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Fill Out the BikeNYC 2020 Survey and Help Shape the Future of Cycling in NYC

By David Meyer | Sep 12, 2016 | No Comments

Transportation Alternatives is setting out create a vision for the future of biking in NYC, and it wants your help. Over the next six months, TA will be collecting ideas from thousands of New Yorkers, starting with an online survey launched last week. The BikeNYC 2020 campaign aims to understand the bike infrastructure priorities of the 778,000 New Yorkers who say they bike regularly — as […]

TA Calls on de Blasio to Act After Driver Kills Cyclist, 78, on Northern Blvd

By Brad Aaron | Aug 25, 2016 | 49 Comments

NYPD filed no charges and issued no summonses after a driver struck and killed Michael Schenkman, 78, while he biked on Northern Boulevard in Bayside. New York City motorists have now killed 16 cyclists this year, compared to 14 cyclist fatalities in all of 2015, according to city crash data. After yesterday’s crash, Transportation Alternatives called on Mayor de […]

The Missing Piece in DOT’s Left-Turn Safety Plan: Real Split-Phase Signals

By Brad Aaron | Aug 9, 2016 | 13 Comments

Split-phase traffic signals protect pedestrians and cyclists by separating them from turning drivers — people walking and biking across the street get their own signal phase, and drivers turning into the crosswalk get another. Research indicates that split-phase signals are highly effective at preventing traffic injuries and deaths. But when DOT revealed its strategy to reduce crashes caused by left-turning […]

DOT Will Study Widening the Brooklyn Bridge Walking and Biking Path

By Ben Fried | Aug 8, 2016 | 54 Comments

The days of pedestrians and cyclists fighting for scraps of space on the Brooklyn Bridge may be numbered. NYC DOT has initiated a study of expanding the narrow promenade, which is too crowded to work well for pedestrians or cyclists for most of the year. The Times reports that the city has retained engineering firm AECOM […]

TA: Unfocused, Ineffective NYPD Enforcement Isn’t Helping With Vision Zero

By Brad Aaron | Jul 28, 2016 | 29 Comments

Since the launch of Vision Zero more than two years ago, NYPD has yet to develop a comprehensive strategy to target dangerous driver behaviors that are known to cause most injuries and deaths. To the contrary, a new Transportation Alternatives report finds that NYPD enforcement often targets the people most vulnerable to traffic violence, while motorist violations like […]

Advocates Call for Safer Streets, Better Transit Along All of Richmond Terrace

By David Meyer | Jul 27, 2016 | No Comments

As development transforms the eastern neighborhoods along Staten Island’s North Shore, advocates want to ensure the city doesn’t overlook the transit and street safety needs of the western neighborhoods. In November, the de Blasio administration launched a multi-agency effort to study transportation and traffic safety on the North Shore, but so far the project has been limited […]

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