Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Community Organizations

Will Cuomo Spend Bike-Ped Funds on Bike-Ped Projects?

By Brad Aaron | Oct 1, 2012 | 2 Comments

With MAP-21 taking effect today, city and state transportation advocates are calling on Governor Cuomo and the New York State Department of Transportation to devote all of its federal bike-ped funds to walking and cycling infrastructure. The coalition of just over 100 groups is also asking that the state make available millions of dollars, allocated as part […]

Mayor’s Report Card: NYC Traffic Fatalities Up, NYPD Enforcement Down

By Stephen Miller | Sep 20, 2012 | 14 Comments

The Mayor’s Management Report, an annual summation of how well city agencies are doing their jobs, includes bad news for traffic safety and sustainable streets. In the last fiscal year, traffic fatalities were at their highest level since 2008, and NYPD moving violations summonses were at a 10-year low. Meanwhile, DOT missed its bike lane and […]

“Park Avenue Is Broken, And It Can Be Fixed”

By Stephen Miller | Sep 11, 2012 | 4 Comments

Council Member Letitia James and Assembly Member Joseph Lentol joined local residents on Park Avenue in Brooklyn yesterday to push DOT and other city agencies to implement recommendations from the Myrtle Avenue Revitalization Partnership’s pedestrian safety plan. The plan calls for a set of pedestrian safety improvements and traffic enforcement measures to make Park Avenue […]

Park Avenue Plan Challenges Agencies to Improve Street for Pedestrians

By Stephen Miller | Sep 10, 2012 | 4 Comments

In 1959, when the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway was under construction, Park Avenue in the Wallabout section of Fort Greene and Clinton Hill was converted from a neighborhood street to a service road that would run underneath the new elevated highway. Walking on the street hasn’t been the same since. With 160,000 cars roaring by overhead each […]

TA Kicks Off Campaign for Safer Fifth and Sixth Avenues

By Stephen Miller | Aug 13, 2012 | 14 Comments

Manhattan’s Fifth and Sixth Avenues are two of the busiest bicycle routes in the city, even without protected bike infrastructure to make cycling appealing to a broader range of New Yorkers. They are also major pedestrian thoroughfares in need of safety upgrades. While DOT’s “6½ Avenue” project can help relieve some of the crowding, both […]

TA: Most City Pedestrians and Cyclists Killed by Drivers Who Broke the Law

By Brad Aaron | Aug 6, 2012 | 19 Comments

A new report from Transportation Alternatives finds that, while NYPD fails to rein in or punish reckless driving, the majority of pedestrian and cyclist fatalities are caused by illegal behavior behind the wheel. “Deadly Driving Unlimited: How the NYPD Lets Dangerous Drivers Run Wild” [PDF] reveals that between 1995 and 2009, 60 percent of fatal […]

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