Streetsblog stories from Transportation Alternatives

October 2008

Tue 7: Amtrak Bill Clears the Way for Bike-Friendly Trains 2

Wed 1: Weigh in on the Future of City Bike Racks 18

September 2008

Thu 25: Streetfilms: The Prospect Park Youth Advocates 2

Wed 24: Bikes in Buildings: So Easy, So Effective 15

Tue 23: Wednesday: Ask the City Council to Pass the "Bikes in Buildings Bill" 13

Thu 18: Sen. Jeff Klein to No Impact Man: "Hands Off My Car, You F--king A--hole" 58

Fri 12: Ride for a Safer Queens Boulevard Tonight 5

Thu 4: NYC Century Tour This Sunday 4

August 2008

Fri 22: The Parking Cure, Step 1: Diagnose the Problem 10

Mon 18: Planners and Green Groups Call for Off-Street Parking Reform 13

Mon 18: Report: NYC's Off-Street Parking Policy Will Set Off a Traffic Explosion 19

Thu 7: A Citywide Prescription for Livable Streets 2

Wed 6: Ride to Summer Streets in Style With T.A. [Updated] 5

Mon 4: DOT Takes Steps to Improve Ped Safety Near Park Avenue Tunnel 28

July 2008

Thu 31: And the Bike-Friendly Business Award Goes to... 5

Thu 31: Measuring the Value of Livable Streets 2

Thu 24: T.A. Urges Bloomberg Admin to Take the Lead in Parking Reform 7

Fri 18: Streetfilms: What's an LPI? 13

Mon 7: T.A. Offers Reward for Park Slope "Post-Automobile Street" Designs 10

Mon 7: Queens CBs Greet Vernon Boulevard Bike Lanes With Skepticism 19

June 2008

Fri 6: Wanted: Ex-Drivers Eager to Talk About Switching Modes 0

Wed 4: New Law Encourages DOT to Set Traffic Reduction Targets 10

May 2008

Fri 30: Streetfilms: The Great NYC Commuter Race 18

Thu 29: Cycling Still Offers Quickest City Commute 37

Thu 29: DOT Previews Big Plans at Greenway Summit 19

Wed 28: Bike, Transit or Car: Which Is the Fastest Commute? 36

Tue 27: Has Time Run Out on the Parking Placard "Crackdown"? 6

Fri 16: Open Thread: Share Your Bike-to-Work Stories 29

Thu 15: Revenge of the Free Riders 21

Wed 14: DOT to Present Manhattan Bridge Plans to CB 3 Tonight 10

Fri 9: Streetfilm: Snackin' and Schwaggin' in Queens 8

Fri 9: CB2 Chairman Punts Queens Greenway Vote Over Loss of Parking 25

Thu 8: Streetfilm: City Officials Talk Up Bike Month 2

Wed 7: Eyes on the Street: T.A. Rings in Bike Month 12

Thu 1: TONY Does New York on Two Wheels 4

April 2008

Fri 18: Electeds Still Need to Hear From Pricing Supporters 8

March 2008

Mon 31: City Council Passes Congestion Pricing. Next Stop: Albany. 60

Mon 31: Pricing Clears Committee, Moves to Full Council Tonight 8

Mon 24: Rev. Billy Preaches Bikes & Transit at the NYC Auto Show 5

Fri 21: StreetFilm: Queens Roller Racing 1

Fri 21: T.A. Ad Drives It Home ... to Westchester 7

Thu 20: Pricing Round Up: Persuasive Arguments, Rigged Polls, New Buses 19

Fri 14: DOT Launches Bike Rack Design Competition 3

Tue 4: Is the NYPD Reducing Traffic Violations? Hard to Say... 28

Mon 3: Sander Makes the Case for MTA Capital Plan and Pricing 3

February 2008

Mon 25: Ads Pitch Pricing Benefits to Transit-Taking Majority 3

Fri 22: It's Time to Tell Your Reps to Vote for Pricing 7

Mon 18: Mary Beth Kelly: From Tragedy to Advocacy 7

Fri 1: A "Vision Zero" for New York? 3

January 2008

Fri 25: Proof That Congestion Pricing Supporters Do Exist in Queens 15

Thu 24: Testify! Public Hearings on Congestion Pricing Tonight 7

Tue 22: Streetfilms: Street Star Christine Berthet 1

Thu 17: Road Pricing and Public Transit: The "Virtuous Cycle" 19

Mon 14: Who Are You Nominating for the 2008 Jane Jacobs Medal? 7

Fri 11: Another New Bike Shelter 12

Fri 11: What if DOT Simply Forgot to Open the Parks to Traffic? 19

Mon 7: StreetFilm: The Street Memorial Project 2

Fri 4: A Year After Eric Ng's Death, Greenway Hazards Remain Unfixed 42

Wed 2: Sleek Bike Parking Facilities Appear in Queens and Brooklyn 32

December 2007

Mon 17: City Pedestrian Crossings Are Discriminatory by Design 13

Wed 12: Shoup Dogg, Parking Policy Cult Hero, Fills Fordham Auditorium 47

Tue 11: Manhattan Bridge Bike & Ped Improvements Nearing Completion 19

Fri 7: Parking Guru Donald Shoup Coming to Town Monday 3

Fri 7: Replace Penn Station Rats' Warren With a Pedestrian Boulevard 5

Tue 4: Crashstat 2.0 Reveals NYC’S Most Dangerous Intersections 9

November 2007

Wed 28: T.A. Responds to Fidler's Tax'n'Tunnel Pipe Dream 5

Tue 27: NYPD Emerges as New Focus for NYC's Livable Streets Movement 38

Mon 19: StreetFilms: Bay Ridge Bus Commuters Talk Congestion Pricing 18

Tue 13: Weiner Imagines Paying for His Traffic Plan With a Gas Tax Raise 40

Fri 9: MTA Chief Links Congestion Pricing to Fare Hike... or Not 35

Wed 7: Jan Gehl: Gridlocked Streets Are "Not a Law of Nature" 8

Wed 7: StreetFilms: Upper West Side Streets Renaissance With Jan Gehl 9

October 2007

Wed 24: Senator Duane Takes a Swipe at DOT for 9th Ave. Bike Lane 16

Fri 19: RPA Refutes Anti-Pricing “Alternatives” Study 9

Tue 16: Park Slope Has Its Park(ing) Day 6

Fri 12: T.A. Responds to 'Keep NYC Congestion' Plan 40

September 2007

Mon 24: StreetFilms: Park(ing) Day 2007 8

Fri 21: Why is There a Picnic in My Parking Spot? 12

Tue 18: City to Unveil 'Look' Bike Safety Campaign 4

Wed 12: The Transportation Alternatives Century Ride 2007 3

Tue 4: Infinite Jest 4

Tue 4: Last Weekend of Summer Marked by Child's Death 0

August 2007

Fri 31: City Promises $5M in Ped Safety Improvements at Mural Opening 13

Thu 30: New Pricing Poll Hits the Spin Cycle 14

Wed 29: Brooklyn Traffic Calming Mural Unveiled 5

Tue 28: Celebrating a Car-Free Afternoon In Prospect Park 12

Mon 27: Prospect Park Car Restriction Starts Now 5

Fri 24: Survey Finds That Buffered Bike Lanes Are Better 17

Tue 21: Staten Island PlaNYC Panel Tonight 0

Mon 20: Cyclists Throwing Selves Under Cars in Brooklyn 28

Mon 13: Tonight: Traffic-Calming Mural Preview & Fundraiser 3

Mon 13: Thank You for the Extra Car-Free Hour, And... 4

July 2007

Tue 17: Brodsky Killed Congestion Pricing But We Hurt His Feelings 22

Wed 11: Brodsky Attacks Critics of His Congestion Pricing Study 41

June 2007

Thu 28: David Byrne on Bicycling in NYC 8

Wed 20: Leave Your iPod at Home Tomorrow 1

Mon 11: Call for Ped Safety Measures on Third and Fourth Avenues 1

Thu 7: Car-Free Sundays Return to the Bronx 4

Tue 5: T.A.: City, State Parking Drive Would Torpedo Taxi Initiative 10

Tue 5: NYPD Raid Nets Bikes and Bystanders 31

Sun 3: StreetFilms: Bike to Shea 4

May 2007

Fri 25: Streetsblog Publisher Puts up $250K to Push PlaNYC 3

Fri 18: T.A. Rides with the Mayors of Sydney & Copenhagen 2

Fri 18: CB6 Committee Unanimously Approves 9th St. Project 12

April 2007

Fri 27: Sadik-Khan Has Two Things Her Predecessors Lacked... 2

Sun 22: Rally for Mayor's Groundbreaking Green Transportation Plan 13

Mon 2: StreetFilm: Room to Breathe 6

March 2007

Tue 27: Important Meeting for Livable Streets Advocates 5

Mon 12: Parking: If You Build it They Will Come... in Their Cars. 10

Mon 5: Old Gray Lady Gets on the Bandwagon 5

February 2007

Tue 27: No Parking Slope 27

Wed 21: Illegal Permit Parking Crackdown Underway? 13

Thu 15: Plan Urged Safety Measures for Intersection Where Boy Died 16

Wed 14: 2006 Pedestrian Fatality Numbers from DOT 6

Tue 6: Help Wanted at DOT: Creative Thinkers Encouraged to Apply 18

December 2006

Thu 21: Confronting Our Problems 112

Wed 13: Pedestrian Safety in Brooklyn Heights 0

October 2006

Tue 24: And the 2006 Pokey Award Goes to... 1

Fri 6: Traffic's Human Toll 0

Tue 3: Traffic's Human Toll 0

August 2006

Thu 10: Budnick Talks Transpo on NY1 3

July 2006

Tue 25: Houston Street Redesign: The $30 Million Missed Opportunity 4

Mon 17: Brooklyn to Mayor: Get a Transportation Policy 4

June 2006

Tue 27: Improper Steel Plate May Have Caused Fatal Crash 0

Thu 8: Liz Padilla Memorial & Bike Improvements 0