Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Alternatives

DOT Previews Big Plans at Greenway Summit

By Brad Aaron | May 29, 2008 | 19 Comments

The Ninth Avenue cycle track will be extended 10 blocks north to 33rd St. Transportation Alternatives held its 3rd Annual Greenway Summit on Tuesday, where keynote speaker Jon Orcutt, Director of Policy for NYC DOT, outlined the city’s plans for expanding cycling infrastructure over the coming year. Here are the highlights, via the Tri-State Transportation […]

Bike, Transit or Car: Which Is the Fastest Commute?

By Brad Aaron | May 28, 2008 | 36 Comments

Tomorrow Transportation Alternatives will hold the 7th Annual Great NYC Commuter Race. Three contestants — traveling by bike, transit and car — will see who has the quickest commute from Fort Greene in Brooklyn to Manhattan’s Union Square. Jamie Favaro, a social worker, plans to ride her bike to victory, "Not only does biking save […]

Has Time Run Out on the Parking Placard “Crackdown”?

By Brad Aaron | May 27, 2008 | 6 Comments

Chinatown, December 2007: As good as it gets? Early this year, Mayor Bloomberg’s office announced across-the-board reductions in the number of government-issued parking placards that could be allotted to city employees. And while the city looks to be following through with the cuts — to the chagrin of some among the entitled motoring class — […]

Open Thread: Share Your Bike-to-Work Stories

By Ben Fried | May 16, 2008 | 36 Comments

City Council Members John Liu and David Yassky bike to City Hall at a press event yesterday (the other 49 took a pass), as Paul Steely White brings up the rear in style. The weather may not be fully cooperating, but we know Streetsbloggers won’t be deterred on National Bike to Work Day. We want […]

Revenge of the Free Riders

By Aaron Naparstek | May 15, 2008 | 21 Comments

From Transportation Alternatives’ Spring 2008 magazine: The biggest hurdle congestion pricing faced was the simple fact that the people required to enact the legislation were the ones who stood to pay the most because of it. On Monday, April 7, Sheldon Silver walked out of a closed door meeting of State Assembly Democrats and announced […]

DOT to Present Manhattan Bridge Plans to CB 3 Tonight

By Brad Aaron | May 14, 2008 | 10 Comments

From Transportation Alternatives: Tonight the DOT will be presenting their plans for improved Manhattan Bridge bike access via the Chrystie Street bike lane to Community Board 3. This plan is going to involve the removal of parking along Chrystie Street, so it is anticipated that there will be resistance at the Community Board level. It […]

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