Driverless Cars Could Save Tens of Thousands of Lives. But We Must Treat Them Like Aviation — Not Like Cars
Commercial passenger aviation has nearly zero passenger deaths per year compared to about 40,000 roadway deaths. That's not a function of driving being inherently riskier — it is a function of what our leaders decide is "safe enough."
June 22, 2026
Op-Ed: Stop Targeting Food-Delivery Workers. Legalize Throttle E-Bikes
Transportation Alternatives' leader Marco Conner challenges Mayor de Blasio to do better by hard-working delivery cyclists.
June 8, 2019
Why The NYC Century Bike Tour Is Riding Into the Sunset
TransAlt's leaders give Streetsblog readers the context for the group's decision to stop hosting the 100-mile race.
May 10, 2019
Racial Inequity in Traffic Enforcement
With the Vision Zero Cities Conference kicking off tomorrow, Transportation Alternatives has released an accompanying collection of essays, the first edition of "The International Journal of Traffic Safety Innovation." Streetsblog is pleased to republish TA Legislative and Legal Manager Marco Conner's contribution to the journal. The whole collection is worth your time, and you can download it from TA's Vision Zero Cities site.
March 9, 2016