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Vision Zero Cities: How to Fix Our Most Dangerous Roads
October 18, 2022
Report: New York Remains a Tale of Two Cities for Public Space Equity
See the city in a whole new light — an unflattering one.
October 18, 2022
Vision Zero Cities: Road Violence is a Public Health Crisis that Needs Public Health Solutions
The geographic patterns of traffic violence are too alike across U.S. cities.
October 17, 2022
STREETFILMS: A Great Day in Harlem as Neighborhood Comes Out for Fun, Safety
Scores of riders joined Transportation Alternatives on Saturday's tour of Harlem — and called once again for a bikeway through a neighborhood long neglected for safe cycling infrastructure by city officials.
October 16, 2022
Panel Votes Down Eastern Queens Bike Lanes — But DOT Says it Will Move Forward
A plan for protected and standard lanes in an underserved area pleases few.
September 15, 2022
Truck Driver Kills Cyclist at Notoriously Deadly Intersection in East New York
A Brooklyn man was struck and killed by a truck driver on Tuesday afternoon at a notoriously dangerous intersection in East New York — the second person to die at that location this year.
September 1, 2022
IN MEMORIAM: Roger Herz, Longtime Bike Advocate Who Gave Mayors an Earful
An activist known for his persistence lived by the motto 'better futile than passive.'
August 29, 2022
Bronx Bummer: Road Deaths are Up in the Boogie Down, Report Shows
According to Transportation Alternatives, 28 people were killed on Bronx roads in the first half of 2022, an increase of 22 percent from the 23 people killed last year — and exactly double the number that were killed in 2014
July 20, 2022
DOT Report Shows Ongoing Driver Recklessness — And the Agency’s Slow Response to It
There were 15,947 reported vehicle crashes in the first quarter of 2022. The Department of Transportation examined 521 of those crash locations and took immediate action to improve safety at just three.
July 15, 2022
Transit Advocates to MTA: Queens Bus Redesign Needs Some Key Tweaks
The MTA's proposed Queens bus redesign needs more service, and the implementation of all-door boarding, if it will realize its potential "to significantly improve the lives of riders," a coalition of transit supporters will tell the MTA.
June 29, 2022
