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When Will Western Queens Assembly Members Sign on to Move NY?

By David Meyer | Jun 6, 2016 | 19 Comments

With the clock winding down on the legislative session in Albany, Queens activists are making the case for the Move NY toll reform package. Volunteers with the Riders Alliance and Transportation Alternatives rallied at the foot of the Triborough Bridge Saturday to call for a tolling system that works better for drivers and transit riders than the city’s […]

Brewer to DOT: Start Looking Into a Bus-Only 14th Street

By David Meyer | May 24, 2016 | 15 Comments

Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer is calling on DOT to study making 14th Street a bus-only thoroughfare while L train service is disrupted during Sandy-related repairs. To allow for urgently-needed fixes to the L train tunnel, the MTA is considering either a full shutdown of service between Bedford Avenue and Eighth Avenue for 18 months, or a three-year […]

Majority of NYC DAs Agree: All City Schools Should Have Speed Cameras

By Brad Aaron | May 12, 2016 | 15 Comments

Three New York City district attorneys have endorsed Albany legislation that would allow New York City to install speed enforcement cameras outside every school. Cy Vance, Ken Thompson, and Richard Brown, the top prosecutors in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens, respectively, sent separate letters to Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, Assembly Transportation Chair David Gantt, and Manhattan […]

How Long Will It Take to Modernize New York’s Commuter Rail System?

By David Meyer | May 10, 2016 | 70 Comments

The New York region’s commuter rail network is failing to keep up with current travel patterns, said panelists at Friday’s Regional Plan Association annual assembly. MTA chair Tom Prendergast agrees, but he doesn’t expect that to change much anytime soon — there are too many other priorities that need to be taken care of first, he said. […]

NYC Students Tell Albany: Speed Cameras at #EverySchool Will Save Lives

By Brad Aaron | May 10, 2016 | 426 Comments

Students from MS 51 in Brooklyn joined family and friends of people killed by New York City drivers in Albany today to ask state lawmakers to allow the city to install speed cameras outside every school. Organized by Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets, about 140 New Yorkers met with legislators to drum up support […]

Mothers Who Lost Kids Call on Albany to Allow Speed Cams at Every School

By David Meyer | May 9, 2016 | 40 Comments

This morning, six mothers who lost their children to traffic violence — Amy Cohen, Ellen Foote, Judy Kottick, Dana Lerner, Lizi Rahman, and Sofia Russo — spoke on the steps of City Hall, calling on Albany to expand automated speed enforcement in New York City. Families for Safe Streets and Transportation Alternatives will go to the […]

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