Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Alternatives

Streetfilm: Snackin’ and Schwaggin’ in Queens

By Brad Aaron | May 9, 2008 | 8 Comments

Community board intransigence aside, cyclists abound in Queens, where Transportation Alternatives set up shop this week to hand out Bike Month snacks and schwag to commuters coming off the Queensborough Bridge. Streetfilms’ Clarence Eckerson was there.

CB2 Chairman Punts Queens Greenway Vote Over Loss of Parking

By Streetsblog | May 9, 2008 | 25 Comments

From Transportation Alternatives’ Queens Committee Chair Mike Heffron: At the Queens Community Board 2 general meeting on Thursday, May 1, with no vote by board members, Chair Joe Conley delayed the board’s input on the Department of Transportation’s planned pedestrian and cyclist improvements to Vernon Boulevard, an important link in the proposed Queens East River […]

Streetfilm: City Officials Talk Up Bike Month

By Brad Aaron | May 8, 2008 | 2 Comments

In contrast — or, conceivably, as a complement — to the L.A. Times portrait of city cycling, here’s a Streetfilm from Elizabeth Press, shot yesterday at Transportation Alternatives’ Bike Month NYC kick-off. At a press conference held in the new 14th Street plaza, DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan talks about present and future street-level improvements, Parks […]

Eyes on the Street: T.A. Rings in Bike Month

By Brad Aaron | May 7, 2008 | 12 Comments

L-R: DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, Transportation Alternatives Director Paul Steely White and Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe at this morning’s Bike Month NYC event on 9th Avenue. Benepe with White and Streetsblog Publisher Mark Gorton. Photos: Will Sherman/Transportation Alternatives

TONY Does New York on Two Wheels

By Brad Aaron | May 1, 2008 | 5 Comments

With spring in the air (kinda) and Bike Month underway, this week’s issue of Time Out New York is chock-a-block with city cycling material. A bike insert has maps of four great New York rides (with authors including TA’s Paul Steely White, DOT’s Dani Simons and Bike Snob NYC), as well as articles on […]

Electeds Still Need to Hear From Pricing Supporters

By Glenn McAnanama | Apr 18, 2008 | 8 Comments

After nearly a year of personally advocating for congestion pricing, I shared my fellow Streetsbloggers’ frustration as the current round ended not with a decisive vote, but with the clock running out on a federal funding deadline. As this great New York political battle fades into memory, I hope future historians will not remember this […]

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