Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about TSTC

Deadline Approaching for Towns to Get a Helping Hand With TOD

By Noah Kazis | Dec 14, 2011 | No Comments

An important heads up from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign: Towns looking to shape their future around NYC region’s extensive transit network have until the end of the week to apply for a grant from Tri-State and the One Region Funders’ Group to help turn those aspirations into a concrete vision. This marks the second round […]

Celebrate Complete Streets at TSTC’s Annual Benefit

By Noah Kazis | Oct 28, 2011 | 1 Comment

The passage of New York’s complete streets law was one of the year’s biggest victories for safe and sustainable transportation. At its annual benefit next Thursday, Tri-State Transportation Campaign will celebrate getting the through Albany and honor three pivotal figures in that fight: Sen. Charles Fuschillo, the bill’s sponsor; Sandi Vega, whose daughter Brittany was […]

Report: Older Pedestrians Remain Most Threatened By Traffic

By Noah Kazis | Jun 9, 2011 | 3 Comments

Pedestrians over the age of 60 are particularly at risk when walking on the streets of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, a new report from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign shows. According to “Older Pedestrians at Risk,” an updated version of similar research from last year, the pedestrian fatality rate for those over 60 is […]

TSTC to Cuomo: Complete Streets Save Lives

By Noah Kazis | May 31, 2011 | 5 Comments

Despite streets that remain far too dangerous for walking — 3,485 pedestrians were killed in traffic crashes during the past decade in the New York metro area alone — efforts to pass a complete streets bill are still stalled in the state legislature. The legislation, which would require all street projects that receive state and […]

PlaNYC 2.0 Reactions: Kate Slevin, Tri-State Transportation Campaign

By Ben Fried | Apr 22, 2011 | No Comments

Streetsblog has been gathering responses to yesterday’s release of PlaNYC 2.0. This is the third installment. Read the first and second parts. In a phone interview yesterday afternoon, Kate Slevin, executive director of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, shared her first impressions of the city’s revised sustainability plan… On the diminished prominence of transportation compared to […]

Tomorrow: Join TSTC in Thanking the City for Making Streets Safer

By Brad Aaron | Mar 8, 2011 | 11 Comments

To counter the full-tilt assault from the press and, as of yesterday, in the courts, the Tri-State Transportation Campaign will hold a rally Wednesday morning to thank Mayor Bloomberg and city transportation officials for making New York streets more accommodating to pedestrians, cyclists and bus riders. On the steps of City Hall, TSTC will present […]

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