Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Alternatives

Senator Duane Takes a Swipe at DOT for 9th Ave. Bike Lane

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 24, 2007 | 16 Comments

About 70 people showed up for a screening of the documentary film Contested Streets and a follow-up conversation on transportation issues last night. Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Assembly member Deborah Glick were not among them, both claiming last minute conflicts. The event was hosted by Manhattan Community Board 2. State Senator Thomas Duane (right), […]

RPA Refutes Anti-Pricing “Alternatives” Study

By John Kaehny | Oct 19, 2007 | 9 Comments

On Wednesday, Jeffrey Zupan, Regional Plan Association’s transportation analyst, issued a comprehensive rebuttal of the main traffic reducing measures proposed in Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free’s anti-congestion pricing report, “Alternative Approaches to Traffic Congestion Mitigation in the Manhattan Central Business District." Thanks to Zupan, Transportation Alternatives and other critics, four fundamental problems with the Keep […]

Park Slope Has Its Park(ing) Day

By Brad Aaron | Oct 16, 2007 | 6 Comments

Evicted from their Park(ing) Day spot by the 78th Precinct last month, Park Slope Neighbors (with the PD’s permission) observed the event over the weekend. StreetFilms’ new producer Elizabeth Press was there, talking to participants, passers-by and motorists who support human-oriented use of valuable public space. There will be a Park(ing) Day celebration tonight in […]

T.A. Responds to ‘Keep NYC Congestion’ Plan

By Brad Aaron | Oct 12, 2007 | 40 Comments

Media release from Transportation Alternatives: Transportation Alternatives ("T.A."), New York City’s advocate for cycling, walking and environmentally sensible transportation, has raised serious questions about the motives and efficacy of a proposed alternative to congestion pricing that has been presented to the New York City Traffic Mitigation Commission. "It’s ironic that Transportation Alternatives should have to […]

StreetFilms: Park(ing) Day 2007

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 24, 2007 | 8 Comments

Clarence Eckerson may have set an all-time speed record for the production of this inspiring StreetFilm on Park(ing) Day 2007. It’s a good one. Seeing pre-schoolers participating in an outdoor music class — in a parking space — on Brooklyn’s busy Cortelyou Rd., you definitely get the feeling that Park(ing) Day has, in just a […]

Why is There a Picnic in My Parking Spot?

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 21, 2007 | 13 Comments

Park(ing) in Park Slope, Brooklyn, May 6, 2006. The sign says, "Public space reclamation in progress." Today is International Park(ing) Day, the day when urban dwellers all around the world reclaim on-street parking spaces for purposes more creative and life-affirming than private motor vehicle storage. If you found a bunch of kids playing in an […]

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