Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Alternatives

Advocates Call on Mayor to Fund Safe Streets After the Loss of Two Children

By David Meyer | Nov 4, 2016 | 1 Comment

In the wake of two fatal crashes that claimed the lives of children in Queens last week, members of Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets gathered on the steps of City Hall yesterday evening to call on Mayor de Blasio to increase funding for life-saving street redesigns. Traffic deaths in NYC are rising this year after declining […]

Tonight: Parents Call on de Blasio to Increase Funding for Safer Streets

By Brad Aaron | Nov 3, 2016 | No Comments

Prompted by the recent deaths of two children at the hands of reckless drivers, Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets will lead a protest at City Hall this evening to call on Mayor de Blasio to accelerate the pace of life-saving street redesigns. Last Monday, October 24, a motorist in a muscle car hit […]

TA Calls for Grand Street to Serve People, Not Cars, During L Shutdown

By David Meyer | Nov 2, 2016 | 6 Comments

Volunteers from Transportation Alternatives rallied on the Brooklyn side of the Williamsburg Bridge last night to call on the city to prioritize Grand Street for buses, bicycling, and walking when the MTA shuts down the western portion of the L train for 18 months to make Sandy-related repairs. Every day, New Yorkers make hundreds of thousands of trips on the […]

A Look Back at Ken Thompson’s 2015 Interview With TransAlt

By Streetsblog | Oct 11, 2016 | 2 Comments

Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson died from cancer on Sunday just a few days after publicly announcing his illness. Thompson, who took office in 2014, was considered a leader among NYC district attorneys in taking reckless driving seriously. In 2015 Transportation Alternatives spoke with Thompson about street safety and traffic justice. Streetsblog reposted this interview from TA’s […]

Bronx Electeds Call for “Complete” Concourse for Buses, Bikes, and People

By David Meyer | Sep 27, 2016 | 10 Comments

With momentum building for a complete street and fully-protected bikeway along the Grand Concourse, Council Member Andrew Cohen joined Bronx activists on the steps of the Bronx County Courthouse this morning to call on the city to redesign the street thoroughly and expeditiously. “The entire length of the Concourse… [represents] a design from the 1950s — all about […]

People on Bikes Take Over Fifth Ave to Demand Safe Streets From de Blasio

By David Meyer | Sep 16, 2016 | 18 Comments

New Yorkers on bikes took over Fifth Avenue yesterday evening to demand stronger action from Mayor de Blasio to implement life-saving street redesigns essential to achieving his goal of zero traffic deaths by 2024. Organizers estimate that more than a thousand people participated. As they rode from Grand Army Plaza at 59th Street to Washington Square Park, demonstrators from across […]

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