Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Alternatives

On the Way Home, Ride for a Protected Bike Lane on Delancey

By Brad Aaron | Oct 24, 2008 | 3 Comments

This evening, Adopt-a-Bike-Lane and Transportation Alternatives will launch a campaign for a protected bike lane on Delancey Street by leading escorted "bike commuter pools" across the Williamsburg Bridge. Reads a TA press release: "The thousands who ride on Delancey every day shouldn’t feel like they are taking their lives in their own hands," says Marin […]

Vision Zero NYC: Ending the Body Count

By Michael Kodransky | Oct 21, 2008 | 31 Comments

Vision Zero is about more than looking both ways. The following article, "Ending the Body Count," appears in the upcoming fall edition of Transportation Alternatives’ Reclaim Magazine. Last year, I wrote a letter to the NYC Department of Transportation asking for traffic calming on 65th Street near my home in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Several elderly pedestrians […]

Weekend Fun: Park(ing) Day Redux, Tour de Bronx

By Brad Aaron | Oct 17, 2008 | 1 Comment

The weather should be ideal for two livable streets events set for this weekend. Tomorrow from noon to 6 p.m., Park(ing) Day Redux will recreate several of the "most inspired" spots from this year’s event for a block party in front of Eyebeam Art + Technology Center on 21st Street between 10th and 11th Avenue. […]

Study: City Residential Parking Requirements Lead to More Driving

By John Kaehny | Oct 15, 2008 | 49 Comments

The New York City Department of City Planning is encouraging people to drive to work. Maybe not officially, but the agency’s minimum residential parking requirements are a big inducement to car commute. That’s the implicit finding of a new study by University of Pennsylvania planning professor Rachel Weinberger (and others, including yours truly, John Kaehny), […]

How Clean Is Your Commute?

By Brad Aaron | Oct 14, 2008 | 30 Comments

A new report from Transportation Alternatives comparing carbon emissions for NYC transportation modes finds that drivers account for 60 percent of the city’s transportation-related CO2, while accounting for just 31 percent of all commuting trips. "Rolling Carbon: Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Commuting in New York City" [PDF] reveals that the average New York City commute […]

Streetfilms: Moms Mobilize for a Car-Free Central Park

By Brad Aaron | Oct 9, 2008 | 1 Comment

With help from Transportation Alternatives, a group of mothers and families known as Mobilized Moms led a car-free Central Park rally on Tuesday. Streetfilms’ Robin Urban Smith says about 50 supporters, including Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and City Council Member Gale Brewer, came out in support of the Moms, who marched from Central Park […]

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