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Thank You for a Wonderful Streets Ball and Give It Up One More Time for Our Honorees!
On behalf of the staff at Streetsblog and Streetfilms, thank you to everyone who came out last night to support our work at our annual benefit. It's always a thrill to be in the same room with so many people who value the media we make, and who are doing so much to improve walking, biking, and transit in their neighborhoods.
October 27, 2017
Thursday: Join Us at the Streets Ball and Support Journalism That Makes a Difference for NYC Streets
If you've been holding off buying tickets to Streetsblog's big annual fundraising event, time is running short -- Streets Ball 2017 is coming up on Thursday. Huge wins for transit, biking, and walking are possible in the year ahead, and we need your help to make the most of these opportunities.
October 23, 2017
This Week: Bay Ridge Road Diet, Bushwick Bike Lanes, Eastern Parkway Ped Crossings
With summer behind us, the Streetsblog calendar is filling out with DOT street safety projects again. There are three meetings in Brooklyn related to DOT safety improvements on the docket this week.
October 16, 2017
This Week: Get an Insider’s View of the MTA
To shed some light on what's holding back progress at the MTA, on Thursday TransitCenter is hosting a panel of three former agency staffers who'll discuss its organizational structure and internal culture.
October 2, 2017
Join Us on October 26 and Support Media That Makes a Difference for NYC Streets
Please join Streetsblog and Streetfilms for our annual benefit, the Streets Ball, on October 26 at Current, right off the Hudson River Greenway at 18th Street.
September 27, 2017
This Week: Tell DOT 5th Ave Needs a Protected Bike Lane in Midtown
North of 24th Street, Fifth Avenue still lacks any bike infrastructure at all.
September 25, 2017
Parking Day Meets the 14th Street PeopleWay!
On Parking Day, a few dozen TransAlt volunteers were out collecting signatures and educating people about why 14th Street needs the PeopleWay. Streetfilms was there to document the occasion.
September 18, 2017
Honolulu’s Pedestrian-Blaming Law Sets Off a Round of Copycats
Honolulu set the precedent earlier this summer by passing a law that forbids looking at an electronic device walking across an intersection. Now other cities seem intent on following that example.
September 5, 2017
This Week: Council Candidates Debate How to Prepare for the L-Pocalypse
Transportation Alternatives is hosting two City Council candidate forums focused on the L train shutdown -- in Manhattan on Wednesday and Brooklyn on Thursday.
September 5, 2017
This Week: Keep Queens CB 11 Honest on Northern Boulevard
Word is that committee co-chair Bernard Haber wants to revisit his suggestion to implement the Northern Boulevard bike lane using land currently occupied by Alley Pond Golf Course, which was already rejected by DOT as too time-consuming and expensive without providing the safety benefit of narrowing all the asphalt currently devoted to motorized traffic.
July 17, 2017
