Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Alternatives

A scene that can be seen every day: a New Yorker trying to avoid a huge pile of trash on the sidewalk. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Tuesday’s Headlines: The Public Advocate Starts Advocating Edition

By Streetsblog | Aug 13, 2019 | 17 Comments

Plus, the Times runs a really repulsive (in a good way!) photo spread on garbage, which fills the sidewalks every day at 4 (pictured). Click for these and other stories.

Friday's crash, as posted by the Facebook account, NYdeTour. Photo: NYdeTour.

#FIXCANAL: Cyclist Injured By Truck Driver On Chaotic Canal Street

By Dave Colon | Aug 11, 2019 | 23 Comments

The crash comes just hours before activists rallied for a safer Canal Street, a street they've dubbed Manhattan's Boulevard of Death.

The mayor listened to the devil on his shoulder when it came to budget cuts.

AT LAST! Car-Loving De Blasio Calls For ‘Higher Penalties’ For Drivers Who Kill

By Dave Colon | Aug 2, 2019 | 36 Comments

"I think we need new laws that cause much more consequence if a motorist is negligent and they kill someone, even if it wasn't their intention. I think there have to be much higher penalties, that's an area we have to improve," the mayor said on Friday.

Former Queens Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer and advocates demanded in 2019 that the city install a full protected bike lane network in Long Island City. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Van Bramer: Long Island City Needs a Network of Protected Bike Lanes

By Julianne Cuba | Aug 1, 2019 | 1 Comment

The Queens Council Member wants the booming neighborhood to become the first fully protected area.

Council Member Bob Holden. Photo: NYC Council.

Queens Pol Who Said Cyclists Are the ‘Most Dangerous’ Doubles Down

By Julianne Cuba | Jul 31, 2019 | 28 Comments

The Queens pol who earned brickbats from livable streets activist when he said last week that bikes are “the most dangerous” vehicles on the streets these days doubled down on his callous remarks — made in a year with 18 dead cyclists.

Meet Danny Harris, the incoming head of Transportation Alternatives. He's a New Yorker unfazed by the intersection of Astor Place and Broadway. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

STREETSBLOG INTERVIEW: New TA Leader Has Optimism and Vision — But Understands Your Rage

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 30, 2019 | 9 Comments

Streetsblog chats with the new leader of the city's most important livable streets activist group about his vision and approach to running Transportation Alternatives.

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