Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Alternatives

Last Night’s CB Action: A Big Vote of Confidence for Protected Bike Lanes

By Ben Fried | Oct 22, 2009 | 7 Comments

Manhattan Community Board 8 issued a strong call for safer streets on the Upper East Side last night, voting 38 to 1 for a resolution supporting protected bike lanes. The reso asks DOT to come back to the CB with a neighborhood bike plan that includes physically protected lanes, though it refrains from mentioning specific […]

Vance to Speak at Traffic Justice Symposium

By Brad Aaron | Oct 21, 2009 | 2 Comments

Photo: New York Times Next Tuesday’s legal symposium on vehicular homicide, presented by Transportation Alternatives, the Tri-State Transportation Campaign and the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, will feature a prominent special guest: presumptive Manhattan DA-elect Cy Vance. Vance will deliver opening remarks at the symposium, set to convene at 9 a.m. at the Cardozo […]

Legal Minds Converge to Tackle Traffic Justice; Will Team Vance Attend?

By Brad Aaron | Oct 15, 2009 | 1 Comment

In the past 30 days, no fewer than seven pedestrians have been killed by motorists in New York City. True to form, the only drivers to face charges were those found to be intoxicated. The rest were granted instantaneous pardons by NYPD, several without as much as a blemish on their driving record. Diego Martinez […]

Tomorrow: TA Rides for James Langergaard on Queens Boulevard

By Ken Coughlin | Oct 1, 2009 | 1 Comment

Site of James Langergaard’s fatal August 14 crash This past August, a young cyclist and a beloved Transportation Alternatives volunteer, James Langergaard, was struck and killed by a car at Queens Boulevard and 69th Street. Tomorrow, TA will be holding a special Queens Boulevard Bike Pool ride in honor of James. The ride will pause […]

Streetfilms: The Sands Street Bike Path, a New Kind of Bridge Approach

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Sep 25, 2009 | 10 Comments

Chalk up more bikeway innovation to the folks at the NYC Department of Transportation. Nearly complete, the Sands Street approach to the Manhattan Bridge is now safer and more enjoyable thanks to a New York City first: a center-median, two-way protected bike path. The facility is a perfect solution to counter the dangers posed by […]

Park(ing) Day: Tomorrow, Reclaim the Curb

By Brad Aaron | Sep 17, 2009 | No Comments

In preparation for Park(ing) Day festivities tomorrow, here’s a flashback to last year. If you’re setting up a spot, or will be hanging out in one or more the 50-plus spaces to be reclaimed for the day, share your photos with us by tagging them "parkingdaynyc" and "streetsblog" on Flickr. We’ll be posting pics from […]

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