Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Alternatives

Bronx Bummer: Road Deaths are Up in the Boogie Down, Report Shows

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 20, 2022 | No Comments

According to Transportation Alternatives, 28 people were killed on Bronx roads in the first half of 2022, an increase of 22 percent from the 23 people killed last year — and exactly double the number that were killed in 2014

Scenes like this are being investigated more thoroughly by the Department of Transportation these days.

DOT Report Shows Ongoing Driver Recklessness — And the Agency’s Slow Response to It

By Dave Colon | Jul 15, 2022 | No Comments

There were 15,947 reported vehicle crashes in the first quarter of 2022. The Department of Transportation examined 521 of those crash locations and took immediate action to improve safety at just three.

A crowded Fordham Road bus. File photo: Eve Kessler

Transit Advocates to MTA: Queens Bus Redesign Needs Some Key Tweaks

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 29, 2022 | No Comments

The MTA's proposed Queens bus redesign needs more service, and the implementation of all-door boarding, if it will realize its potential "to significantly improve the lives of riders," a coalition of transit supporters will tell the MTA.

Dozens of people rallied in 2019 outside a building on Central Park West in support of a protected bike lane. Such activism antagonized car-owners on Manhattan CB7, who later moved against street-safety activists on the board. Photo: Jim Burke

Streetsblog Gets Action: Manhattan Community Board Retreats on Gag Rule

By Eve Kessler | Jun 13, 2022 | No Comments

Manhattan's Community Board 7 has abandoned its bid to muzzle members with ties to a prominent street-safety organization, a move undertaken after Streetsblog exposed the effort to change the panel's bylaws.

A pro-car Upper West Side resident rises to defend his entitlement at the CB7 Transportation Committee Meeting in 2019. Some CB7 members are sorry that the body passed a resolution asking the city to consider curb uses other than parking. Photo: Eve Kessler

Upper West Side Community Board Tries To Muzzle Street-Safety Activists

By Eve Kessler | May 27, 2022 | No Comments

Revenge is a dish best served ... by changing the rules.

State Sen. Andrew Gounardes lost a lot of key — and bold — provisions in his speed camera deal.

Albany Deal Extends Speed Cameras, But Sacrifices the Bill’s Boldest Provisions

By Julianne Cuba | May 19, 2022 | No Comments

Albany lawmakers on Thursday afternoon reached a deal to renew and expand the city’s speed camera program, keeping them on 24/7 — but the deal was reached only after key provisions of the bill that would help keep reckless drivers off the road were gutted by state lawmakers.

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