Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Alternatives

Can New York City Reform Its Dysfunctional Community Board System?

By Stephen Miller | May 1, 2015 | 7 Comments

New York City’s 59 community boards often serve as the sole venues where the public can assess and vet street design projects. But they are also structured in a way that inhibits any sort of change, giving de facto veto power over street improvements to a small clique who can serve for life. A bill in the City Council would establish […]

New Families For Safe Streets Campaign Defends Right of Way Law

By Stephen Miller | Apr 30, 2015 | 16 Comments

Families For Safe Streets released videos and posters this morning defending the Right of Way Law, in response to a campaign by Transport Workers Union Local 100, which wants MTA bus drivers exempted from the law. The Right of Way Law, passed unanimously by the City Council and signed by Mayor Bill de Blasio last June, allows for low-level misdemeanor charges against drivers who […]

Ride With Clarence on the Tour de Staten Island

By Brad Aaron | Apr 13, 2015 | 7 Comments

Close to 2,000 people turned out Sunday for Transportation Alternatives’ 2015 Tour de Staten Island. For the event’s fifth year, riders were treated to areas of the new Fresh Kills Park that aren’t yet open to the public. Other highlights included oceanside riding and views of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, where the Harbor Ring Committee continues to advocate for bike and pedestrian […]

TA: De Blasio Must Undo Construction Budget Cuts to Fix Dangerous Streets

By Stephen Miller | Mar 19, 2015 | 7 Comments

Arterial streets — the city’s big, busy, highway-like roadways — cover just 15 percent of the New York City street network but account for nearly 60 percent of all pedestrian fatalities. The city will have to overhaul these streets to achieve Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero goals. And to make those changes, the city must reverse cuts to its roadway reconstruction budget, according to a new report […]

TA: Inconsistency Between Precincts Undermines NYPD Traffic Enforcement

By Stephen Miller | Feb 27, 2015 | 3 Comments

In the year since Mayor Bill de Blasio promised stepped-up traffic enforcement under Vision Zero, NYPD has moved in the right direction, according to a new report from Transportation Alternatives [PDF]. At the same time, enforcement varies dramatically from precinct to precinct, weakening overall deterrence. TA looked at data from last year and 2013, comparing […]

Sunday: Families For Safe Streets to Train Spotlight on Feckless NYC DAs

By Brad Aaron | Jan 8, 2015 | 9 Comments

Since January 2012, Streetsblog has maintained a database of all known pedestrians and cyclists killed by drivers in New York City. We collect as much information on each crash as possible, including any charges filed against the motorists who took the victims’ lives. Of over 400 fatalities tracked by Streetsblog in three years, in only […]

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