Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Alternatives

Cy Vance Wasn’t the Only Winner in the Race for Manhattan DA

By Brad Aaron | Sep 17, 2009 | 2 Comments

Street safety wasn’t mentioned in today’s Daily News piece about Cy Vance, but Manhattan’s next district attorney made clear that he intends to pursue, as the News put it, a "fresh agenda." And after Transportation Alternatives literally brought Vance and his opponents to the table to discuss the plague of traffic crime, livable streets advocates […]

Team Amsterdam Victorious in Bike Slam Design Battle

By Ben Fried | Sep 15, 2009 | 6 Comments

Team Amsterdam’s concept for a bike and bus boulevard down Broadway. Team Amsterdam won running away at Saturday night’s New Amsterdam Bike Slam design battle, the two-team competition to devise the best plan for boosting bicycle modeshare in New York City. But Team New York could go home with their heads high — they presented […]

Which Bike Planning Team Will Reign Supreme?

By Ben Fried | Sep 11, 2009 | 2 Comments

Tomorrow night, Paul White does his best Chairman Kaga. Tomorrow night’s the main event for the New Amsterdam Bike Slam, the weekend-long extravaganza hosted by Transportation Alternatives and Vélo Mondial. Two teams will face off Iron Chef-style to devise the most effective plan to raise cycling in New York City to Amsterdam-esque levels. I’m not […]

Council District 20: Who Will Replace the Mercurial John Liu?

By Brad Aaron | Sep 9, 2009 | 6 Comments

L-r: Council candidates S.J. Jung, John Choe, Evergreen C. Chou, James Wu and Isaac Sasson Outgoing Council Member John Liu has been a fickle legislator when it comes to livable streets. While the transportation committee chair might endorse congestion pricing, he was also a staunch defender of the mythical put-upon working stiff whose very survival […]

The District 33 Transpo Debate: Can They Top Yassky on Livable Streets?

By Ben Fried | Sep 2, 2009 | 4 Comments

L-r: City Council candidates Ken Baer, Doug Biviano, Ken Diamondstone, Jo Anne Simon, Evan Thies. The most telling answers at Transportation Alternatives’ District 33 City Council candidates forum came after an audience member asked point blank for the debaters’ stance on congestion pricing. "I can’t support a candidate who’ll support congestion pricing," said the questioner, […]

Preview: District 33 Transpo Smackdown

By Ben Fried | Sep 1, 2009 | 9 Comments

Tonight’s candidate forum for the 33rd City Council district, which covers the Brooklyn neighborhoods closest to the East River, bears special significance for livable streets policy. Outgoing rep David Yassky was an early supporter of congestion pricing in the City Council and later carried the banner for the Bicycle Access Bill, which passed earlier this […]

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