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Advocates Call for Safer Streets, Better Transit Along All of Richmond Terrace
As development transforms the eastern neighborhoods along Staten Island's North Shore, advocates want to ensure the city doesn't overlook the transit and street safety needs of the western neighborhoods.
July 27, 2016
NYC Needs a Car-Free 14th Street When the L Closes — And When It Returns
In 2019, the L train west of Williamsburg will be shut down so the MTA can repair Sandy-related damage to subway tunnels under the East River. Hundreds of thousands of people will have to find other ways to get around, and there's no conceivable way to do that without dedicating a lot of street space to buses, bicyclists, and pedestrians.
June 23, 2016
Labor and Advocacy Groups Call for Action on Unsafe Garbage Haulers
A new report from Transform Don't Trash NYC, a coalition of labor and advocacy groups including Teamsters Local 813 and Transportation Alternatives, is calling on the city to get unsafe sanitation trucks off NYC streets.
June 16, 2016
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