Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Alternatives

Brooklyn Traffic Calming Mural Unveiled

By Aaron Naparstek | | 5 Comments
Groundswell Community Mural Project and Transportation Alternatives unveiled a mural yesterday evening at Third Avenue and Butler Street in Brooklyn’s Gowanus neighborhood. Conceived by local youth and facilitated by artists Christopher Cardinale and Nicole Schulman, the ghostly, three-story tall painting pays tribute to three young boys; Victor Flores, Juan Estrada, James Rice, and the 28 […]

Celebrating a Car-Free Afternoon In Prospect Park

By Aaron Naparstek | | 12 Comments
Yesterday was the first day of a car-free evening rush hour on Prospect Park’s East Drive. Car-Free Park advocates and Transportation Alternatives members manned the barricades at the Park Circle entrance, reminiscing over more than a dozen years of activism and organizing. That’s StreetFilms’ Clarence Eckerson holding the "Thank you DOT" sign above. Below, T.A.’s […]

Survey Finds That Buffered Bike Lanes Are Better

By Aaron Naparstek | | 17 Comments
A buffered section of Manhattan’s 8th Avenue bike lane. Bike lanes that separate bicyclists from motor vehicle traffic are safer and encourage more bicycling, according to a recent survey by Transportation Alternatives. The survey of 147 cyclists was conducted along the 8th Avenue bike lane in Manhattan, one of the few bike paths to integrate […]

Staten Island PlaNYC Panel Tonight

By Jason Varone | | No Comments
Join Transportation Alternatives and the Citizens Committee for NYC at Everything Goes Book Café in St. George on Staten Island for a screening of Contested Streets, a one-hour documentary about New York’s traffic crisis and how congestion pricing can solve it. They’ll be following up with information about transit improvements coming to Staten Island as […]

Cyclists Throwing Selves Under Cars in Brooklyn

By Brad Aaron | | 28 Comments
The Daily News reports that more cyclists are getting hit by cars in Williamsburg and Greenpoint — an increase of 38 percent and 188 percent, respectively, over last year. While Transportation Alternatives cites dangerous conditions created by the lack of bike lanes, the News draws a different conclusion: [T]he numbers don’t lie. Stats show that […]
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