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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
This Week: DOT Wants Your Input on Protected Bike Lanes for Brooklyn’s Fourth Avenue
This week DOT continues its series of public workshops on the plan to add protected bike lanes to Brooklyn’s Fourth Avenue, which connects Bay Ridge, Sunset Park, and Park Slope.
July 10, 2017
This Week: Making Columbus Circle Safer for Biking and Walking
Earlier this month Manhattan Community Board 7, on the Upper West Side, passed a resolution calling on DOT to install a protected bike lane in Columbus Circle, filling a critical void in the bike network. Tonight the CB 5 transportation committee, whose district borders Columbus Circle to the southeast, will consider its own resolution.
June 26, 2017
This Week: Rally for a Bike-Share System Big Enough for NYC
In just a few months, Transportation Alternatives volunteers have collected more than 5,000 signatures from residents outside Manhattan calling for bike-share in their neighborhoods. On Wednesday, they'll rally with council members on the steps of City Hall for a system that can meet New York City's huge demand for bike-share.
June 19, 2017
