Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Alternatives

A double parked minivan in front of a double parked car on Eighth Avenue in Sunset Park. Photo: Dave Colon

DOT Plans Crucial Redesign of Two Chaotic Sunset Park Roadways

By Dave Colon | Jun 14, 2021 | No Comments

The Department of Transportation wants to remake a pair of Brooklyn streets from traffic-choked, dangerous two-way commercial corridors into one-way streets to make the roadways safer and boost business.

Amy Cohen speaking at City Hall Park during last stop of Families For Safe Streets roadtrip

SAFETY LAST: Albany Pols Stall on Package of Bills to Make Roadways Safer

By Fiifi Frimpong | Jun 4, 2021 | No Comments

Albany has served up a nothingburger for dessert.

Report: 70 Percent of City Drivers are Speeding (Maybe Even Right Now)

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 3, 2021 | No Comments

They're fast — we're furious.

A SUV driver crashed into a coffee shop in Brooklyn in 2020, injuring a woman. It was one of tens of thousands of injury-producing crashes citywide last year. Photo: Waddie Grant via Instagram

DRIVING US MAD: Number of SUVs and Similar Cars is Up 21 Percent in NYC, TA Reveals

By Jesse Coburn | May 25, 2021 | No Comments

That’s bad news for pedestrians, cyclists and anyone who values safe streets.

This is how opponents of open streets think of more space for people and less for cars. It's a "nightmare." Photo: Streetsblog

‘Nightmare’ on 34th Avenue? Residents Rally Against the ‘Gold Standard’ Open Street that Has Added Safety and Recreation Space

By Julianne Cuba | May 22, 2021 | No Comments

A protest against open streets ... on an open street!

Frank Walrond with his new Rad Power bike. Photo: Fiifi Frimpong

New Program Aims to Give E-Bikes to Low-Income Workers

By Fiifi Frimpong | May 21, 2021 | No Comments

Thousands of city commuters' lives will get a bit easier for them — and cleaner for the rest of us — thanks to a new program that will subsidize the purchase of e-bikes or scooters for 10,000 lower-income frontline and essential workers.

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