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Celebrate Complete Streets at TSTC’s Annual Benefit
The passage of New York's complete streets law was one of the year's biggest victories for safe and sustainable transportation. At its annual benefit next Thursday, Tri-State Transportation Campaign will celebrate getting the through Albany and honor three pivotal figures in that fight: Sen. Charles Fuschillo, the bill's sponsor; Sandi Vega, whose daughter Brittany was killed while crossing Long Island's Sunrise Highway and who became a tireless advocate for complete streets; and the AARP. Also speaking will be special guest Janette Sadik-Khan.
October 28, 2011
Report: Older Pedestrians Remain Most Threatened By Traffic
Pedestrians over the age of 60 are particularly at risk when walking on the streets of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, a new report from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign shows. According to "Older Pedestrians at Risk," an updated version of similar research from last year, the pedestrian fatality rate for those over 60 is more than 2.5 times as high as for those under 60. Senior citizens over the age of 75 are likelier still to be killed by cars while walking, with a fatality rate 3.1 times higher than for those under 60.
June 9, 2011
TSTC to Cuomo: Complete Streets Save Lives
Despite streets that remain far too dangerous for walking -- 3,485 pedestrians were killed in traffic crashes during the past decade in the New York metro area alone -- efforts to pass a complete streets bill are still stalled in the state legislature.
May 31, 2011
PlaNYC 2.0 Reactions: Kate Slevin, Tri-State Transportation Campaign
Streetsblog has been gathering responses to yesterday’s release of PlaNYC 2.0. This is the third installment. Read the first and second parts.
April 22, 2011
Tomorrow: Join TSTC in Thanking the City for Making Streets Safer
To counter the full-tilt assault from the press and, as of yesterday, in the courts, the Tri-State Transportation Campaign will hold a rally Wednesday morning to thank Mayor Bloomberg and city transportation officials for making New York streets more accommodating to pedestrians, cyclists and bus riders.
March 8, 2011
Three Transpo Debates Coming Up in First Week of September
This November, New York voters will elect the occupants of every seat in the State Senate and Assembly, as well as their next governor, attorney general, and comptroller. For many races in heavily Democratic New York City, the deciding moment will come a lot sooner -- on primary day. That's just two weeks away on Tuesday, September 14.
August 31, 2010
Report: Traffic Threatens Older Pedestrians Most of All
More than 10,000 pedestrians are injured every year on New York City streets. The people who are most at risk are senior citizens, new research from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign shows. Pedestrians over 60 years old, and especially over 75, are far more likely to be killed by cars than younger walkers.
May 20, 2010
National Survey: Driving Down in 2009, Sustainable Transport Up
Between 2001 and 2009, the share of trips that Americans made in cars dropped by more than four percent, with walking, bicycling and transit use picking up the slack, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
March 1, 2010
Seniors Survey Manhattan’s Deadliest Street
Hours after the Tri-State Transportation Campaign released a report yesterday identifying New York's deadliest roads, 13 AARP volunteers surveyed part of Third Avenue in an effort to make walking in New York safer.
January 7, 2010