Your Wallet, Straphangers – It’s Budget Season In Albany

By Noah Kazis | Jan 7, 2011 | 5 Comments

With one month until a budget is due (admittedly not the strictest deadline in Albany), Andrew Cuomo and the state legislature have to close a deficit nearing $10 billion. Since Cuomo has ruled out any new taxes, he hasn’t left himself with many options. So there’s no doubt that further incursions on dedicated transit funds […]

T.A.’s Jammy Jam 2011: Your Community Board Needs You

By Brad Aaron | Jan 6, 2011 | No Comments

Even if city transportation staff, empirical data and public opinion are all pointing in the same direction, livable streets projects are notoriously prone to snags at the community board level. When, for example, a neighborhood where 75 percent of residents don’t own cars can muster only a 55 percent vote in support of safer walking […]

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