Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Alternatives

PSAs Rock! Watch the Winners of TA’s “Biking Rules” Video Contest

By Elizabeth Press | Nov 20, 2009 | 16 Comments

As you may know, Transportation Alternatives put on a red carpet premiere Tuesday night for the "Biking Rules" PSA competition at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The contest pitted video entries against each other in two main categories: "Why Biking Rules" and "Street Code." Videos in the "Street Code" category encourage people to use […]

World-Class Avenues for the East Side: What Great BRT Looks Like

By Ben Fried | Nov 18, 2009 | 52 Comments

BRT + bike: East Side avenues have enough space for physically separated busways and protected bike lanes. The biggest sustainable transportation story in New York right now is how DOT and the MTA plan to design Bus Rapid Transit corridors for the East Side of Manhattan. Will we get world-class avenues that attract more riders […]

NYC’s Next Four Years: From Good Enough to Great

By Paul Steely White | Nov 11, 2009 | 11 Comments

Mayor Bloomberg has already shown how much his administration can accomplish in just a few years. Since Janette Sadik-Khan’s appointment to head the DOT in 2007, the city has striped hundreds of miles of bike lanes, reclaimed acres of street space for pedestrians and improved bus travel for tens of thousands of New Yorkers. “More […]

Broken Streets Theory: How to Alter the Psychology of Reckless Driving

By Ben Fried | Oct 29, 2009 | 11 Comments

Jessie Singer has a great feature in the latest issue of TA’s Reclaim magazine (now available online), examining the NYPD’s failure to curb dangerous driving. After pushing down violent crime rates so effectively based on data-driven analysis, she asks, why don’t police use the same techniques to tame the life-threatening hazards of New York City […]

Top to Bottom, NY Legal System Fails the Vulnerable on Our Streets

By Brad Aaron | Oct 28, 2009 | 2 Comments

The unidentified driver of this car, who injured six when he slammed into a Queens bus stop this month, is one of thousands of city motorists who harm and endanger others without consequence. Safe streets advocates are understandably excited by the prospect of a Manhattan district attorney with an interest in holding dangerous drivers accountable […]

Second Life: NYC Parking Meters to Reincarnate as Bike Racks

By Ben Fried | Oct 28, 2009 | 7 Comments

Headless meter poles on Madison Avenue, awaiting rebirth. Photo: Wiley Norvell. New York’s trusty single-space parking meters are a dying breed. They’ve served commercial corridors admirably, but they’re rapidly giving way to muni-meters (which are much better suited for innovations in curbside pricing, like DOT’s PARKSmart program). The downside of the shrinking meter supply: New […]

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