Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Alternatives

Advocates Ask City Council to Fully Fund Vision Zero Street Improvements

By David Meyer | Mar 18, 2016 | 1 Comment

If the city hopes to dramatically decrease the number of traffic fatalities in New York City, DOT needs more resources to redesign the city’s most dangerous corridors and intersections. That’s the message 70 members of Transportation Alternatives brought to the City Council yesterday, meeting with 21 council members or their staff. “We are calling on the council to increase funding and watchdog […]

TA and Families for Safe Streets Call for Speed Cameras at #EverySchool

By David Meyer | Mar 10, 2016 | 50 Comments

Assembly Member Deborah Glick will introduce legislation to significantly expand New York City’s speed camera program. To get the bill enacted, street safety advocates will have to build support in the State Senate and ensure that Governor Cuomo signs it into law. At a press conference this morning, Transportation Alternatives Executive Director Paul Steely White joined members […]

Next Week Is the 2016 Vision Zero Conference — Get Tickets While You Can

By Brad Aaron | Mar 4, 2016 | No Comments

Tickets are going fast for the Vision Zero Cities 2016 Conference, hosted by Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets. Next Thursday and Friday, March 10 and 11, attendees will hear from livable streets luminaries and public officials including Janette Sadik-Khan, Jon Orcutt, Polly Trottenberg, Ryan Russo, Ydanis Rodriguez, Antonio Reynoso, Meera Joshi, Rohit Aggarwala, Steve […]

Envisioning a “Complete Concourse” South of 162nd Street

By David Meyer | Mar 1, 2016 | 16 Comments

Will DOT go big with its redesign of the Grand Concourse? Last week the agency said it will “replace and upgrade existing bike lanes” on the Concourse, which gives an indication of what’s in store north of 162nd Street, but not to the south, where the street has no bike lanes. Transportation Alternatives’ “Complete the Concourse” […]

Advocates to Albany: Let NYC Enforce the Speed Limit at Every School

By David Meyer | Feb 8, 2016 | 107 Comments

Advocates from Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets will head to Albany tomorrow calling on legislators to expand NYC’s automated speed enforcement program. They want speed cameras by each of the city’s 2,500-plus schools, operational at all times. Speeding is a leading cause of crashes resulting in injury or death, yet state law limits New York […]

TA: Quicker Action on Vision Zero Can Save Thousands of Lives

By David Meyer | Jan 20, 2016 | 7 Comments

The de Blasio administration is making progress on street safety, but not fast enough to achieve the mayor’s Vision Zero target of eliminating traffic deaths by 2024, Transportation Alternatives says in a new report. At the current rate of improvement, it will take nearly 40 years to reach that goal. Advocates from TA, Families for Safe Streets, […]

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