Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about TSTC

Having it Both Ways in the “Atlantic Yards” DEIS

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 14, 2006 | 3 Comments

Combing through the massive Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the "Atlantic Yards" project in Brooklyn, the Tri-State Transportation Campaign has found at least four instances of the strange, Hamlet-like soliloquy, exemplified below. "During this period, it is anticipated that the DOT will implement traffic calming measures developed as part of the Downtown Brooklyn Traffic Calming […]

Poll: NYC Blames Bloomberg for Failure to Deal With Traffic

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 7, 2006 | 10 Comments

A Broken Street: Broadway north of Houston St. on an August Friday. New Yorkers want the Mayor to fix it. The so-called "greatest city in the world" doesn’t even have decently-paved streets, let alone cutting edge transportation features like bus rapid transit, neighborhood traffic calming plans or bicycle-friendly avenues. It may be time to consider […]

Brooklyn to Mayor: Get a Transportation Policy

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 17, 2006 | 4 Comments

A 1997 traffic-calming protest in Brooklyn Heights (Photo: Transportation Alternatives). The neighborhoods of north Brooklyn have long been some of the most abused by regional traffic and transportation policy. So, it is not a surprise to see that the Tri-State Transportation Campaign has managed to convince twenty-eight Brooklyn neighborhood organizations to sign-on to a strongly […]