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When Will Western Queens Assembly Members Sign on to Move NY?
With the clock winding down on the legislative session in Albany, Queens activists are making the case for the Move NY toll reform package. Volunteers with the Riders Alliance and Transportation Alternatives rallied at the foot of the Triborough Bridge Saturday to call for a tolling system that works better for drivers and transit riders than the city's current hodgepodge of free bridges and priced MTA crossings.
June 6, 2016
TA Will Track Safety Policies of NYC’s Private Fleet Operators
Transportation Alternatives is calling on private fleet operators who do business in New York City to talk about what they're doing to make employees safer drivers.
April 11, 2016
City Council Proposes Vision Zero Funding Increase — Will de Blasio Agree?
The City Council is proposing a significant increase in funding for street safety projects. Now it's up to Mayor de Blasio to decide whether to devote more resources to get the city closer to his Vision Zero goal of eliminating traffic deaths by 2024.
April 5, 2016
Advocates Ask City Council to Fully Fund Vision Zero Street Improvements
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.
March 18, 2016
Next Week Is the 2016 Vision Zero Conference — Get Tickets While You Can
Tickets are going fast for the Vision Zero Cities 2016 Conference, hosted by Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets.
March 4, 2016
Envisioning a “Complete Concourse” South of 162nd Street
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.
March 1, 2016
TA: Quicker Action on Vision Zero Can Save Thousands of Lives
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.
January 20, 2016
Looking to Join Your Community Board? TA Makes It Easy to Apply
As Streetsblog readers know, too many community boards care more about on-street parking than street safety or housing affordability, even in districts where the majority of residents don’t own cars. DOT rarely implements safety measures over board objections (which Council Member Ritchie Torres would like to change).
January 14, 2016
TA Report: NYC District Attorneys Are Failing to Lead on Vision Zero
New York City district attorneys are not using the power of their offices to deter acts of traffic violence by holding reckless drivers accountable for harming innocent people, according to a new report from Transportation Alternatives.
December 8, 2015