Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Alternatives

Cyclists wait to make the transition from the east. side of Bedford Avenue to the west side of the block. Photo: Dave Colon

Cycling Advocates To DOT: Great Bedford Avenue Bike Lane Plan, Here’s How To Make It Better

By Dave Colon | May 24, 2023 | No Comments

Cycling advocates in Brooklyn gave the Department of Transportation high marks for its proposed protected bike lane upgrade on Bedford Avenue, but said there's a couple of tweaks that can turn it from good to great.

Council Member Selvena Brooks-Powers (D-Queens) talking to Speaker Adrienne Adams. Photo: Credit John McCarten/NYC Council Media Unit

Council Transportation Chair Signs Onto ‘Sammy’s Law’ Resolution

By Julianne Cuba | May 17, 2023 | No Comments

Council Member Selvena Brooks-Powers on Wednesday added her name to the list of pols backing the resolution for a so-called home rule message that’s required before the bill can pass in Albany.

Frederique Uster-Hug lays flowers down for her husband Adam Uster, who was killed on May 1 by a truck driver at the corner of Franklin and Lexington Avenues. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Thursday’s Headlines: Honoring Adam Uster Edition

By Streetsblog Editorial Board | May 11, 2023 | No Comments

A dispatch from a vigil where family and friends of 39-year-old Adam Uster gathered. Plus other news.

A cyclist crosses the intersection where Adam Uster was killed on Monday. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Pols and Neighbors Call For a Safer Franklin Avenue After Killing of Cycling Advocate

By Julianne Cuba | May 5, 2023 | No Comments

A protected bike lane is needed, said the local Council member.

Adam Uster was killed on Monday in Brooklyn.

Cycling Advocate Killed By Trucker on Dangerous Brooklyn Street; Last Words from Mother: ‘Be Safe’

By Julianne Cuba | May 3, 2023 | No Comments

A cycling activist and member of Transportation Alternatives was killed while biking home from a Brooklyn grocery store on a dangerous street on Monday, according to his family and police.

The crash site on Ninth Street, where Sarah Schick (inset) was killed by a truck driver. Photo: Henry Beers Shenk (main photo has been slightly altered)

DOT Unveils ‘Concepts’ For Deadly Ninth Street, But Advocates Want Something Bolder

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 28, 2023 | No Comments

The Department of Transportation will finally add a protected bike lane to a dangerous Brooklyn strip that it had left out of previous redesigns despite its well-known danger — a decision that likely led to the death in January of 37-year-old Sarah Schick, who was killed on a Citi Bike.

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