Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Alternatives

T.A. Offers Reward for Park Slope “Post-Automobile Street” Designs

By Brad Aaron | Jul 7, 2008 | 10 Comments

9th St. and 4th Ave.: "A dangerous crossing that divides surrounding neighborhoods and inhibits street life." Transportation Alternatives is seeking proposals to reinvent the intersection of 9th Street and 4th Avenue in Park Slope. "Designing the 21st Century Street," a competition open to the general public, will reward the three most promising submissions with up […]

Queens CBs Greet Vernon Boulevard Bike Lanes With Skepticism

By Ben Fried | Jul 7, 2008 | 19 Comments

Last month, DOT striped buffered bike lanes on Vernon Boulevard (right), part of a package of safety improvements for the north-south corridor that parallels the western Queens waterfront [PDF]. Bike facilities are scarce in this part of the city, and the addition of the new lanes, which eliminated a lane of parking along parts of […]

Wanted: Ex-Drivers Eager to Talk About Switching Modes

By Ben Fried | Jun 6, 2008 | No Comments

Transportation Alternatives is looking for a few good sources to help handle all the media requests coming their way these days. Here’s how Streetsbloggers can lend a hand: Every day, T.A. gets calls from reporters in search of commuters who are changing their habits because of high gas prices/financial pressures. These include drivers who have […]

New Law Encourages DOT to Set Traffic Reduction Targets

By Ben Fried | Jun 4, 2008 | 10 Comments

Yesterday, Mayor Bloomberg signed into law Intro 199, a bill requiring New York City’s Department of Transportation to collect and monitor data specifically aimed at helping the city "to reduce automobile traffic and encourage more sustainable means of transportation vital to combating congestion, pollution and improving the City’s long term economic health." The new law […]

Streetfilms: The Great NYC Commuter Race

By Brad Aaron | May 30, 2008 | 18 Comments

You’ve read about it. You’ve analyzed it. Now see what the fuss is about. It’s the 7th Annual Great NYC Commuter Race, brought to you by Streetfilms.

Cycling Still Offers Quickest City Commute

By Brad Aaron | May 29, 2008 | 39 Comments

To the surprise of no one — with the possible exception of Bike Snob NYC — bike commuter and social worker Jamie Favaro won Transportation Alternatives’ 7th Annual Great NYC Commuter Race this morning, completing the 4.5-mile route between Fort Greene and Union Square in 16.5 minutes. Driver Emmanuel Fuentebella came in second at 22 […]

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