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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
Council Bills May Convolute City Policy on Cyclist Safety and Derelict Bikes
The City Council transportation committee will take up a slate of bills tomorrow, including one that would create a "bicycle safety task force" that is opposed by Transportation Alternatives.
December 1, 2015
De Blasio to Stand With Traffic Violence Victims Sunday, and So Can You
Sunday is World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. In New York City, Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets will mark the occasion with a memorial walk from City Hall to the United Nations.
November 13, 2015
Help TA and Families for Safe Streets Convince the AP to Drop “Accident”
The word “accident” is so ingrained in media practice that reporters use it to describe basically any motor vehicle crash scenario, even when a driver is impaired or accused of using a car as a weapon. This is harmful because it disregards the fact that most collisions can be traced to preventable causes, including reckless driving and unsafe street design.
November 4, 2015
Two of These Five DA Candidates Answered TA Questions on Traffic Safety
New York City district attorneys are integral to street safety. Ideally, in addition to ensuring that victims see justice, district attorneys can deter dangerous driving by holding people accountable for committing acts of traffic violence.
October 27, 2015
Residents Call for Better Crosstown Bike Routes on the Upper East Side
About 30 Upper East Side residents hit the streets last Saturday to evaluate potential routes for crosstown bike lanes in their neighborhood.
October 22, 2015
From Heroes to Lapdogs, TA Grades the “Class of Vision Zero”
On Wednesday Transportation Alternatives released its "Class of Vision Zero" report, the first in a planned series of biannual “performance reviews” of officials and agencies who have the power to make New York City streets safer for walking, biking, and driving.
July 31, 2015