Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Community Organizations

Livable Streets Community News: Mapping Hotspots, Getting Results

By Lily Bernheimer | Mar 20, 2009 | 1 Comment

A workshop participant diagrammed these traffic-calming proposals for Bartel Pritchard Square. If you want to use the Livable Streets Community site to organize in your neighborhood, this week we’ve got a great example of what you can do with your group. On February 7, Brooklyn’s Park Slope Civic Council put on a workshop to introduce […]

Huge Coalition Lines Up Behind Ravitch’s MTA Rescue Plan

By Ben Fried | Mar 20, 2009 | 29 Comments

The Daily News published an op-ed today that highlights the broad coalition of labor unions, business interests, good government groups, transportation advocates and neighborhood activists who want Albany to adopt the Ravitch Commission’s MTA rescue plan. Yesterday the coalition sent this letter [PDF] to every member of the state legislature. Notably, three of the state’s […]

Streetfilms: Straphangers Tell Albany to Save Transit

By Brad Aaron | Mar 20, 2009 | 4 Comments

Wednesday was Lobby Day in Albany, and among those descending upon the capitol was a busload of New York City transit riders, organized by the Campaign for New York’s Future, who support East and Harlem River bridge tolls as part of the MTA rescue plan. Before the day was out, the group of some 50 […]

Doomsday Transit Cuts, District by District

By Brad Aaron | Mar 19, 2009 | No Comments

Barring a viable MTA rescue plan, the 140,000 transit riders in Ruben Diaz. Sr.’s district will lose the Bx4 and the Bx14 If you’re wondering how MTA doomsday service cuts will affect you, you can now look them up by state legislative district and ZIP code, thanks to new maps from the Regional Plan Association. […]

Livable Streets Community News: Accessible Grocery Stores & More

By Lily Bernheimer | Mar 13, 2009 | 4 Comments

How can ped access to grocery stores like Kroger be improved? Image via Wikipedia. Our New York readers who’ve been keeping close tabs on the stalled MTA rescue will want to check out the South Bronx Livable Streets group this week, where Susan Donovan has been blogging about the saga, including yesterday’s protest at Senator […]

TA Urges DOT to Expand Safe Streets for Seniors

By Ben Fried | Mar 13, 2009 | 7 Comments

TA recommends longer crossing times than DOT’s Safe Streets for Seniors program currently employs. Older pedestrians are probably the city’s most vulnerable street users, much more likely to die in traffic collisions than younger New Yorkers. It’s a public health concern that extends beyond fatality statistics: Fear of the street keeps seniors cooped up inside, […]

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